KABUL (PAN): Legal action would be taken against farmers cultivating the outlawed poppy crop, a senior counternarcotics ministry official warned on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) chief on Thursday said trade goods worth $4 billion were imported last year, but there was no record of the taxes paid.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday left Kabul for Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to attend Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud's funeral, the Presidential Palace said.
KABUL (PAN): Six international telecommunication companies have so far submitted bids for providing 3G technology for faster Internet services on mobile phones, an official said on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): Gold and sugar prices edged down while rates of other daily-use items stayed unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, retailers said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged $222 million in aid to Afghanistan for the construction of 145 kilometres of roads and establishment of an independent railways department, officials said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): The government will have to set aside $80 million in next year's budget for the banking sector if loans released by the troubled Kabul Bank are not recovered, the finance minister said on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): Key opposition leader Dr Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday welcomed President Hamid Karzai's recent remarks against the Taliban militants and Pakistan. However, he asked for a clear policy on the peace process.
KABUL (PAN): Thirteen militants were killed and 15 others arrested in operations during the past 24 hours in different provinces, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Instability and negative reports about Afghanistan by international media have led to a cut in foreign investment from $37 million (1.7 trillion afghanis) to $23 million in the first six months of 2011, officials said Saturday.
