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With a cost of 307 million Afs, 44 development projects will be inaugurated in 17 provinces of the country, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) said on Sunday. The Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Mujibull Rahman Karimi said that the projects include cementing walls and reconstruction of …

The Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan (GNCA) has closed the provincial offices of Independent Election Commission in Herat, Balkh and Kandahar provinces in a protest to force the commission to address its demands regarding the upcoming elections. Thousands of GNCA supporters on Saturday closed the IEC office in Balkh province …

The Defense Ministry says at least nine choppers of Afghan military forces have been crashed in the last four years, reasoning technical issues and the Taliban attacks for the cause. One of the commitments of the international community has been to strengthen and double the size of Afghan Air Force, …

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) says the living conditions of Afghan refugees have been improved in Iran and Pakistan. “Afghan refugees join school in Iran without having any documents and it can help Afghan families to have impunity too,” Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, the Minister of Refugees said. …

President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday met with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Kabul, discussed on a range of issues including security, peace, and stability in the region, joint counter-terrorism efforts and implementation of Afghanistan-Pakistan action plan. According to a statement released by President’s office, in the meeting which …

A number of Kabul residents complain about the rising prices of oil and gas, urging the government to monitor the situation and take measures to resolve the issue. However, the oil and gas enterprise links the reason of rising prices to the increase of dollar value and global oil and …

Following the reports of high number of casualties to government forces in the ongoing conflict, President Ashraf Ghani says his heart not only breaks for the Afghan military forces but also for the Taliban fighters who are engaged in 17-year-old battle in his war-weary country.   “The worst part of …

As many as 67 militants have been killed and 28 others wounded during 12 clearance operations of the Afghan military forces in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Friday. The joint clearing operations have been conducted in Nangarhar, Ghazni, Paktia, Logar, Kandahar, Badghis, …

Afghan security forces have arrested 13 individuals in Herat province on charges of smuggling dollars to Iran, officials said. Following the rapid decline of Afghan currency against USD in the market, officials in Herat said that police have arrested some culprits who were engaged in smuggling US dollars to Iran. …

An American aid project in Afghanistan that was billed as the world’s biggest program ever designed purely for female empowerment has been a failure and a waste of taxpayers’ money, the head of a government watchdog agency has charged. The New York Times has written the project by the United …

Speaking during a ceremony to mark the Week of Martyrs, President Ashraf Ghani admitted that the government’s wrong decisions in replacing military forces has caused the casualties hit a high record. Ghani emphasized that the excessive political and social interference had caused the military outposts to be formed in inappropriate …

Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan (JIA) executive chief and former governor Atta Mohammad Noor on Thursday warned to prevent holding an election with full of fraud and irregularities. “There will be widespread fraud and irregularities in the election process and we will prevent holding an election with full of fraud. It is not …

An explosion went off in Lashkargah city of Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Provincial governor spokesman Omar Zwak said the incident took place at around 12 a.m. when a sticky bomb attached to a vehicle went off. He said three civilians were injured in the explosion. However, a local …

A number of political and Jihadi figures in invitation of Hazrat Sibqatullah Mujadadi have gathered to find a joint solution about the country’s problems, particularly brining reforms for a transparent election, reduce of violence and betterment of governance. The former President, Hamid Karzai who always was opposed of signing the …

The second annual India- Afghanistan International Trade and Investment Show, sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) kicked off today in Mumbai and will continue until 15th of September. The Mumbai trade show will feature Afghanistan’s finest textiles, carpets, gems, and jewelry. More than 600 representatives from Afghanistan, …

A number of Afghan Parliament Members have stressed on reviewing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States. In September 2014 Washington and Kabul inked the bilateral security agreement which stipulated that 10,000 US troops could stay in Afghanistan after the end of the US-led coalition mission in December 2014. The Status of …

The Taliban are preparing to send a delegation for further talks with U.S. officials about ending the conflict in Afghanistan, two officials involved with the process said on Tuesday, adding that the meeting could address a possible prisoner swap. According to Reuters, the two officials, who spoke on condition of …

 The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday condemned the series of bombings eastern in Nangarhar province that left more than 30 killed and 128 others wounded. The incident took place in Mohmand Dara district of the province when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives among the people gathered …

As the First-Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum returned to country after 14-months of self-exile from Turkey, but he still rarely attends the Ministerial Council and other important sessions. Sources close to Gen. Dostum say President Ghani has not stood by his commitments and failed to fulfill promises to give back …

The leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Tuesday accused the government of rigging elections, saying it has no will to have fair and transparent elections in the country. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul, Hekmatyar stressed that he is concerned about the possibility of fraud in upcoming parliamentary and …