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Nimroz Cement Importers Stage Protest, Block Road
March 17,2020
KABUL - Some cement businessmen on Monday protested against the government for not allowing them to import cement from Iran over the past two weeks...
2 Key Roads with Pakistan, Iran Closed in Paktika
March 17,2020
SHARANA - The governor of southeastern Paktika province on Monday announced closing Angoor Adah and Qamruddin highways in Barmal district on the border with Pakistan to prevent the spread ...
Putin Asks Court to Amend Constitution, Allow Him to Remain in Power Until 2036
March 16,2020
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally asked the country's consitutional court to approve an amendment that could allow him to remain in power for another 16 years...
Aramco to Slash Capital Spending in 2020, Posts Drop in 2019
March 16,2020
RIYADH - Saudi Aramco on Sunday said it plans to cut capital spending in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, as it posted a 21-percent decline in 2019 net profit due to a drop ...
Israel to Use ‘Anti-Terror’ Technology to Counter Coronavirus
March 16,2020
JERUSALEM - Israel plans to use "anti-terrorism" tracking technology and a partial shutdown of its economy to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission, Prime Minister ....
Afghan Gov’t Postpones Start of Educational Year over COVID-19 Outbreak
March 16,2020
KABUL - The Afghan government has postponed the start of the educational year due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, according to a statement of the Presidential Palace ...
‘They’re Not Acting in Good Faith’, U.S. CENTCOM Commander Says Reacting to Taliban Attacks
March 16,2020
WASHINGTON - The Commander of the U.S. CENTCOM Marine Corps, General Kenneth F. Mckenzie Jr., has said the Taliban attacks are still too high, warning that the Afghans would be forced ...
Government: Intra-Afghan Talks’ Negotiating Team Has Been Formed
March 16,2020
KABUL - The presidential palace says that the work of forming the delegation for intra-Afghan dialogue has been finished; officials say the delay was because some discussions and consultations ...
OIC to UN Declared 15 as Day Against Islamophobia
March 16,2020
KABUL - The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on the United Nations and other international and regional bodies to declare March 15 as international...
Strong Govt Needs Lasting Peace, Say Kunar Scholars
March 16,2020
MEHTARLAM - Hundreds of religious scholars and civil society activists in eastern Laghman province on Sunday asked the Taliban to declare peace with the Afghan government the way ...
Ghani, Khalilzad Discuss Next Steps in Peace Process
March 16,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani and US special representative on Sunday discussed future steps in the peace process.
A statement from the Presidential Palace ...
Job Negligence: Nearly 1000 Security Men Face Attorneys
March 16,2020
KABUL - Nearly one thousand security personnel have been introduced to attorneys this year over negligence in duty, an official said on Saturday...
List of Taliban Prisoners to be Reviewed Says NSC
March 16,2020
KABUL - The National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday said the Taliban prisoners’ list would be revised to ensure that they would not return to war...
Ghani Proposes SAARC Task Force to Fight Coronavirus
March 16,2020
KABUL - Leaders from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held a video conference on Sunday to coordinate their efforts on fighting the new coronavirus...
Avoid Holding Public Gatherings, Govt Urges Masses
March 16,2020
KABUL - To prevent coronavirus spread, the Presidential Palace has urged the people not to hold wedding parties and other public events until the coronavirus threat subsides...
Afghan Political Leaders Meet to Discuss Composition of Negotiating Team
March 15,2020
KABUL - Afghan political leaders including Abdullah Abdullah and Hamid Karzai met on Saturday to discuss the composition of team to negotiate with the Taliban...
NATO Envoy Calls on Afghan Leaders to Solve Differences
March 15,2020
KABUL - NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay on Saturday called on Afghan political leaders to “resolve their differences, compromise and unite ...
COVID 19: China Vows to Help Afghanistan
March 15,2020
KABUL - Beijing has pledged to share with Kabul its experience regarding coronavirus tests and treatment, the Afghan ambassador to China says...
Coronavirus: A 100-Bed Hospital Inaugurated in Herat
March 15,2020
HERAT CITY - A 100-bed special hospital to respond to coronavirus cases was inaugurated in western Herat province on Saturday, officials said...
UN Envoy Summoned after Meeting with Abdullah
March 15,2020
KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has summoned the top UN diplomat in Afghanistan after he met Dr Abdullah, who has declared himself the president and announced to establish ...
Al Qaeda Praises Taliban While Reacting to Group’s Peace Deal with The U.S.
March 15,2020
KABUL - The Al Qaeda terrorist network reacted to the signing of the peace deal between the United States and Taliban in Afghanistan, praising the Taliban group for its alleged ‘great victory’ over America and its allies....
Afghan Stabbed in Turkey; Attacker Detained
March 15,2020
KABUL - An Afghan immigrant has been stabbed in Konya province for bringing coronavirus to Turkey, a media report said on Saturday.
Habibullah was stabbed while fishing at a lake in ...
Afghan, Indian Nationals Arrested at Delhi Airport for Carrying Large Amount of Cash
March 15,2020
NEW DELHI - The authorities in India have arrested two arrested two people including an Afghan national for carrying a large amount of foreign currency....
Next Govt Will Represent Entire Nation: Ghani
March 14,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said he does not want the political power to be someone’s inheritance and that the next government will demonstrate the will of the entire people ...
‘Daesh’s Khorasan Branch Is Fragile and Divided’: AISS
March 14,2020
KABUL - A research paper by the Afghan Institute of Strategic Studies (AISS) has found that Daesh’s Khorasan branch which operates in Afghanistan is "fragile and ...
Al-Qaeda Recruiting Disaffected Taliban: Kunar Officials
March 14,2020
KUNAR - Local officials in the eastern province of Kunur province said on Thursday that Al-Qaeda, with the support of Pakistan, has begun recruiting Taliban fighters who disagree ...
Cash Donation to The National Program for The Control of Breast Cancer
March 14,2020
Azizi Bank, on the occasion of international Women’s Day and as part of its CSR initiatives, made a contribution of AFN 500,000 to the National Program for the Control of Breast cancer....
UN Chief Congratulates Ghani on Second Term in Office
March 14,2020
KABUL - UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has congratulated President Ashraf Ghani on winning his second term in office and wished for lasting peace in the war-torn country...
Gov’t Yet to Finalize Intra-Afghan Dialogue’s Negotiating Delegation
March 14,2020
KABUL - Some of the political movements and parties underlined that the government hasn’t talked with them regarding the negotiating team and that it was monopolizing the process...
Russia Warns about the Emerging Internal Political Crisis in Afghanistan
March 14,2020
MOSCOW - Russia has warned that the emerging internal political crisis, exacerbated by two parallel inauguration ceresmonies of Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah, could undermine the intra ...
Woman Gives Birth to Quintuplets in Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan
March 14,2020
NANGARHAR - A woman has given birth to quintuplets in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the provincial public health officials said...
Female Afghan Journalist Among The 10 European International Leadership Award Winners
March 14,2020
Afghan female journalist, Lailuma Sadid won an award by the European Leadership Women Association and was known as an active Europe-based journalist on Friday, the March 6th...
Ghani, By Decree, ‘Abolishes’ Chief Executive Office
March 12,2020
KABUL - Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Presidential Palace, at a press conference on Wednesday said that President Ashraf Ghani had issued a decree ending the chief executive office...
‘Ghani Has No Authority to Free Taliban Prisoners’
March 12,2020
KABUL - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights (AIHRC) on Wednesday said no body reserved the right to free Taliban prisoners who had committed war crimes and crimes against ...
Taliban Rejects Afghan Govt Offer to Free 1,500 Prisoners Before Talks
March 12,2020
KABUL - After a series of delays, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree early Wednesday promising the release of 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture ...