KABUL: Scores of Afghan ministries have drafted different agreements to be signed with the Uzbekistan government in order to boost up mutual trade and transit deals. Afghanistan and Uzbekistan Inter-government commercial and economic commission on Tuesday launched the 2nd conference in Kabul attended by ministers of agriculture, commerce, public works, transportation, energy and water, as well as public health. Officials ...

KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament on Sunday expressed deep concern over mounting insecurity throughout the country. The lawmakers called on the government to take measures and rebuff the threats. Ramp up insecurity in different parts of the country and high threats particularly against parliament is the matter of concern and needs to be focused, said ...

HEIDELBERG: An Afghan migrant attacked a Bible-reading woman in a refugee camp in Austria, it has been reported. The 50-year-old woman was reportedly attacked by a 22-year-old Afghan migrant whose identity has not been disclosed by the authorities yet. According to the local media reports, citing the police authorities, the man has confessed he attacked the woman and described ‘personal ...

A Swedish court has ruled out deportation of five Afghan teens after convicting them of gang rape of a fellow minor refugee, it has been reported. The prosecutors have reportedly asked for the deportation of the five teens charged with the rape of their fellow refugee hailing from Afghanistan. The district court in Uppsala, north of Stockholm awarded a one year ...

Every successive year, for over a decade now, New Delhi is rated in surveys as the most popular country in Afghanistan. This year, it bagged 64 per cent of the vote. Afghan Ambassador to India, Shaida Abdali, calls India a national partner. At this month’s Heart of Asia conference at Amritsar, in the presence of the Pakistan  delegation led by ...

Three Afghan migrants died and another 10, including six children, were injured in a traffic accident in southern Serbia on December 29, the Interior Ministry has said. The driver, a suspected smuggler, fled the scene after his passenger car crammed with 14 people swerved off the road and hit a safety barrier while fleeing from police. Two migrants were killed ...

KABUL: Leader of the Qaumi Watan Party (QWP), a political party of neo-nationalists based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, stressed on participation of Afghanistan in Moscow trilateral consultation process on Afghan conflict and peace process. In a statement, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said that the Moscow trilateral consultation process would not be productive without participation of Afghanistan. Backing reaction of the ...

Distressing reports have emerged regarding the uncertain fate of the Afghan migrants in Greece amid uncertain fate forcing the young Afghan refugees to turn to prostitution due to an uncertain fate as hundreds are stranded in eastern European countries. According to the reports, minor Afghan migrants find themselves caught up in illegal trades, including drugs, human trafficking and most frequently, ...

KABUL: The Afghanistan Women’s National Football Team will face India in their opening match of the South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) Championship 2016. The championship has been hosted by India and will be played from 26th December to 4th of January. The Afghan team is playing in Group B of the championship alongside India and Bangladesh. The second match will ...

A multi-sided agent, Chaman Gul, planned to assassinate the US ambassador and Hamid Karzai when he was President of Afghanistan, revealed a new WikiLeaks cable release. The cable was sent by the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay to the US Department of Defense on August 17, 2005. According to the cable released by the whistleblower, Chaman Gul, a resident of ...