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Arghandiwal Warns About 40% of Customs Revenue Being Embezzled
November 09,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan’s acting finance minister said on Sunday that up to 40 percent of the country’s customs revenue is being embezzled, adding this prevents the country ...
Kabul Slams Haq’s Remarks as Irresponsible
November 09,2020
KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a protest with Pakistan over controversial remarks by a senior cleric.
Maulana Hamidul Haq, head of the Haqqania ...
Kabul Municipality Demolishes Cinema Park Building
November 09,2020
KABUL - The Kabul Municipality says the Cinema Park building is unusable and cannot be rebuilt, so it wants to demolish it.
Samira Rasa, a spokeswoman for the Kabul ...
Pakistan Eyeing $5b Trade with Afghanistan
November 09,2020
KABUL - Pakistan’s Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood says the government has set a target of $5 billion exports to Afghanistan in next three years...
IMF Approves $370 Million Loan for Afghanistan
November 08,2020
KABUL - The International Monetary Fund’s executive board approved on Friday a $370 million 42-month extended credit facility for Afghanistan. ...
Lack of National Consensus Overshadows Doha Talks: Rabbani
November 08,2020
KABUL - Salahuddin Rabbani, head of Jamiat-e-Islami party, at a gathering of his supporters in Kabul on Friday said that lack of consensus in the country on the ongoing peace ...
Bamyan Cave-Dwellers Yearning for Peace
November 08,2020
BAMYAN CITY - Zahra, a young woman, spending her life along with her family, in a cave in central Bamyan province, is hemmed in by a whole host of problems ...
Ghani Condemns Targeted Attack on Former Journalist and DAB Staff
November 08,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has condemned the attack on Central Bank employees, including former TV journalist Yama Siawash, who died in a magnetic IED explosion in ...
Saleh and Mohib Did Not Attend Parliament Session
November 08,2020
KABUL - First Vice President Amrullah Saleh and National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib did not attend today’s session of the Wolesi Jirga...
Afghan Refugees’ Return from Pakistan Sharply Falls
November 08,2020
>PESHAWAR - Only 1,000 registered Afghan refugees have returned to their country from Pakistan so far during the current year, a media report said on Saturday...
Saleh Sees Taliban Behind Kabul University Attack
November 04,2020
KABUL - First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Tuesday blamed the Taliban for Kabul University attack and said there are many evidences to prove his claim...
US Election 2020: Americans Choose Between Trump and Biden
November 04,2020
WASHINGTON- Americans are voting in one of the most divisive presidential elections in decades, pitting incumbent Republican Donald Trump against his Democratic challenger Joe Biden ...
Khalilzad Calls on Govt, Taliban to Work for Peace, Ceasefire
November 04,2020
KABUL - US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday said he condemns Kabul University attack claimed by Daesh added that the “barbaric” attack is not an opportunity ...
COVID-19 Infections Reach 41,728 in Afghanistan with 95 New Infections
November 04,2020
KABUL - Afghan Ministry of Public Health confirmed 95 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections to 41,728...
International Donors Likely to Pledge Less Aid for Afghanistan
November 04,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan is likely to receive reduced pledges for aid from international donors gathering in Geneva next month, three sources familiar with discussions said, amid uncertainty over how ...
Turkey Conveys Condolences to Afghanistan Over Attack
November 04,2020
ANKARA - Turkey offered its condolences Monday after a number of people were killed and wounded in a terrorist attack at Kabul University in Afghanistan...
Khalilzad, Gen. Bajwa Discuss Afghan Peace Bid
November 03,2020
KABUL - US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday called on Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Javed Qamar Bajwa...
Kabul University Attack an Intelligence Failure: Saleh
November 03,2020
KABUL - First vice-president Amarullah Saleh on Monday said the attack on the Kabul University was an intelligence failure and a humanitarian disaster...
US Election 2020: Biden and Trump hit swing states
November 03,2020
WASHINGTON- On the eve of the election, Trump and Biden are making their final pitches to voters in crucial states that could determine the outcome...
Afghan-Taliban Delegations Agrees on Third Party Mediation
November 02,2020
DOHA - The Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed that Qatar will play a role in facilitating peace talks and advising negotiators to both sides...
Danesh, NATO SCR Confer on Peace Process
November 02,2020
KABUL - Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh and NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo discussed the alliance support for Afghan government and forces on ...
76 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported
November 02,2020
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 76 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 307 samples tested in the last 24 hours. ...
Senate Wants US to Standby Afghans as Per BSA
November 02,2020
KABUL - The Mesharano Jirga or Senate on Sunday asked the US to act in line with the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) and stand by the people and the government of Afghanistan for ...
40,000 Badakhshan Children Miss Polio Vaccine
November 02,2020
FAIZABAD - The Public Health Department of northeastern Badakhshan province on Sunday accused the Taliban of depriving 40,000 children of polio vaccine, a claim the movement denied...
Journalists Still Face Threats in Afghanistan
November 02,2020
KABUL - The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its annual global impunity index has put Afghanistan in the fifth row among 12 countries where journalists are singled out for murder ...
Afghanistan, Sri Lanka Celebrate 62 Years of Diplomatic Relations
November 02,2020
COLOMBO - The 62nd anniversary of the establishment of Afghanistan-Sri Lanka diplomatic relations was celebrated at the Afghan embassy in Colombo on Sunday. . .
UN Official Says Taliban Maintains Ties with Al-Qaeda
November 01,2020
Al-Qaeda is still "heavily embedded" within the Taliban in Afghanistan despite the commitments the Taliban made after signing a peace agreement with the United States, a senior ...
Afghanistan Achieves Transparency Despite Obstacles
November 01,2020
KABUL - After its second Validation, Afghanistan has made meaningful progress in implementing the EITI Standards.
Afghanistan has improved its transparency ...
Kabul, Islamabad Asked to Remove Trade Barriers
November 01,2020
PESHAWAR - Pakistan and Afghanistan have been urged to do all they can to remove hurdles to bilateral trade and economic relations.
The removal of the barriers would boost trade ...
Fazli: No Amendment Has Been Made to The Electronic Identification Act
November 01,2020
KABUL - Fazel Mahmood Fazli, Head of the administrative office of the president OAA, said Wolesi Jirga’s decision on the distribution of electronic IDs was unacceptable ...
Don’t Forget Afghanistan, Finland Asks Donors
November 01,2020
KABUL - Finland has urged the global fraternity not to forget Afghanistan and help stabilise the war-torn country.
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, who visited ...
Imran Khan Says ‘No One Can Predict’ Afghanistan’s Future
November 01,2020
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that no one can predict how the future in Afghanistan will unfold, pointing out to the outcome of the Afghan peace process and a future government ...
Trump Has ‘No Plan’ to Exit Afghanistan by Christmas: US Lawmaker
November 01,2020
WASHINGTON - Weeks after President Donald Trump’s remarks that all US troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, a top US lawmaker said that there was no actual ...
Quran, Sharia Should Be Basis for Talks: Ghani
October 31,2020
>KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani at a ceremony on Prophet Mohammad's birthday on Thursday said that Quran and Islamic sharia should be the basis for the peace negotiations in Doha ...
Boosting Regional Cooperation Priority of Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy: Atmar
October 31,2020
KABUL - Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar said Thursday that Boosting cooperation with the regional countries including Iran is one of the priorities of Afghan ...