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Civilians, Officials, Departments Owe 3.6b Afs to DABS
October 18, 2016
KABUL - Civilians, half of government institutions and officials owe three billion and 300 millions afghanis to Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) in unpaid electricity bills...
ANSF Blunt Taliban Offensive outside Lashkargah: Officials
October 18, 2016
KABUL – Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) say they have fought Taliban forces to a standstill outside the capital of southern Helmand province, but the city remains...
Inefficient Ministers be Disqualified: MPs
October 18, 2016
KABUL - A number of Wolesi Jirga members demanded disqualification of ministers who failed to spend 50 percent of budgetary allocations during the ongoing fiscal year...
62 Insurgents Join Peace Drive in Sar-I-Pul
October 18, 2016
SAR-I-PUL - Sixty-two Taliban militants who shunned violence a week ago on Monday formally laid down their weapons and joined the peace process in northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor...
No Plot Behind Kunduz Collapse: Abdullah
October 17, 2016
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday denied the Kunduz conflict has any ethnic dimension or a conspiracy led to the city collapse. The CEO told...
Ghani Issues New Decree on Access to Information
October 17, 2016
KABUL - Haroon Chakhansuri, spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani at a press conference on Sunday read the Presidential Palace's new decree on access to information aimed at supporting...
Official Says Gov’t to Probe Recent Fall of Kunduz City
October 17, 2016
KABUL - The Afghan government will investigate the recent fall of the northern Kunduz city to the Taliban militants, spokesman for Presidential Palace Haroon Chakhansori said...
50 Soldiers Killed, as Many Missing in Helmand: Officials
October 17, 2016
LASHKARGAH - Helmand governor Hayatullah Hayat on Sunday said nearly 50 soldiers have been killed and as many have gone missing in conflicts in the province over the past two weeks...
Rula Ghani to Address Investing in the Future Conference
October 17, 2016
KABUL - First Lady Rula Bibi Gul Ganiwill be among a galaxy of speakers at an international event to be held in Sharjah, a media report said on Sunday. The two-day ‘Investing...
Fight against Narcotics
October 18, 2016
One of the major concerns in Afghanistan is that it has not been able to take serious steps towards solving its major problems. Problems like poppy cultivation and smuggling...
Taliban’s Bid to Capture Major Cities Frustrated: NATO
October 16, 2016
KABUL - About 1,000 Daesh (Islamic State) terrorists are currently operating in two or three districts of eastern Nangarhar province, a NATO spokesman said on Saturday. Provincial officials...
Thousands of Daesh Fighters Trying to Sneak Into North: VP
October 16, 2016
MAIMANA - First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum, currently on a visit to Farah province, has said some internal and foreign circles are trying to send 7,500 Daesh, or Islamic...
Russia, India Share Need to Rebuild Afghanistan: Putin
October 16, 2016
KABUL - President Vladimir Putin said India and Russia were both interested in deepening "constructive multilateral cooperation" to help rebuild war-torn Afghanistan...
MPs Blame Govt. for Failure in War Management
October 16, 2016
KABUL - A number of MPs in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Saturday said that a lack of a clear war strategy has resulted in exchanging districts between security...
MoU on Fast, Cheapest Postal Service Signed
October 16, 2016
KABUL - The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MCIT) on Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Turkish Cargo company on postal...
Ghani Wants Ulema, Public Reps to Work for Social Harmony
October 15, 2016
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Thursday urged religious scholars and public representatives to work for cohesion in society and increase public awareness regarding...
September Less Deadly: 1065 Killed, 727 Wounded
October 15, 2016
KABUL - Nearly 2,000 people were killed and wounded across the country in September, a 25 percent decline in violence and a 35 percent cut in causalities from August. According to...
Dostum Pledges Purging Kunduz of Taliban
October 15, 2016
SHIBERGHAN - First Vice-President Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum, who recently traveled to northwestern Faryab province to clear Ghormach district of Taliban, said his next target...
Stay Aloof from Politics, Ghani Tells Military Officers
October 15, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Friday asked military officers to stay committed to the defence of Afghanistan and aloof from politics. The president said this during a meeting...
Taliban Fighters Ambush, Kill Dozens of Retreating Afghan Troops
October 15, 2016
LASHKAR GAH - Taliban militants ambushed and killed around 100 Afghan police and soldiers earlier this week as they tried to retreat, the heaviest losses suffered by government...
Efforts to Impede Reforms Intolerable: Ghani
October 11, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has taken a dig at corrupt individuals and groups that are trying to impede his administration’s reform agenda and bringing...
WJ Calls for Instant Implementation of HIA-Govt Peace Deal
October 11, 2016
KABUL - Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Monday demanded immediate implementation of peace deal signed between Afghan government and Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan...
Hizb-E-Islami Delegation to Visit US
October 11, 2016
KABUL - Mohammad Karim Amin, the chairman of Hizb-e-Islami's peace talk's delegation said on Sunday night that a delegation of party representatives will soon visit the U.S, but did not...
Dostum to Lead Large-Scale Military Operation in Kunduz
October 11, 2016
KABUL - General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the first vice president, announced on Sunday night that he will lead a large-scale military operation in Kunduz to clear the province...
Kunduz War Sparks Blame Game as Ghani Dismisses Governor’s Remarks
October 11, 2016
KABUL - Controversy is brewing over the Taliban's serious onslaught against Kunduz city last week with certain elements resorting to blaming others for the crisis...
Taliban Overrun Police Station in Lashkargah
October 11, 2016
LASHKARGAH - Taliban fighters have captured a police station in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, a reliable source said on Monday. One security official...
MoD under Fire over War Management Strategy
October 10, 2016
KABUL - A number of critics on Sunday slammed the Ministry of Defense (MoD) for what they called poor war management, arguing that because of this parts of the country are...
Presidents Scraps all Illegal Appointments to MoPH
October 10, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani, during a surprise visit to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), on Sunday ordered the minister concerned to sack a number of officials involved...
Ministry Alarmed at Failure to Adhere to Human Rights Convention
October 10, 2016
KABUL - Justice Ministry officials have said government has not implemented almost 29 percent of the articles included in the UN's Human Rights Convention. Officials said 21 percent...
Afghan, Indian, Pakistani Children Paying Price of Terrorism: U.S
October 10, 2016
WASHINGTON - The State Department said Indian, Pakistani and Afghan children have been paying the price of war for many years – not just the last 15 years. State Department Spokesman...
Farah Province on Verge of Collapse: Officials
October 10, 2016
KABUL - Heavy clashes between the security forces and the Taliban are ongoing close to Farah city in the west of the country, officials confirmed Sunday. Members of the provincial...
Scores of Civilians Dead, 250 Hurt as Clashes Continue in Kunduz
October 09, 2016
KUNDUZ CITY - Scores of people have been killed and over 200 wounded during ongoing clashes in northern Kunduz, a local representative said on Saturday. Mohammad Yousuf...
Concerns Raised Over Afghan Refugee Deportations from EU
October 09, 2016
KABUL - The Italian branch of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Centro Astalli, raised concerns over an agreement between the Afghan government and the European Union (EU) to...
President Pays Surprise Visit to 2 State-Run Hospitals in Kabul
October 09, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani during his campaign of overseeing the government civil and military institutions in the service of people have visited the Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan...
CEO Stresses Gradual, Voluntary Return of Refugees
October 09, 2016
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah has underlined the need for sustainable, voluntary and safe repatriation of Afghan refugees to their country. Addressing a...