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    $100m health grant signed with WB

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Finance and the World Bank on Monday signed a id="mce_marker"00 million grant for funding the Afghanistan System Enhancement for Health Action in Transition (SEHAT) Program.



    Business & Economics

    Gas up, food prices stable in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): The price of gas increased while rates of daily-use commodities remained unchanged during the outgoing week in the central capital Kabul, retailers said on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    MoI denies female police sexually harassed

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday asked a US-based human rights group to produce evidence in support of its claim that Afghan policewomen were being sexually harassed by their men counterparts in police stations.



    Business & Economics

    Diesel, gold, LPG down in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): The price of diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and gold fell, but food rates remained unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, retailers said on Thursday.



    Governance

    President returns home from Brussels

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday returned from Belgium, where he met the NATO secretary-general besides attending a trilateral meeting among Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US.



    Governance

    No-attack deals struck with rebels: MPs

    KABUL (PAN): Some senators on Sunday alleged security officials in parts of the country had reached agreements with insurgents not to attack each other and defining their spheres of interest.



    Business & Economics

    Gold, diesel prices up in Kabul

    KABUL (PAN): Gold and diesel prices increased while rates of other daily-use items stayed unchanged during the outgoing week in Kabul, retailers said on Thursday.



    Security and Crime

    NDS chief returns home from treatment in US

    KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan’s spymaster Asadullah Khalid returned to Kabul from four months of medical treatment in the United States on Wednesday, the intelligence service said.



    Governance

    Senate wants new ID cards issued before polls

    KABUL (PAN): Upper House (Senate) members on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Interior to ensure new electronic ID cards were distributed to the people ahead of the 2014 presidential elections.



    Governance,Business & Economics

    Karzai makes pitch for investment, peace

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai has urged Qatari entrepreneurs to exploit the opportunities offered by his administration and invest in Afghanistan, his office said on Sunday.