KABUL (PAN): People coming all the way from Helmand and Logar provinces on Wednesday staged separate protest demonstrations against their provincial governors in the central capital Kabul.
KABUL (PAN): The Etisalat Cricket Challenge Cup, featuring 20 teams, got underway simultaneously in eastern Nangarhar and central Kabul provinces on Thursday, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): Nearly 618 drug traffickers, including security officials, foreigners and women, were convicted and jailed by the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), an official said on Sunday.
KABUL/MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) officials said on Thursday revenue from the export of qaraqul skin (embroidered sheepskin) considerably increased last Afghan year.
KABUL (PAN): Under the relevant laws, President Hamid Karzai has always stressed the protection of women’s rights and prosecution of their cases at meetings with judicial officials, a presidential spokesman said on Thursday.
DUSHANBE (PAN): President Hamid Karzai, urging a visa-free regime for traders to enhance business ties among regional countries, on Monday called for connecting Afghanistan with the region through railway lines and gas pipelines.
DUSHANBE (PAN): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday rejected the counterinsurgency campaign as a lame excuse of western powers for Afghanistan’s occupation.
DUSHANBE (PAN): In a landmark deal, Afghanistan, Iran and Tajikistan inked a key infrastructure pact on the development of railway, energy and water pipeline projects.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday left Kabul for Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, to attend the 5th summit of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA).
KABUL CITY (PAN): Afghan pugilist Hamid Rahimi, the new World Boxing Union (WBU) champion, arrived in Kabul on Saturday, attributing his success to the support and motivation he received from his countrymen.
