KABUL: The Lapis Lazuli Corridor is serving as an outstanding alternative to Pakistan’s Karachi transit route, helping connecting Afghanistan to Europe, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said on Sunday. As the first cargo of Afghan merchandise just reached Turkey en route to Europe, the government will be talking to …
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KABUL: No candidate has ever registered to presidential elections so far, the Independent Election Commission said on Sunday, as the time window is winding up for the registration of presidential candidates with three days remaining to deadline. The candidate registration process, according to the presidential election schedule, began on December …
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KABUL: Four senior commanders of the militant Taliban group have reportedly been killed in an airstrike in western Herat province, authorities said. The interior ministry said in a statement that four senior commanders of Taliban militants were killed after Afghan Air Forces targeted militants’ hideouts in Ghash and Chamghagh villages, …
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KABUL: In clashes between commanders of Hezb-e-Islami and Jamiat Islami parties in the northeastern province of Takhar, six people were killed, witnesses said. The incident took place Sunday in the Chah Aab district between fighters loyal to commander Bashir Qanet from Hezb-e-Islami and commander Maulavi Mahfooz of Jamiat party. Witnesses …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban have rejected Kabul’s offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the militants, fighting to restore strict Islamic law in Afghanistan, will meet U.S. officials to further peace efforts, a Taliban leader said on Sunday. Representatives from the Taliban, the United States and regional …
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The Ground-breaking Ceremony for the KOICA Drinking Water Supply Systems Improvement Project was held at the project site in Barchi area of Kabul City recently. Rooshan Wulsmal Deputy Minister of Urban Development Affairs, Ministry of Urban Development and Land, Rhee Zha-Hyoung, Ambassador of the Embassy of Republic of Korea in Afghanistan, …
Read More »Speaking for the first time since missing their flight home in October, six Afghan men who live with disabilities after being wounded in the war say they are owed protection in Australia. After his father’s death, Aminullah Arsalan joined the Afghan National Army at 18 so he could put food …
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KABUL: Asadullah Khaled, the newly appointed defense caretaker minister said that army would increase offensive operations, calling on the soldiers to “cruelly act against the enemies of Afghanistan”. Khaled, an intelligence director under ex-president Hamid Karzai and a critic of President Ashraf Ghani, was appointed by Ghani last week as …
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KABUL: Ministry of Energy and Water on Saturday said it had signed agreements with private corporations for implementation of five social welfare and infrastructure projects. Projects to be implemented include ‘construction of gabion of first part of Balkh’s Shor Tepa district’, ‘Takhar’s Qalbres and Shorab canals’, ‘construction of headquarters of …
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AT Monitoring desk-KABUL: Some 120,000 tons of commodities were transited to Afghanistan from southeastern Iranian Port of Chabahar over the past 14 months, according to deputy head of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran. Mohammad-Ali Hassanzadeh said that the shipments to the Port of Chabahar, mostly wheat and cereal, are …
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