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Half a Million Afghan Children Affected by Drought: UN
April 25, 2018
KABUL - Half a million Afghan children have been affected by a looming drought in the country, a UN agency said on Tuesday, fearing food insecurity in impoverished Afghanistan...
Peace in Afghanistan Central to Regional Security: India
April 25, 2018
KABUL - “This can only be achieved through political dialogue and reconciliation within the framework of the Afghan constitution,” Sushma Swaraj ...
Kabul, Kandahar Record Highest Voter Registration Turnout
April 25, 2018
KABUL - While the low voter registration turnout in the country prevails, the Independent Election Commission’s update for the first week of the process shows Kabul ...
Conditions for Candidates Insufficient: Election Observers
April 25, 2018
KABUL - Election observers on Tuesday said conditions for parliamentary election candidates, particularly women, were not satisfactory...
Terror Blast Likely to Discourage Afghan Voters
April 24, 2018
KABUL Islamic State claimed responsibility for the suicide attack Sunday on an identification cards distribution center where hundreds of people had gathered to apply for ID cards for ...
Military Pressure to Force Taliban into Talks: NATO Envoy
April 24, 2018
LASHKARGAH - NATO’s Special Civilian Representative (SCR) Cornelius Zimmermann expressed these views at a meeting with local officials in Lashkargah ...
UN Chief Condemns Kabul Suicide Bombing
April 24, 2018
KABUL - The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday night condemned the attack on a population registration center in Kabul city that killed 57 people...
India ‘a Good, Strategic Friend’ of Afghanistan: Ghani
April 24, 2018
KABUL - While accepting the credentials of new Indian ambassador to Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said India was a good and strategic friend of Afghanistan ...
Afghan Exports to Iran Go Down, Imports up
April 24, 2018
KABUL - Iran’s exports to Afghanistan have gone up by more than 21 percent in terms of tonnage and 13.57 percent in year-on-year value, a media report said on Monday...
Central Bank Grants IBA an Islamic Banking System License
April 24, 2018
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Central Bank has granted a license to the Islamic Bank of Afghanistan (IBA), the first lender in the country to apply the interest-free principles ...
Attack at Kabul Voter Registration Center Kills at Least 58 People
April 23, 2018
KABUL - An Islamic State suicide bomber killed at least 58 people including women and children and wounded 119 outside a voter registration centre in the Afghan ...
Huge Turnout at Registration Centres
April 23, 2018
KABUL - Over 230,000 people, including 52,790 women have registered themselves as voters throughout the country and more people have been coming for registration, the Independent ...
Afghan Government Wins International Trust: WB
April 23, 2018
KABUL - The World Bank has said the Afghan government was able to gain international trust for its reform programs despite global assistance declined to Afghanistan...
Afghanistan Observes World Earth Day
April 23, 2018
KABUL - People in Afghanistan on Sunday joined other nations around the world to mark World Earth Day and carried out a clean up operation at the Hashmat Khan Lake in Kabul city...
IEC Promises to Restore Public Confidence in Election Process
April 23, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday said public confidence in the electoral process was badly damaged during the crisis following the 2014 ...
Global Community Backs Afghan Economic Reforms
April 23, 2018
KABUL - Major economic powers and international institutions have announced support for Afghanistan’s economic programmes and the government’s reform agenda...
Afghan, KP Govts to Conduct Anti-Polio Campaigns
April 23, 2018
PESHAWAR - Afghan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments will conduct coordinated campaigns to prevent polio transmission and circulation...
IMF Hails Afghanistan’s Economic Reform, Revenue Increas
April 22, 2018
KABUL - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) appreciated Achievements of Afghan Government in the area of increased revenue and necessarily critical ...
CEO Stresses Importance of Voter Registration Process
April 22, 2018
KABUL - Abdullah Abdullah said he has called on two ministries to help carry out awareness campaigns.
Addressing a special meeting of the Council of ...
Afghanistan-Turkey to Hold Trade Talks
April 22, 2018
KABUL - Turkish deputy minister of economy has said the two countries will hold talks in the near future on strengthening economic relations...
Afghan, Pakistani & Chinese FMs to Meet in Kabul
April 22, 2018
KABUL - Kabul is expected to host a trilateral meeting of foreign ministers from Afghanistan, China and Pakistan, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Saturday.
Disabled Swimmer Wins Gold for Afghanistan in the US
April 22, 2018
The Afghan teenager from Parwan won gold on Friday night in Indianapolis in the 100m backstroke event.
Abbas Karimi, an 18-year-old ...
Help form Mountain Brigade, Kabul Tells Beijing
April 22, 2018
KABUL - Afghanistan’s national security advisor (NSA) Hanif Atmar has sought help from China in establishing “a well-equipped mountain bridge”, a statement from ...
Ghani Wants Voter Registration Drive Accelerated
April 21, 2018
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani discussed the ongoing voter’s registration process with provincial civil and security officials via a video conference and issued ...
Results of Pakistan PM’s Kabul Visit “Not Clear So Far”
April 21, 2018
KABUL - The Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s office says the results of Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s visit to Kabul are not clear so ...
IEC Urges Govt Forces to Registration Centers’ Safety
April 21, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said attacks on voter registration centers are worrying and that security forces are asked to maintain their safety...
Mail to Roll out Multi-Billion Afghani Irrigation Plan
April 21, 2018
KABUL - Ministery of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Thursday said the Afghan government plans to rollout irrigation projects on farms, worth 2.5 ...
Growing Insecurity Hampers Voter Registration in Ghazni
April 21, 2018
GHAZNI CITY - Provincial council members and residents of southern Ghazni province say they may not participate in the forthcoming parliamentary and district ...
Annual Helmand River Poetic Session Held
April 21, 2018
LASHKARGAH - Poets and writers from various provinces and Quetta city and Chaman border town of Balochistan province of Pakistan took part in the annual Helmand ...
Hundreds of Afghan Women Set to Join the Government Workforce
April 19, 2018
Kabul - At least 400 Afghan women graduated today from an internship program aimed at providing Afghanistan with a pool of educated women ready to join the government ...
Japan Announces $11.6m to Improve Kabul Road Access
April 19, 2018
KABUL - Japan announced $11.6 million in new assistance for road projects in line with Kabul City Master Plan under an agreement signed at the Embassy of Japan here on Wednesday ...
Border Forces CRU Commander Killed in Kandahar Blast
April 19, 2018
KANDAHAR - The CRU commander was killed when a magnetic mine on his vehicle was detonated in Kandahar city.
Colonel Janan Mama, the commander ...
13-Year-Old Child Kidnapped in Parwan
April 19, 2018
CHARIKAR - Unidentified people kidnapped a 13-year-old child from first police district of Charikar, the capital of central Parwan province on Wednesday ...
76,000 Voters Registered in 4 Days, Says IEC
April 19, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday said the registration of voters was on the increase, with 76,000, including 18,450 women, documented over the last four days....
Sticker Attachment Slows Voter Registration: MPs
April 19, 2018
KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga (lower house) members on Wednesday expressed concern over the attachment of a sticker to paper identity cards of those registering to vote...