Corruption is still massively rife in Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS, the Joint Anti-Corruption and Evaluation Committee (MEC) claimed on Saturday.
Ajmal Shaker, evaluation in-charge at MEC, told reporters they had newly conducted a research about corruption at the power utility.
He added, “This research was conducted in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Bamyan, Parwan and Balkh provinces.”
Shaker added since 2002 up to date 220 billion Afs...
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah laid the foundation stone of a ‘Diagnosis and Treatment Centre for Cancer Diseases’ at the Kabul Medical University’s (KMU) teaching hospital of Aliabad yesterday.
The cancer centre would be built at a total cost of 27 million USD funded by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to officials, all residents across the country would be provided services at the...
The head of the Arab League has called US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital "dangerous and unacceptable" and a "flagrant attack on a political solution" to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.
The statement by Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, the regional bloc's secretary-general, came at the start of an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from 22 Arab states in Egypt's capital, Cairo, on...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani left for Badghis province to inaugurate the ring road in Faryab and Badghis provinces today.
According to the Asian Development Bank, with the help of the bank's new budget, 151 kilometers of the final ring road from the Qaisar area to the Dar-e-Boom area in Badghis will be constructed by using this fund.
Afghanistan's ring road is part of the 3,360...
At least 11 cabinet ministers, who were approved by Wolesi Jiga – the Lower House of Parliament – last week, took oath at a ceremony in ARG (Presidential Place) yesterday evening.
A press release from ARG stated that Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah also attended the event.
According to the statement, the ministers include Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak, Information and...
Afghanistan national cricket team will face Ireland in the third One Day International (ODI) series at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in the United Arab Emirate, today.
Farid Hotak, spokesman for Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), said Afghanistan hosts the match.
Afghanistan defeated Ireland in the first ODI series but Ireland beat Afghanistan by 51 runs in the second ODI series.
Both teams are using the series as...
Ashutosh Gowariker is making what he is known for best - a historical. His next, stars Arjun Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt and based on the third battle of Panipat, which ended up in victory of Durrani Empire.
It was a long-drawn battle lasting over months and is considered one of the largest and most eventful fought in the 18th century.
Buzz is that Arjun plays...
Local officials in Ghazni reported that Taliban militants clashed with Afghan security forces in Qarabagh district.
Mohammad Arif Noori, spokesman for Ghazni governor, told Killid that Taliban militants launched attack on an army check post in Lewanai Bazar area of the district around 12 last night and clashed with security forces for four hours.
He added that three army soldiers were killed and two injured.
He...
Security officials in north of the country reported that 48 Taliban insurgents were either killed or injured in Kunduz province.
A press release from Pamir 20 Division in north of Afghanistan stated that the joint military operations were conducted over the past 24 hours in the province.
The statement added that 31 Taliban insurgents were killed and 17 injured in Imam Saheb district.
The statement further...
At least 25 Palestinians, including six children, have been wounded in an Israeli air strike on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Al Jazeera reported that Friday night's air raid by Israel followed the alleged launching of rockets from inside the Gaza Strip.
One was reportedly intercepted by Israel's US-built Iron Dome missile defence system over the southern Israeli city of...
