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Afghanistan Optimistic to China OBOR Project: Hakimi
March 29, 2017
KABUL - Finance Minister Eklil Ahmad Hakimi has said China One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative provided hope for Afghanistan after years of conflict and bloodshed in the war-torn country...
MoD Calls on Pakistan to Stop Supporting Terrorists
March 29, 2017
KABUL - Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri, on Tuesday called on Pakistan to prevent terrorists from coming in to Afghanistan and urged Pakistan to stop supporting terrorists...
Afghanistan Fired 1,394 Army Personnel on Corruption Charges
March 29, 2017
KABUL - The Afghan government has fired at least 1,394 army personnel on charges of corruption amid persistent efforts to bring reforms in the government institutions. Deputy Defense Minister...
WB to Give $200m for Urban Development
March 29, 2017
KABUL - The World Bank will offer $200 million for the sustainable urban development of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Urban Development (MRRUD) says...
Security Ministers Survive Impeachment Vote
March 28, 2017
KABUL - The Afghan defence and interior ministers and the head of the country's intelligence service survived a vote of confidence called on Monday over the failure to tackle mounting insecurity...
CEO Urges Pakistan’s Sincerity in War on Terror
March 28, 2017
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday urged Pakistan’s honesty in the fight against terrorism, saying support to terrorist groups was threatening the...
Ghani, British FM Discuss Regional Security
March 28, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani in a telephonic conversation with Britain’s Foreign Minister (FM) Boris Johnson on Sunday discussed terrorism, security and other mutual interest issues...
Five Billion Afs. in Worn-Out Bank Notes Burnt Annually
March 28, 2017
KABUL - The Central Bank of Afghanistan (CBA) on Monday said they pay nearly three AFs to print every Afghani bank note and that annually they collect and burn five billion AFs worth of...
Govt. Wants Uzbeks Sidelined: Dostum’s Office
March 28, 2017
KABUL - Reacting to First Lady Rula Ghani’s remarks, the Office of the First Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, on Monday said the Presidential Palace was deliberately omitting an...
Tajikistan Increases Electricity Export to Afghanistan
March 28, 2017
KABUL - Tajikistan exports about 2.6 million kWh of electricity to Afghanistan, reports Avesta news agency. The volume of export of electricity to Afghanistan has grown since early March...
We Respect Parliament’s Authority: Ghani
March 27, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said all the three pillars of the state were correlative and their close coordination and cooperation was vital for a stable Afghanistan in future...
NATO Resolute Support Commander Calls for more Troops in Afghanistan
March 27, 2017
MOSCOW - NATO Resolute Support Mission Commander Gen. John Nicholson plans to request more troops in Afghanistan to prevent the country from becoming terrorist safe haven, local media...
Corruption Curtails Justice to Ordinary Afghans: EU
March 27, 2017
KABUL - The European Union (EU) anti corruption campaign put the judiciary on agenda for its annual anti corruption drive from Sunday till April 2 focusing on judicial corruption in the...
Parliamentary Elections Govt’s Top Priority: Arg
March 27, 2017
KABUL - The Presidential Palace (ARG) said in a statement on Sunday that holding the parliamentary and district councils' elections is government’s top priority this year. Meetings were...
Pakistan-Afghanistan Dialogue Start in Islamabad
March 27, 2017
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani and Afghan lawmakers, former officials, members of civil society and media will hold a three-day dialogue here from Monday to explore ways to bring ties closer...
States Supporting Terror Need to be Controlled: Muslimyar
March 27, 2017
HAINAN, CHINA - Meshrano Jirga chairman Fazl Hadi Muslimyar said that terrorism would engulf other countries if needed steps not taken against states supporting terror groups. Muslimyar...
Current Academic Curriculum Unresponsive: Ghani
March 26, 2017
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said the current education curriculum was not responsive to students’ needs and teachers were also under pressure. Ghani, who...
I will Quit my Job, not the Province: Balkh Governor
March 26, 2017
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Atta Mohammad Noor, the governor of northern Balkh province, on Saturday reiterated his intention to resign in the near future, saying the president had asked him to delay...
MPs React to Ghani’s Remarks on Summoning Ministers
March 26, 2017
KABUL - A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Saturday reacted to President Ashraf Ghani’s reported remarks on summoning of security ministers ...
Pakistan Starts Border Fencing with Afghanistan: Gen. Bajwa
March 26, 2017
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said Saturday that the country has started fencing border with Afghanistan in a move to stop the cross-border movement of the...
India, U.S. Face Common Security Problems: Mattis
March 26, 2017
WASHINGTON - The United States Defense Secretary James Mattis in a meeting with India's National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, at the Pentagon on Friday said the two countries are faced with...
MoD Accelerates Fight against Corruption: Waziri
March 26, 2017
KABUL - Authorities in the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said they have swapped posts of at least 1,000 officials accused of corruption in procurement and finance departments of the ministry...
Illiteracy Rate in Afghanistan is Terrible: Danish
March 25, 2017
KABUL - Mohammad Sarwar Danish, Second Vice President said on Thursday that the high illiteracy rate in the country was “terrible” and that many of the country’s...
Sopko Highlights Major Corruption Cases Among Afghan Forces
March 25, 2017
KABUL - The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko, at an event in Duke University in the United States made shocking remarks on ‘corruption’ among...
Taliban Denies Talks with Pakistan on Afghan Peace Prospects
March 25, 2017
ISLAMABAD - Afghanistan’s Taliban disputes media reports that its representatives recently visited neighboring Pakistan and discussed with officials there the prospect of holding direct...
Farmers Playing Key Role in Afghanistan’s Development: President
March 25, 2017
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the policy of domestic agriculture products consumption would be expanded from the defence ministry to other government institutions to...
77 Rebels Killed, 16 Wounded in Country-Wide Operations: MoD
March 25, 2017
KABUL - Seventy-seven militants, including 22 Daesh rebels, have been killed and 16 others wounded in security forces separate operations in different parts of the country in the past...
Ministry to Deliver 10,000 Tons of Seed to Farmers
March 25, 2017
KABUL - Officials from the ministry of agriculture and irrigation on Thursday said that it will distribute 10,000 tons of improved seed to Afghan farmers this year in order to help...
EU Urges Afghan Govt to Take Action against Illegal Mining
March 20, 2017
KABUL - The European Union (EU) has urged the government of Afghanistan to take immediate action to stop illegal mining in the country, a statement from the EU mission in Kabul said on...
On Time Supplies Played Key Role in Defeating Enemies: Ghani
March 20, 2017
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has called on time supplies to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces as a key factor in defeating the enemies of the country. In telephone...
6 Ministers-Designates may be Named by March End
March 20, 2017
KABUL - New ministers-designate for finance, agriculture, foreign affairs, boarder and tribal affairs, mines and petroleum and parliamentary affairs are expected to be introduced to the...
Requests for Citizenship Renunciation Decrease: MoJ
March 20, 2017
KABUL -The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on Sunday said requests for cancellation of Afghanistan citizenship have decreased since the national unity government’s coming into power...
President Vows to Resolve Baghlan’s Power Problem
March 20, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has stressed strict measures to deal with land-grabbers, calling social justice vital to eliminating problems in northern Baghlan province. A statement from the...
Herat Development Projects Grind to a Halt
March 20, 2017
HERAT CITY - District governor of Zenda Jan district of western Herat province on Sunday said 85 development projects have been started in the district, but 11 of the projects have come...
US, Germany Agree to Work Together in Afghanistan
March 19, 2017
WASHINGTON - Reiterating their firm commitment to Afghanistan, the United States President Donald Trump and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel have agreed to continue to work together in...