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Bayat Foundation Provides Emergency Relief to Parwan Flood-Affected Families
August 29,2020
KABUL - Bayat Foundation’s relief supplies were distributed to flood-affected people in northern Parwan Parwan province.
The aid packages included flour, rice, cooking oil ...
Iranian RCS Ready to Assist Flood-Affected People in Parwan
August 29,2020
TEHRAN - Iranian Red Crescent Society said that it is ready to provide relief assistance to flood-affected people in northern Parwan province...
Afghan Central Bank’s Ajmal Ahmadi Under Fire for Blocking Critics on Twitter
August 26,2020
KABUL - Afghan central bank's acting governor, Ajmal Ahmadi, has come under fire for blocking his critics on Twitter.
Criticism on Ahmadi mounted ...
AICC Accuses Govt of Ignoring Trade, Investment Problems
August 26,2020
KABUL - On Monday, the Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) accused the government of failing to solve the country’s trade and investment problems...
More High-Ranking Officials Face Prosecution over COVID-19 Funding Fraud
August 26,2020
KABUL - Two provincial governors and two former governors were on Tuesday referred to the Attorney General’s Office on suspicion of embezzlement of COVID-19 funds, sources have confirmed. . .
Afghanistan House Speaker Obtains Cyprus ‘Golden Passport’ for $2.5M
August 26,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Lower House speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani bought Cyprus “golden passport” for himself and his family, according to a leaked confidential ...
India to Renovate Kabul’s Bala Hissar Fortress
August 26,2020
KABUL - India has pledged to finance renovation of Bala Hissar, an ancient fortress built around the 5th century in Kabul.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard ...
Atmar, Chinese Envoy Discuss Peace Process, Economic Cooperation
August 26,2020
KABUL - Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar has held a telephone conversation with Liu Jin, Special Representative of the People's Republic of China for Afghanistan ...
Panjsher Governor, Police Chief Summoned to Kabul
August 26,2020
KABUL - First Vice-President Amrullah Saleh has tasked the Ministry of Interior with summoning the acting governor and police chief of central Panjsher to Kabul...
Afghan, Tajik Presidents Discuss Ways to Improve Bilateral Relations
August 25,2020
KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon have agreed that a working committee from Afghanistan will soon visit Tajikistan to explore ...
Taliban Delegation in Pakistan to Consult on Afghan Talks
August 25,2020
ISLAMABAD - A six-member delegation of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar led by deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has travelled to Pakistan to hold talks with Pakistani ...
Special Forces Fail in Attempt to Arrest Former Football Chief
August 25,2020
KABUL - Afghan Special Forces on Sunday night failed to arrest the former president of Afghanistan Football Federation, Keramuddin Karim, in Panjshir province, officials said...
China Pushes Pakistan to Open Trade Routes with Afghanistan
August 25,2020
KARACHI - As peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban progress, China is pushing Pakistan to open its five key border crossings with Afghanistan to allow ...
Af-Pak Talks on Enhanced Cooperation Next Week
August 25,2020
PESHAWAR - High-level Afghan and Pakistani officials will meet in Kabul next week for talks on boosting bilateral cooperation in different fields. ...
Recent Presidential Appointments Cause Outcry
August 25,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has conferred the Mir Masjidi Khan Medal on the outgoing European Union ambassador to Afghanistan.
Pierre Mayaudon received the award ...
NATO Reaffirms Support to Afghan National Army
August 24,2020
KABUL - During a meeting with President Ghani, NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative assured that NATO will continue to support Afghan defense forces and the ongoing Afghan ...
Ghani Appoints Governor for Nangarhar
August 24,2020
DOHA - The Taliban need to take solid steps to pave the way for intra-Afghan talks, officials of the High Council of National Reconciliation said as the start of the talks remain uncertain...
Taliban Must Take Solid Steps for Talks: Peace Council
August 24,2020
DOHA - The Taliban need to take solid steps to pave the way for intra-Afghan talks, officials of the High Council of National Reconciliation said as the start of the talks remain ...
Indian Media Reports About SROs Baseless: Pakistan
August 24,2020
KABUL - Pakistan on Sunday rejected as baseless reports by the Indian media regarding two Statutory Regulatory Orders (SROs) the country’s Foreign Office issued ..
Afghanistan Reopens Schools After 5 Months
August 24,2020
KABUL - All schools were reopened in Afghanistan five months after they were shutdown following the spread of COVID-19 in the country.
Based on the government’s reopening strategy ...
46 New Covid-19 Cases Surface in Afghanistan
August 24,2020
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said 46 new coronavirus cases were registered in the country in the past 24 hours, pushing the nation’s tally up to 37,999...
Presence of Afghans in Iran Being Legalised: Envoy
August 24,2020
KABUL - A delegation from Kabul recently visited Iran to explore ways of legalising the presence of Afghan refugees in the neighbouring country...
Taliban Must Reduce Violence, Says Gen. Miller
August 23,2020
KABUL - The commander of NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, in a visit ...
Rashid Becomes Youngest, Fastest Bowler to Complete 300 Wickets
August 23,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan’s cricket sensation Rashid Khan on Thursday became the youngest and the fastest bowler to complete 300 wickets in T20 cricket when he dismissed ...
China, Pakistan Seek Early Start to Afghan Talks
August 23,2020
KABUL - Beijing believes a substantive dialogue is the only way of ending the conflict and bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan, a Chinese TV channel reported...
Talks to Start after Completion of Prisoner Swap: Sources
August 22,2020
KABUL - The intra-Afghan talks will be started three days after the completion of the prisoners’ swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban, sources within ...
Khalilzad Urges Gov’t, Taliban to “Immediately Start Intra-Afghan Negotiations”
August 22,2020
KABUL - US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Afghan government ...
Afghanistan Close to A ‘Dignified Peace’: Ghani
August 22,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said that the country is close to reaching a dignified peace, and he called on the Taliban to end the ongoing violence and endorse ...
US Watchdog Finds Less Progress in Afghan Carpet Project
August 22,2020
KABUL - The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in a new report released on August 4 has found that a $9.4 million project to improve ...
ACB Appoints Four New Members
August 22,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday appointed four new members to its nine-member board who were approved by President Ashraf Ghani, according to ...
Atmar, Jaishankar Confer on Afghan Peace Process
August 22,2020
KABUL - Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar discussed the start of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban ...
Independence Day Celebrations Continue Despite Kabul Rocket Attack
August 19,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani laid a wreath at the Independence Minaret at the ministry of defense in Kabul on Tuesday morning during a ceremony to mark Afghanistan’s 101st anniversary of independence ...
Pompeo Extends Warm Greetings to Afghans
August 19,2020
KABUL - US secretary of state Michael R Pompeo has extended his best wishes and warm greetings to the people of Afghanistan on behalf of the government and the American people ...
Putin Sends Ghani Afghanistan Independence Day Message
August 19,2020
KABUL - Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory message to President Ashraf Ghani marking Afghanistan Independence Day...
Erdogan Extends I-Day Congratulations to Ghani
August 19,2020
KABUL - Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has extended congratulations and best wishes to his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani on Afghanistan’s 101st Independence Day ...