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“This is a translated version of ex-President Hamid Karzai’s interview with Iran’s Sharq newspaper” AT: The ex-President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai started his interview with this sentence: “Feel completely free. Ask whatever you want.” The ex-President of the eastern neighbor of Iran was born in Karz village in southern Kandahar …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Chief of Supreme Audit Office (SAO) of the Afghan government Sharif Sharifi   on Saturday said that Wolesi Jirga (WJ) of the parliament does not properly follow their reports over corrupt figures. Speaking Sharifi on the “one –week fiscal report assessment training and challenges” here in Kabul said …

AT-KABUL: Notorious gangster Sayedullah alias Rayees Khudaidad was executed on Saturday. Khudaidad was sentenced to death by a court nearly two months ago. According to a press release of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) the Afghan crime kingpin was involved in several killing and kidnapping cases. “Khdaidad was hanged …

AT-KABUL: Aimed at providing high-quality and affordable higher education to local and foreign students, India has announced direct admission scheme. In a media statement issued here, the Indian embassy in Kabul said that India has announced the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) Scheme to offer admissions to foreign nationals, …

AT-KABUL: The French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) on Saturday inaugurated a new building and extended the Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) to seven areas in FMIC in Kabul. Chairman of Provisional Operating Committee of FMIC Lee Hilling said that FMIC PGME teaching program expanded to seven areas including Paediatric medicine, …

AT-KABUL: China and Pakistan has sent humanitarian assistance on Saturday to the avalanche-hit Afghans. Charge d’Affairs of the China’s Embassy in Kabul, Chen Shijie, provided check of $50,000 to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS). The amount was donated by the Red Cross Society of China as emergency humanitarian aid. …

KABUL: A photo exhibition titled ‘Smile of Hope’ was held in Kabul, displaying different aspects of children’s life. The exhibition is aimed to give the children hope for a better future. The exhibition was organized by the famous Afghan photojournalist Feroz Muzafari. He displayed his art work to make the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Three million US dollars flow from economically dependent Afghanistan annually, due to poor healthcare services in the country, said the Minister of Public Health. Ferozuddin Feroz told Azadi Radio that still 50 percent Afghans, mostly in remote areas, are deprived of healthcare services. He said that new …

Ghani terms Panjshir avalanche casualties a national tragedy, call on people for support AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The death toll from the deadly incident of avalanches in different parts of the country has increased to more than 200 people, mostly in central Panjshir province, which has witnessed heavy snowfalls in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Millions of dollars were spent to overcome poppy cultivation and drugs trafficking in the country, but the struggles brought Afghanistan to the point that it was placed among highest poppy cultivators and drugs producers in the world. Media reports said the other day that thousands of children …