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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In a bid to address the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, a delegation led Sayid Hussain Alimi Balkhi, the Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, arrived in Islamabad on Monday. The delegation would widely discuss the issue of Afghan refugees with Pakistani officials. The main agenda of …
Read More »TAPI project may become a reality soon: Indian minister
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior Indian official has said that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project might become a reality soon as negotiation for the ambitious project was at the final stage, media reports said Monday. India’s The Hindu quoted the Indian Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, as saying that discussions …
Read More »Solar Impulse plane begins epic global flight
A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi. The aircraft – called Solar Impulse-2 – took off from the Emirate, heading east to Muscat in Oman. Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing …
Read More »Kabul governor tenders resignation
KABUL: Governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa of Capital Kabul tendered resignation from his post, the spokesman of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said Monday. “We received a resignation letter from Governor Taqwa,” Tawab Ghorzan told Pajhwok Afghan News. Confirming his resignation in the letter, Taqwa said: “I cannot work …
Read More »Afghan delegation in Islamabad for talks on refugees
KABUL: An afghan delegation led by minister for refugees and repatriation arrived in Islamabad to hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani officials on the issue of Afghan refugees, an official said on Monday. Headed by Sayed Alimi Balkhi, representatives of Afghan refugees held meetings Balkhi and shared their problems. In addition …
Read More »Salaam announces nationwide 3G internet services
By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Salaam Network wants to expand its 3G internet services across the country by the end of 215 as public demand goes several notches high. In an interview with Afghanistan Times, the Managing Director of Salaam Network Khaleeq Ahmad said the company is providing 3G services in …
Read More »FMIC marks International Women’s Day
AT-KABUL: The French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) celebrated the International Women’s Day here on Sunday. Around 100 female faculty members and staffers of the FMIC observed the day while highlighting achievements of women in different fields. Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network for Afghanistan, Nurjehan Mawani, expressed joy …
Read More »Violence against women plummets in Afghanistan: Report
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Terming physical, sexual, and psychological violence as common cases of violence against women in the country, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said Sunday that violence against women had declined in 2014 in compare with the previous years. Revealing its summary of findings, the AIHRC said …
Read More »Wolesi Jirga elects 1st deputy speaker, deputy secretary
AT-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga, the parliament, on Sunday elected Zahir Qadir and Irfanullah Irfan as the first deputy speaker and deputy speaker respectively, but the candidates for second deputy speaker and secretary failed to gain the needed votes for the slots. As per Article 87 of the Constitution, the parliament …
Read More »MoI eyes recruiting more women in police lines
AT-KABUL: Celebrating the International Women’s Day, the interior minister, Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi, said Sunday that Afghanistan was in the need of increasing the number of policewomen thus the ministry was keen to surge number of women in police lines. He told a session in Kabul that the ministry was struggling to …
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