AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A number of Pakistani media outlets on Wednesday reported that the Afghan government and the Taliban militants would soon hold direct talks after back channel efforts. Pakistan’s Express Tribune quoted a number of unnamed officials as saying that this would be the first time that the two …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that maternal health is top priority based on the ministry’s strategic program. Addressing a seminar in connection with the International Women’s Day, the minister for public health Ferozuddin Feroz said that despite progress made in the past decade, women are still …
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By Akhtar M. Nikad-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the state-owned electricity supplying company, said that 90MW electricity was restored and work is underway at Salang to repair the remaining transmission lines within next three days. General Director of DABS, Abdul Razaq Samadi, in a press conference on Wednesday said …
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AT-KABUL: At least 25 armed insurgents were killed and 21 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here the Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in joint anti-state operations with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security …
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KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief on Wednesday hinted at possible a delay in the parliamentary polls, scheduled for late April. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, IEC Chairman Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani blamed the delay on the government’s weak will to arrange the required funds. On the …
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AT-KABUL: At least eight people have been killed and 23 others wounded in a suicide blast in southern Helmand province, said an official source. Omar Zwak, spokesman for Helmand governor office, said that the incident took place on Tuesday evening when a suicide car-bomber detonated his explosives near a police …
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Balkhi, Aziz confer on Afghan refugees’ voluntary repatriation AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: In an attempt to take into account the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, a trilateral meeting among Afghan delegation, high-ranking Pakistani officials and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would be held in Pakistan today (Wednesday). …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Tuesday signed contracts with private companies to implement 15 development projects in different provinces across the country. Minister of MoRRD Nasir Ahmad Durani said that uplift schemes include 10 National Rural Access Programs (NRAP) projects and construction of five water supply …
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AT-KABUL: At least 74 armed Taliban were killed and 49 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) has conducted …
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KABUL: A 35-year-old man has been lashed 80 times for drinking wine in eastern Kunar province, court officials said on Tuesday. A resident of Asadabad, Bacha was arrested with two bottles of wine in Noorgal district 20 days back. He was placed on an open trial yesterday. Prosecutor Lutfullah prayed …
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