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AT-KABUL: Kabul Municipality is going to build more than 160 kilometers of roads in the capital, said the acting mayor. Abdul Ahad Wahid was addressing the inauguration ceremony of a road construction project in Kart-e-Parwan area of Kabul City on Thursday. The President’s special representative on reforms good governance Ahmad …

AT-KABUL: India condemned on Thursday the attack on a guest house in the Kabul capaital that left fourteen people killed, including four Indian nationals. A suicide bomber attacked the Park Palace hotel last night. Condemning the attack, the Embassy of India in Kabul said that Indians are standing in solidarity …

AT-KABUL: At least fourteen people, including foreigners, were killed in armed attack on a Kabul guesthouse, sources said on Thursday. “Five people, including foreigners, were killed and six were injured,” Kabul Police Chief, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, said at the scene of the attack. But another police official on the condition …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres called on the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday. A press statement issued by the Chief Executive office said the two sides talked about finding better ways to defend the rights of Afghan refugees in foreign countries and finalizing the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Khalida Noori, 24, an Afghan girl who is fighting for women’s right in southern Kandahar province, has been awarded the Madeleine K. Albright Award in the United States, said reports on Wednesday. Noori received the award through America’s National Democratic Institute (NDI), which recognizes the contribution of outstanding women …

Afghan women seek role in peace process KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) assured the citizens that there would be no talks with the Taliban on reversal of gains, made in the past over thirteen years. Secretary to the HPC, Masom Stanikzai, said the result of the reconciliation process would …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Wednesday decided to draft a security strategy for the government amid growing security concerns. Speaker of the Wolsei Jirga directed the committees of international relations, defense and internal security to work on the security mechanism. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said the strategy would …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-In Afghanistan many people live below the poverty line and a huge portion of the population barely meets daily needs with what they earn. Access to education and healthcare services has become a dream for many. Public health sector infrastructure has failed to meet demands of the …

AT-KABUL: Six people have been killed in a gunfight between Afghan police and heavily armed militants holed up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday. Attack took place in Lashkargah city, capital of southern Helmand province in a while when there was a weekly meeting of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Considering NATO’s important role in Afghanistan’s stability in past decade, the alliance is mulling to maintain its presence in the country even after the end of the Resolute Support (RS) mission in order to train, advice and assist the Afghan security forces, said a statement by the …