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AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s economic stability hinges on a smooth election, said a World Bank’s latest development report, warning the recent economic recovery was at risk in the face of political and election tensions. According to report released on Tuesday, following the economic shock of the withdrawal of international troops, the associated decline …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development said Tuesday it officially began a $1.25 million project to revamp 36 damaged water canals. “War has decimated the country’s water infrastructure, and water canals have been destroyed, having incapacitated agriculture and economic growth,” said minister of rural rehabilitation and development Mujiburrahman Karimi. …

AT-KABUL: As part of his continuous consultations with major political parties and jihadi leaders, President Ashraf Ghani conferred this week with pre-eminent political leaders and discussed peace process, ceasefire, upcoming elections and other issues of national importance. These consultative meetings took place in the presidential palace, in which president Ghani …

AT-KABUL: Some 28 drug traffickers have been sentenced by the court of Criminal Justice Task Force to short and long term imprisonment, the court said on Tuesday. The primary and appellate court of CJTF have sentenced 28 drug smugglers to prison terms spanning from one year to 16 years, said …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A senior al-Qaedaloyalist along with six affiliates of the extremist network was killed on Monday night during an operation of the Afghan army in southern Helmand, the army Special Force Corps said on Tuesday. Afghan army special forcescarried out a crackdown against al-Qaeda terrorist network fighters in …

AT-JALALABAD: Women’s social and political empowerment is a crucial component for strengthening Afghanistan’s democracy, said participants in two UN-backed events in Jalalabad, the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar. The events drew elders, scholars and other community leaders from across the four eastern provinces of Laghman, Kunar, Nuristan and …

AT-KABUL: A Taliban commander along with two of his family members was killed on Sunday and eleven others of his kin were wounded after their own explosives detonated in southern Helmand province. The explosion happened on Sunday afternoon inside the house of a Taliban commander touted as‘Baran’in Shamal area in …

AT-KABUL: Pakistan’s intention to purportedly fence the porous Durand Line with the multi-hundred million dollar financial help of the United States has brought out infuriation and denunciation of ex-President Hamid Karzai who says it is a ploy to split Afghans on both sides of the de facto borderline. The ex-president …

AT-KABUL: Afghan forces have pushed back a Taliban’s attack in northern Farah province, military authorities have said. Taliban fighters massively stormed security posts in Jamjama Qala and Bazaar Qala area of Dawlat Abad district in Farah on Sunday night, but faced strict resistance of Afghan forces, said a statement issued …

AT-KABUL: Kabul police has arrested over 29 people on suspicion of dealing drugs in Kabul in the past week. Kabul police in coordination with Counter Narcotics Police have conducted 23 joint and exclusive crackdowns against drug dealers in the past one week, as result of which 29 suspects have been …