KABUL (PAN): Prices of gold dropped and that of rice jumped during the outgoing week in Kabul, where rates of other essential commodities stayed stable, retailers said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, acknowledging corruption at customs offices, on Monday revealed he has been under pressure from some circles in appointments to revenue departments.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan would present a development proposal budget for 22 programmes, which needs $8 billion yearly over a decade, at the forthcoming Tokyo donors’ conference.
KABUL (PAN): Wolesi Jirga, or the lower house of parliament, on Monday amended to the law on the composition and powers of the judiciary, barring judges from working after attaining the age of 65 years.
KABUL (PAN): United Nations’ agencies working in Afghanistan would consider the Afghan government’s priorities in carrying out their activities, a senior diplomat promised on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders, who arrived in Kabul on Saturday, said his country wanted to enter a bilateral cooperation agreement with Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): The Attorney General Office (AGO) has detained 13 employees of the Ministry of Finance and Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) on charges of embezzling 25 millions afs.
KABUL (PAN): The newly-appointed Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) chief said he would introduce tax exemptions to help strengthen the industrial sector.
KABUL (PAN): The process of digging historic relics at eight sites around the world’s largest copper mine in central Logar province is nearing completion and extraction work would be launched next
