While prospects for peace talks between Taleban and Afghan government are bleak and differences persist between Taleban commanders, reports are circulating about the Afghan and Pakistani Taleban uniting to fight the war in Afghanistan. ...
The latest Afghanistan Opium Survey indicates a surprising decline in opium poppy cultivation this year. Afghanistan has consistently topped the global list of the biggest cultivators of opium. ...
Afghans have taken to social media to protest Parliament’s decision to overturn the imposition of a 10 percent tax on mobile phone users by presidential decree. ...
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The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum has announced a fresh deadline for TAPI, the natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India. Construction would start in two months, ministry spokesman Mohyadun Noori said. ...
Garbage is piling up in the capital, and much to the frustration of residents, there are no signs of it being cleared. Everyone’s complaining about the stench from rotting waste in overflowing dumps and skips. ...
Relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are rockier than ever before under the national unity government. Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah was far from diplomatic in his reaction to Pakistan’s offer to bring the Taleban ...
The government has come up with a novel way to check endemic corruption and raise revenue. But what is needed is transparency, say critics. It has decided to plug the leak in customs by ordering offices to collect 7 billion Afs (110 million USD) annually as revenue ...
There is no doubt that the capture of Kunduz is neither the first nor last time that the military will be under pressure. But there is unshaken belief in the security forces’ ability to fight off the pressure each time. ...
They should be in school but family hardship forces them to spend their days earning money. It was midday on a baking hot summer day in the Afghan capital Kabul, and nine-year-old Breshna was chasing after cars in the middle of the road next to Shahr-e Naw Park. ...