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    Culture

    No bar on journalists to cover Ghazni festivities

    KABUL (PAN): Cultural Minister Syed Makhdom Raheen on Sunday denied if he ordered journalists out from a ceremony marking a week long festivities to declare Ghazni City as an Islamic Capital of Culture in 2013.



    Governance

    Rahin, Shahrani satisfy MPs on budget spending

    KABUL (PAN): Lower house members on Saturday accepted the explanations offered by ministers of information and mines about under-spending development funds in 2011.



    Education

    3m children still deprived of education

    KABUL (PAN): Despite improvement in the quality of education and staff capacity, three million children remain out of school across the country, Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak said on Satu



    Governance,Education

    Obaid distances himself from last year’s budget

    KABUL (PAN): The minister of higher education on Thursday said he was not responsible for giving parliamentarians clarifications about the utilisation of last year’s development budget.



    Governance

    Herat Jihadi commanders distribute weapons to units (Video)

    Herat Jihadi commanders distribute weapons to units (Video)



    Business & Economics

    No major crisis after 2014: Zakhilwal

    KABUL (PAN): Minister of Finance Hazrat Omer Zakhilwal on Tuesday assured lawmakers that Afghanistan, despite the fact 95 percent of its economy is reliant on foreign aid, would face no major financial crisis after 2014.



    Governance

    Afghanistan, Peru to establish diplomatic ties

    KABUL (PAN): Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul and his Peruvian counterpart, Rafael Roncagliolo, agreed to establish direct diplomatic relations at the non-resident ambassador level for the fi



    Governance

    Rassoul seeks ‘real’ help in war on drugs

    KABUL (PAN): Regional cooperation is crucial to peace and stability in Afghanistan and the region at large, Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul told participants of an international conference in Kabul on Thursday.



    Business & Economics

    Body being set up to control fuel prices

    KABUL (PAN): A committee is being established to control and fix fuel prices and ensure its supply to the market in an organised manner, the commerce and industries minister said on Tuesday.