KABUL (PAN): Public Health Minister Dr. Suraya Dalil on Tuesday said her ministry was nearing an agreement with the Agha Khan Foundation on assisting operation costs at the Chinese-rebuilt Jamhoriat Hospital for next 15 years.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghan government has agreed to officially complain to the United Nations and the US over problems hindering Afghan traders' efforts at bringing home commercial goods from the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, a trader leader said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai, at the head of a high-level delegation, on Saturday left for the UK on a three-day official visit for talks with British leaders and his Pakistani counterpart during a trilateral meeting slated for Sunday, the Presidential Palace said.
KABUL (PAN): Prices of flour, ghee and liquefied gas went down during the outgoing week in Kabul, where rates of other essential daily-use commodities stayed stable, retailers said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): Twenty Ministry of Finance employees would do their masters in economics and business management under a programme offered by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva, an official said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): Nearly 463 Afghan National Army (ANA) officials were killed over the past six months, compared with 472 in the same period last year, a defence ministry official said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): The European Union has agreed to give Afghanistan €185 million ($249 million) to improve health services and support farmers under new programmes, an official said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Commerce and Industries on Monday fixed the rate of liquefied gas at 50 afghanis per kilogram in capital Kabul, where the current price ranges between 55 and 70 afs.
KABUL (PAN): Japan agreed on Sunday to grant the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) $20 million (more than 1 billion afghanis) for development projects in Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan Reconstruction Fund (ARF) on Wednesday pledged a grant of $250 million for the third phase of the National Solidarity Programme (NSP), the government’s flagship development project.
