Tag Archives: Afghanistan

Afghanistan and Pakistan as neighboring countries, with around 2,600 km long border, rely on each other to a great extent; particularly, in the domain of their trade requirements. Afghanistan, being dominated by insecurity for more than four decades now, does not have strong economic system and requires to import most …

PESHAWAR – Pakistan says it is trying to further improve services on border crossings to boost trade with Afghanistan. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) said on Tuesday it was pursuing completion of improvement of border services and Pakistan Single Window. In a statement, the board said: “Regional improvement of …

RIYADH – Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar held talks on Wednesday with Yousef al-Othaimeen, the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in Saudi Arabia and discussed the current peace talks being held in Doha, Qatar. In a statement, the Jeddah-based organization said discussions were held on the peace …

TIRINKOT/JALALABAD – Landmine blasts killed two children and injured another four people including women in central Uruzgan and eastern Nangarhar provinces, officials said Wednesday. Uruzgan Governor Omar Sherzad told news outlets that one child was killed and three women were injured in a landmine blast in the Gizab district on …

Kabul – Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in collaboration with UNICEF and the World Health Organization, launched the first nationwide 2021 anti-polio vaccine campaign yesterday. The anti-polio vaccine campaign will last for five days and will aim to vaccinate 9.9 million children under five across the country. By 2020, …

KABUL – Ross Wilson, the US ambassador to Afghanistan said that the interim government is not advocated for Afghanistan and that the Afghans need to accelerate the peace negotiations in Doha, Qatar. The US Chargé d’Affaires tweeted on Wednesday: “We have not advocated, and the United States is not advocating, …

ISLAMABAD – The Iranian anti-narcotics police chief,Brigadier-General Majid Karimi, has said that Tehran and Islamabad have agreed to establish an information exchange committee between the anti-narcotics forces of the two neighboring states. Brigadier-General, Majid Karimi, in an interview with IRNA on Monday (after a meeting with the Director General of …

KABUL – Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reported Monday, that out of 1,575 samples taken for COVID-19, 102 cases have turned positive in the last 24 hours. At least 205,798 people have so far been tested in the governmental labs, and there still are 7,576 known active cases in the …

KABUL – Ian Collard, British Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Thursday issued a New Year message, calling for an urgent end to violence in Afghanistan. He stated that the Afghan people have been victims of the high level of violence and targeted attacks on human rights activists, journalists, and government workers …

PESHAWAR – Afghanistan has shown a keen interest in utilizing the Gwadar Port in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan’s province to boost its trade capacities. Visiting Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry Nisar Ahmad, at a meeting with Pakistan’s Maritime Affairs Minister Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, said his country wanted to use …