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Bodies of Beheaded Passengers Arrive in Kabul

Bodies of Beheaded  Passengers Arrive in Kabul

November 11, 2015

KABUL - Families of seven beheaded passengers on Tuesday evening moved the bodies of their beloved ones from Ghazni to Kabul in a bid to seek justice from government...

Afghans Protest Against Beheading of Civilians

Afghans Protest Against Beheading of Civilians

November 11, 2015

GHAZNI - Thousands of Afghans demonstrated on Tuesday in Ghazni city, capital of the eastern Ghazni province, to protest against beheading of seven civilians by...

36% of Afghanistan Population under Poverty Line

36% of Afghanistan Population under Poverty Line

November 10, 2015

KABUL - According to a joint survey by the ministry of economic and the World Bank over 36% of the people of Afghanistan live under the poverty line. Afghan economic...

Turning Towards India for Military Assistance an Essential Need: MPs

Turning Towards India  for Military Assistance an  Essential Need: MPs

November 10, 2015

KABUL - A number of Members of Parliament on Monday said that Afghanistan’s demand for military assistance from India is an important need and the government...

US to Stay in Afghanistan: Senator Rose

US to Stay in Afghanistan: Senator Rose

November 10, 2015

KABUL - A US delegation who visited Chief of Executive Abdullah Abdullah has stated that US Government will not leave Afghanistan unless Afghanistan quits its ties...

NATO to Beef up RS Mission as Frustration Mounts on Afghanistan Future

NATO to Beef up  RS Mission as  Frustration Mounts on Afghanistan Future

November 10, 2015

KABUL - NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight...

Taliban Had Demanded 5 Million before Stoning Rokhshana

Taliban Had Demanded 5 Million before Stoning Rokhshana

November 10, 2015

KABUL - Taliban had asked for 5 million Afghanis in order to free the 19-year-old Rokhshana who they later stoned to death on the accusation of eloping with a man after her...

Nangarhar University Students Raise Taliban, Daesh Flags

Nangarhar University Students Raise Taliban, Daesh Flags

November 10, 2015

JALALABD - Dozens of Nangarhar University students in an unprecedented move on Sunday raised the flags of Taliban, Daesh and Hizb-e-Islami militant groups in a...

Ghani Questions Effectiveness of Past Decade Investments

Ghani Questions Effectiveness  of Past Decade Investments

November 09, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday questioned the standard of constructions and investment of billions of dollars in Kabul over the past decade. Addressing the...

EU Wants Afghanistan to Resolve Joint Water Disputes with Neighbors

EU Wants Afghanistan to Resolve Joint Water Disputes with Neighbors

November 09, 2015

KABUL - European Union demanded Afghanistan to resolve its joint water disputes with its neighboring countries to avoid upcoming problems. European Union Ambassador...

October the Deadliest Month so Far in 2015

October the Deadliest  Month so Far in 2015

November 09, 2015

KABUL - October was the deadliest month in Afghanistan as the insecurity occurrences saw a sharp increase compared to first nine months of 2015 – when the combat mission...

Balkh Province Undertakes Socio Demographic and Economic Survey

Balkh Province Undertakes  Socio Demographic and  Economic Survey

November 09, 2015

MAZAR-I SHARIF - The Central Statistics Organization (CSO) of Afghanistan and the provincial government of Balkh on Monday announced to conduct the Socio Demographic...

Taliban Splinter Group Ready for Peace Talks

Taliban Splinter Group Ready for Peace Talks

November 09, 2015

KABUL - An Afghan Taliban splinter group, which refuses Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor as successor of late Mullah Omar, says they are ready to talk peace with...

Electricity Rate to Go up in Afghanistan Due to High Dollar Value: DABS

Electricity Rate to Go up  in Afghanistan Due to High Dollar Value: DABS

November 09, 2015

KABUL - Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), Afghanistan’s national utility company, has announced that electricity tariff would increase with effect from next...

Ghani Cancels Controversial Project with Kabul Bank Criminal

Ghani Cancels Controversial  Project with Kabul Bank Criminal

November 08, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday issued a decree invalidating the contract recently signed with a bankrupt debtor of Kabul Bank. Khalilullah Frozi – one...

Turkmenistan Starts Work on $10bn Gas Pipeline

Turkmenistan Starts Work  on $10bn Gas Pipeline

November 08, 2015

ASHGABAT - Energy-rich Turkmenistan's leader has ordered the start of construction on a pipeline carrying gas from the former Soviet state to India, Pakistan and Afghanistan...

Ghani Visits Logar, Meets Officials over Security Situation

Ghani Visits Logar, Meets Officials over  Security Situation

November 08, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Friday visited Logar province, about 50 kilometers south of Kabul, to review the security situation of the province, said a...

Daesh Flag Lowered in Achin, 50 Fighters Killed

Daesh Flag Lowered in  Achin, 50 Fighters Killed

November 08, 2015

KABUL - Nearly 50 members of newly-emerged Daesh group have been killed in a wide-scale operation in Achin district in eastern Nangarhar, officials said Saturday...

Herat Farmers to Make Afs 500mn This Year from Saffron Business

Herat Farmers to Make Afs 500mn  This Year from Saffron Business

November 08, 2015

HERAT - Saffron harvest season has kicked off in Herat province and farmers are expecting to generate about 500mn Afghanis in revenue this year, Herat’s...

IOM Distributes Aid to 1,000 Earthquake-Hit Families

IOM Distributes Aid to 1,000 Earthquake-Hit Families

November 08, 2015

KABUL - International Organization for Migration (IOM) distributed vital relief supplies across northern, central and eastern Afghanistan this week, helping families...

European Officials Stress Cooperation with Asia in Tackling Global Challenges

European Officials Stress Cooperation with Asia in Tackling Global Challenges

November 07, 2015

LUXEMBOURG CITY - European leaders attending the foreign ministers' meeting within the framework of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) have on many occasions stressed...

NATO Welcomes United Countries Presence Plan in Afghanistan

NATO Welcomes United Countries Presence Plan in Afghanistan

November 07, 2015

KABUL - NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised the presence plan of NATO’s country members in Afghanistan. I welcome united countries decision to ...

Kabul Serena Hotel Repair and Maintenance Support to Shamsa Children Village

Kabul Serena Hotel Repair and Maintenance  Support to Shamsa Children Village

November 07, 2015

WASHINGTON - The US Department of Defence has said that it’s no longer conducting counter-terrorism operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan because...

Land Grabbing Main Cause of Delay in Construction of New Kabul City

Land Grabbing Main Cause of Delay in Construction of New Kabul City

November 07, 2015

KABUL - Minister of Urban Development in presentation of his first 100 days work said that land grabbing caused the delay for construction of New Kabul City. Sayed Sadat...

Criticisms Spark after Kabul Bank Criminals Allowed to Enjoy Business

Criticisms Spark after Kabul Bank Criminals Allowed to Enjoy Business

November 07, 2015

KABUL - The recent move of government to include bankrupt debtors of Kabul Bank to a vast government project has questioned the independence of Afghanistan's Judicial...

Afghanistan ‘Poised to Acquire’ Military Helicopters from India

Afghanistan ‘Poised  to Acquire’ Military  Helicopters from India

November 07, 2015

KABUL - Afghanistan is reportedly about to acquire four Russian-made Mi-25 attack helicopters from India amid a widening Taliban insurgency across the country...

CEO Warns of Not Accepting Any Jirga Except “Joya Jirga of Constitution”

CEO Warns of Not Accepting Any Jirga Except “Joya Jirga of Constitution”

November 05, 2015

KABUL - Afghanistan Chief of Executive Officer, Abdullah Abdullah warned Wednesday that no Jirga is acceptable for him except “Loya Jirga”. CEO emphasized...

Russia Worried By ISIL Presence in Afghanistan Near Tajik, Turkmen Borders

Russia Worried By ISIL Presence in  Afghanistan Near Tajik, Turkmen Borders

November 05, 2015

MOSCOW - Russia is alarmed by the concentration of Islamic State (ISIL) militants in Afghanistan’s north, near its borders with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, as well as...

NATO General Calls to Resume Military Operation in Afghanistan

NATO General Calls to Resume Military Operation in Afghanistan

November 05, 2015

WASHINGTON - German NATO General Hans-Lothar Domröse said that NATO should again launch a military operation in Afghanistan and conduct airstrikes against radical...

MPs Called Alleged Stoning of Rokhshana Inhumane, Un-Islamic

MPs Called Alleged Stoning of Rokhshana Inhumane, Un-Islamic

November 05, 2015

KABUL - Lawmakers strongly criticized stoning of Rokhshana, 19, accused of adultery, and called it inhumane and un-Islamic. The woman was stoned last week in accusation...

Abdullah and Li Discuss Bilateral Cooperation

Abdullah and Li Discuss Bilateral Cooperation

November 05, 2015

KABUL – Chinese Vice President, Li Yuanchao, and CEO Abdullah Abdullah held a meeting Tuesday evening in Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation aimed at further...

Afghanistan’s ‘Mother of Education’ Wins Wise 2015 Laureate Award

Afghanistan’s ‘Mother of Education’ Wins Wise 2015  Laureate Award

November 05, 2015

DOHA - The Seventh World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) 2015 has awarded WISE Prize for Education Laureate to Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) Founder...

Kabul and Beijing Mark 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties

Kabul and Beijing Mark 60th  Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties

November 04, 2015

Afghanistan, China Sign Three Cooperation Agreements KABUL - Afghanistan and People's Republic of China celebrated Tuesday the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ...

Russia Says it Doesn’t Mind if Assad Stays or Steps Down

Russia Says it Doesn’t Mind if Assad Stays or Steps Down

November 04, 2015

MOSCOW - A Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday that Moscow does not consider it a matter of principle that Syrian President Bashar Assad should...

We Must Hit Climate Target to Avoid Refugee Waves: Merkel

We Must Hit Climate Target to Avoid Refugee Waves: Merkel

November 04, 2015

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the world must do everything it can to meet an international goal to fight global warming, arguing that failing to do ...