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    Governance

    Kabul, Muscat vow to strengthen ties

    KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan and Oman have decided to develop a memorandum of understanding on establishing a joint commission to work for a cooperation framework in various fields, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.



    Security and Crime

    Tajikistan hands over 14 Afghan prisoners

    KABUL (PAN): Fourteen Afghan prisoners, who had been languishing in Tajikistan‘s prisons, have been handed over to Afghan authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday.



    Governance

    Rebels out to slow Afghan progress: Dunford

    KABUL (PAN): The ISAF commander on Thursday denounced the suicide attack in a residential neighbourhood of Kabul, saying the militants would not be able to deter the Afghans from pursuing a brighter future. 



    Governance

    Scholars lend weight to presidential vote

    PUL-I-ALAM/SHARAN (PAN): Hundreds of religious scholars from central Logar province on Tuesday announced their stout support for the next presidential elections.



    Governance

    Ludin expects support from new Pakistan govt

    KABUL: Afghanistan on Tuesday hoped with the change of government in Pakistan following last week’s parliamentary elections, tense relations between the estranged neighbours would start improving.



    Governance

    President wants US to help develop AAF

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Monday urged United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to help develop Afghan security organs, especially the nascent Afghan Air Force (AAF).



    Business & Economics

    Badghis pistachio forests being revived

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock on Monday announced 200-hectare pistachio forests were being rehabilitated in western Badghis province.



    Security and Crime

    8 convicted on drug charges

    KABUL (PAN): Eight individuals were convicted on drug-trafficking charges and awarded different jail sentences of by the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Monday.



    Governance

    US urged to transfer Gitmo prisoners

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday called for the United States to transfer Afghan detainees from the Guantanamo Bay prison to their country.



    Security and Crime

    16 dead in blasts as Pakistanis go to the polls

    KABUL (PAN): Pakistanis are casting their votes in the parliamentary elections amid tight security arrangements, as a 16 more people were killed and 70 others injured in bomb attacks on Saturday.