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Kabul Asks Pakistan Be Soft on Refugees

Kabul Asks Pakistan  Be Soft on Refugees

July 02, 2012

KABUL CITY - The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation expressed concern on the recent remarks of Pakistan to expel unregistered Afghan refugees living in the country and asked the neighboring government to take a softer position. In a statement on Sunday, the ministry said it has taken the issue of expelling Afghan refugees from Pakistan ...

Etisalat & Buzkashi Federation Sign Agreement to Promote Buzkashi in Afghanistan

Etisalat & Buzkashi Federation Sign Agreement to Promote Buzkashi in Afghanistan

July 02, 2012

KABUL - Etisalat Afghanistan, the first operator to launch 3.75G services in Afghanistan and part of Etisalat Telecommunications Group UAE, on Sunday has signed an agreement to support the game of Buzkashi in Afghanistan. A signing ceremony was held today at Etisalat office involving CEO ...

MTN Launches Commuter Courses

MTN Launches Commuter Courses

July 02, 2012

KABUL - MTNA foundation stands committed in its long standing resolve of promoting educational traditions and cultural values of Afghan society. Since its launch in 2008, MTN Afghanistan has upheld its commitment and dedication in serving the community by playing an active role as a ...

India Inc Bats for Indo-Afghan Free Trade Pact

India Inc Bats for  Indo-Afghan Free Trade Pact

July 01, 2012

NEW DELHI - Indian industry, asked to go into violence-ridden Afghanistan, has pitched for a free-trade agreement between India and Afghanistan.
Government on Thursday made a strong pitch for investment by India's private sector in Afghanistan as it sought to sell the country as a major investment destination to the world. Addressing a meet of potential investors from 40 countries, foreign minister S M Krishna called upon companies to contribute "to the security , stability ...

Dostum Refuses to Quit Politics

Dostum  Refuses to  Quit Politics

July 01, 2012

KABUL - Afghanistan National Front (ANF) leader Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum on Saturday refused to reply a Ministry of Defense (MoD)'s letter that calls on him to quit political activities, insisting his government's duty has nothing to do with the ministry.
Last week, Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum, also the military supreme commanders' chief of staff, was ...

IMF Pays $18.2 Million to Kabul

IMF Pays $18.2 Million to Kabul

July 01, 2012

KABUL - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday disbursed $18.2 million (877 million afs) to Afghanistan after completing it first review of the country's economic performance.
The IMF's press release said, the organization's board approved the money under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, following ...

Pakistan Offers 600 Scholarships to Afghan Students

Pakistan Offers 600  Scholarships to Afghan Students

July 01, 2012

KABUL – Pakistan government has offered 600 scholarships for the current academic year (2012-2013) for the Afghan students to study in different disciplines in the prominent educational institutions, professional colleges and universities of Pakistan. Pakistan has been offering fully-funded scholarships since 2009 under "the Prime ...

Ghazni Student Invents Math Formula

Ghazni Student  Invents Math Formula

July 01, 2012

GHAZNI CITY - A high school student in Ghazni city has invented a mathematical formula that was approved by the centre for science in Kabul, officials said on Saturday.
Khalilullah Yaqubi is an 11th grade student at the Albiruni high school of Nawabad on the outskirts of Ghazni city and a resident of ...

Allen, Kayani Discuss Terror Threats

Allen, Kayani  Discuss Terror Threats

July 01, 2012

KABUL - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan Gen John Allen held high-level military talks with Pakistan, focusing mainly on the pressing terrorism threats troubling both countries.
Allen who arrived in Islamabad on July 27th met Pakistan's Chief of ...

Russia Allows NATO to Use Airbase

Russia Allows  NATO to Use Airbase

July 01, 2012

KABUL - Russia has allowed the US and NATO allies to used a country airbase for transits to and from Afghanistan. Moscow had announced plans to create a NATO transit hub in Ulyanovsk city in March, and the decision was taken on June 25. A respective decree, signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, was published on ...

India Committed to Investments in Afghanistan: Krishna

India Committed to Investments in Afghanistan: Krishna

June 30, 2012

NEW DELHI - Roiled by terrorism, Afghanistan is not an easy destination to sell to investors but India would make all out efforts to do so, said Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, inaugurating the Delhi Investment Summit on Afghanistan on Thursday.
"The holding of a major investment meet on Afghanistan when NATO forces draw down by 2014 and terrorism continues to take a toll of lives, may at first sight appear counter-intuitive. Afghanistan may not be the easiest destination to sell to an investor. But India has ...

Delhi Summit on Afghanistan A Big Success: US

Delhi Summit on Afghanistan A Big Success: US

June 30, 2012

WASHINGTON - The United States has called the international investment meeting on Afghanistan hosted by India in New Delhi on Thursday "a big success."
"We think it was a very, very successful meeting, and it brought lots of international business interest, including American interest, but ...

India Consortium to Submit Bids for Afghanistan Mines

India Consortium to Submit Bids for Afghanistan Mines

June 30, 2012

NEW DELHI - A consortium of Indian state-owned companies will submit bids for copper and gold mines in Afghanistan by the middle of July, a senior executive at one of the companies said Friday.
"We need to submit the bids now, otherwise we may just miss the ...

MoD Dismisses Pakistan’s Insistence on Afghan-Grown Insurgency

MoD Dismisses Pakistan’s  Insistence on Afghan-Grown Insurgency

June 30, 2012

KABUL - The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) reiterated on Thursday its stance that Pakistan was responsible for the region's growing insurgency after Pakistan urged NATO to help stop insurgents crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan. MOD spokesman Gen. Zahir Azimi said that Pakistan's claims were not ...

33pc Decline in Infant Mortality Rate: Survey

33pc Decline in Infant Mortality Rate: Survey

June 30, 2012

KABUL - A new survey released on Wednesday said there has been a 33 percent decrease in mortality rate among infants as compared to 2007's deaths in Afghanistan.
The survey was conducted by the Central Statistics Organization (CSO), with technical and financial support from the United Nations ...

Afs 789mln Unpaid Power Bills in Nangarhar

Afs 789mln Unpaid  Power Bills in Nangarhar

June 30, 2012

JALALABAD - Various government departments in the eastern Nangarhar province owe 789 million afs to Brikhna Sherkat, a semi government power company in Afghanistan, an official said. Due to the institutions' failure to settle the outstanding amounts, ...

US Refutes Pak Claims against Safe Havens

US Refutes Pak Claims against Safe Havens

June 30, 2012

WASHINGTON - The United States has strongly refuted Pakistani allegation that NATO and Afghan forces are taking action against safe havens inside the country. And, Pentagon urged Islamabad to take strong action against terrorist sanctuaries inside ...

Japan’s Scholarships for Afghan Students

Japan’s Scholarships  for Afghan Students

June 30, 2012

KABUL - Japan has pledged to grant 500 scholarships to Afghan students who wish to pursue higher education in various educational fields in the country, the Presidential Palace said on Thursday. The Japanese foreign minister advisor Sadako Ogata said Japan was willing to fund Afghan students during a meeting with President Hamid ...

Afghans Face Mass Deportation from Pakistan

Afghans Face Mass  Deportation from Pakistan

June 30, 2012

KABUL - Hundreds of thousands of Afghans face the threat of deportation back to their war-torn country from Pakistan once a deadline expires Saturday (Today), but Kabul is crying foul over the move. Pakistan is home to 1.7 million refugees and hundreds of thousands ...

HIA, Taliban, Peace Council Meet in Japan

HIA, Taliban, Peace Council Meet in Japan

June 28, 2012

KABUL - The Afghanistan High Peace Council, Taliban and 'Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) led by Gul Buddin Hikmatyar, on Wednesday started a trilateral meeting in Kyoto city of Japan, officials said.
HIA head of political affairs Dr. Ghairat Baheer, former Taliban Planning Minister Qari Din Mohammad, ex-Taliban ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Abdul Salam Zayeef and representative of peace council, Masoom Stanikzai participated in the one-day peace ...

ANSF Ready to Enforce President’s Order: MoD

ANSF Ready to Enforce President’s Order: MoD

June 28, 2012

KABUL - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Wednesday said the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are ready to enforce president's order against Pakistan. Over the past two months Pakistani forces have been firing missiles on the bordering areas of eastern Kunar province, inflicting casualties ...

Dostum Must Choose Between ANF or Military Title: MoD

Dostum Must  Choose Between ANF  or Military Title: MoD

June 28, 2012

KABUL - Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum is being forced to choose between his work as a leader of opposition party Afghanistan National Front (ANF) and his government position as the Military Supreme Commander's chief of staff. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has sent Dostum a letter stating that ...

India Seeks Afghanistan Investments: Rao

India Seeks Afghanistan  Investments: Rao

June 28, 2012

KABUL – India seeks to expand its economic presence in Afghanistan as the international coalition fighting the Taliban withdraws combat forces through 2014, India's ambassador to the U.S. said yesterday. "Our intention is to invest and endure, and that's the approach ...

New Poppy Blight Poised to Boost Opium Price: U.N.

New Poppy Blight Poised  to Boost Opium Price: U.N.

June 28, 2012

VIENNA - A fresh blight is poised to hit Afghanistan's poppy fields this year, driving up opium prices and threatening to fuel a shift to potentially lethal heroin substitutes like "krokodil", the U.N. drugs watchdog said on ...

FM Zalmai Rassoul: Afghanistan is Prime Victim of Narcotics

FM Zalmai Rassoul: Afghanistan is Prime  Victim of Narcotics

June 27, 2012

KABUL - Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul, who attended an international counter-narcotics conference in Lima, Peru on Monday, reaffirmed the country's commitment to wage war on narcotics.
The conference, titled International Conference of Ministers of Foreign Relations and Heads of Specialized National Agencies against the World Drug Problem, brought together foreign ministers and heads of national counter-narcotics agencies from over 60 countries and several ...

Pak PM to Vist Afghanistan Next Month

Pak PM to Vist  Afghanistan Next Month

June 27, 2012

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf will be leaving for Afghanistan in the second week of next month as it will be his first foreign trip in the present capacity. The visit will have conspicuous ...

Allen to Push NATO Route Talks in Islamabad

Allen to Push NATO  Route Talks in Islamabad

June 27, 2012

ISLAMABAD - Top US commander in Afghanistan General John Allen is expected to arrive in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, on Wednesday to discuss the resumption of NATO supply routes, amid recent protests by religious political parties.
A media wing of the Pakistani army in Rawalpindi, Inter-Services ...

Lawmakers Support Karzai’s Anti-Graft Stance

Lawmakers Support Karzai’s Anti-Graft Stance

June 27, 2012

KABUL - A parliamentary group on Tuesday voiced support for President Hamid Karzai's stance to stem corruption plaguing the country.
The head of Etimad group of Wolesi Jirga, Mohammad Noor Akbari, told a press conference they supported Karzai's comments against graft, as people would lose confidence on the government if it failed to stop ...

MTN Customers can Now Recharge from Anywhere in the World

MTN Customers can Now  Recharge from Anywhere in  the World

June 27, 2012

KABUL - Now friends and relatives of MTN customers can recharge their own account or others from anywhere in the world. No need to be inside Afghanistan to recharge, MTN customers have access to top up their accounts or send others MTN credit when they are outside Afghanistan from ...

40 Countries to Attend Investment Summit on Afghanistan: India

40 Countries to Attend Investment Summit on Afghanistan: India

June 26, 2012

NEW DHELI - Nearly 40 countries, including Iran, China and Pakistan are expected to take part in the investment meet on Afghanistan to be held on Thursday to mobilize flow of private capital to the war-torn country. The meet--Delhi Investment Summit on Afghanistan--is being organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with the support of the governments of India and Afghanistan and in cooperation with relevant Afghan investment and business organizations, a Ministry of ...

President Karzai Congratulates New Egyptian President

President Karzai Congratulates New Egyptian President

June 26, 2012

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has sent to Dr. Mohammad Morsi a message of congratulations on his election as the new President of Egypt. The message reads as follows:
"On behalf of the people of Afghanistan and my own, I would like to congratulate your Excellency and the brotherly Egyptian nation on your ...

Etisalat Backs Afghan Cricket Team to Perform Brilliantly against Ireland

Etisalat Backs Afghan Cricket Team to Perform Brilliantly against Ireland

June 26, 2012

KABUL - Etisalat Afghanistan, the official mobile phone company of Afghanistan Cricket Team has backed the Afghan National Cricket Team to perform outstandingly in the next month's Cricket series with Ireland Cricket team.
The National Cricket Team left Kabul on Sunday for Ireland to play a ...

Afghan Peace Requires Clarity from U.S., Taliban: Pak Envoy

Afghan Peace Requires Clarity from U.S., Taliban: Pak Envoy

June 26, 2012

KABUL - A hoped-for peace deal ending the war in Afghanistan will likely remain out of reach unless both the United States and the Taliban put more clear, consistent offers on the table, a senior Pakistani diplomat said.
"We don't think all these issues can be solved by ...

300 School Girls Poisoned in Three Consecutive Days

300 School Girls Poisoned  in Three Consecutive Days

June 26, 2012

KABUL - As many as 100 school girls were poisoned in northern Sar-e-Pul province on Monday morning, local security officials said.
The incident occurred in Rahmat Abad high school in the capital of the province, the country's northern 303 Pamir Police Zone spokesman Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai ...

Iran to Build Pipeline to Transfer Oil Products to Afghanistan

Iran to Build Pipeline  to Transfer Oil Products  to Afghanistan

June 26, 2012

TEHRAN - Iran is studying to build a 25 kilometer pipeline to transfer oil products to Afghanistan, said the director of Khorasan Razavi Province's Oil Production and Distribution Company.
Ali Harandi told the Mehr News Agency that the pipeline is planned to ...