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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Bank-e-Millie Afghan (BMA), a state-owned bank, has developed an indirect lending program for the local industries aimed at strengthening the local market. According to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Bank-e-Millie Afghan and Afghanistan Industries Association (AIA), the Afghan industrialists would receive $200 million in indirect …

AT-KABUL: At least 57 Taliban insurgents were killed in multiple crackdowns within the past day, said the interior ministry on Sunday. The Afghan police in collaboration with the Afghan National Army and the National Directorate of Security raided turbulent parts of Takhar, Kunduz, Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul, Logar, Uruzgan, Paktika and Helmand …

AT-KABUL: Taliban militants have captured Chardara district of northeastern Kunduz province. The insurgents were now fighting security forces in the city. The militants took control of the district on Saturday evening following long exchange of gunfire with Afghan security forces that left 10 troops and tens of militants dead and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Islamabad has decided to begin registration of unregistered Afghan refugees next month. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) of Pakistan has been assigned to register all unregistered refugees within six months. The process is expected to start on July, 25. The NADARA will set up 21 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Former Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak, on Saturday rejected report of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) about misuse of US aid in the Ministry of Education (MoE). Recently, the incumbent Education Minister, Asadullah Balkhi, told Wolesi Jirga that the former administration dispatched salaries and resources …

AT-KABUL: Seventy militants and 10 troops were killed in different military operations launched in various parts of the country. In a media statement issued here on Saturday, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that 70 militants and 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) troops were killed within the past 48 hours. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) rejected the recently published report which claimed 75 increase in Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) casualties in the current year. Spokesman for the defense ministry, General Dawlat Waziri, acknowledged increase in security forces casualties, but said that figures in the report were exaggerated …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani extended the term of the current parliament and said lawmakers would continue working until results of a new election were announced. The five year long mandate of the current parliament is set to be ended on June 22, but the election, scheduled for April, was delayed …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan will soon sign a trilateral transit and trade agreement which will enhance economic and trade relations between the three regional countries, Pakistani media reported on Friday. Accrding to Tajikistan Ambassador, Sherali S Jononov, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India will invest at least $9 million to build Charikar water supply system in central Parwan province which will be completed within a year, local official said on Friday. Quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News, the director of technical services, Himat said completion of the project will fill …