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Dried fruit prices 22pc down compared to last Eid

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Zarghona Salehai
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May 18, 2020 - 15:26
KABUL (Pajhwok): Prices of some dried fruits show a 22 percent decline as compared to their rates ahead of last year’s Eidul Ftir due to the spread of coronavirus this year, Pajhwok Afghan News learned on Monday. Afghans wear new clothes on Eid and...
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Kabul, Islamabad urged to ink free trade deal

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S.Muddasir Ali Shah
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May 17, 2020 - 09:11
PESHAWAR ( Pakistan ): The Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called for the signing of a free trade agreement between Kabul and Islamabad. The call came at a meeting that was attended by Afghan Consul-General in Peshawar...
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Kabul, Tehran mayors discuss war on Covid-19

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Pajhwok Monitor
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May 17, 2020 - 09:03
KABUL (Pajhwok): The mayors of Kabul and Tehran have exchanged ideas on combating the Covid-19 pandemic, reports an Iranian media outlet. In a video contact, Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi and his Kabul counterpart Dawood Sultanzoy discussed the...
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Kabul, Washington at odds over deadly attacks

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Pajhwok
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May 16, 2020 - 08:56
KABUL (Pajhwok): Kabul and Washington are at odds over who conducted a deadly attack on a maternity ward of a hospital in the Dasht-i-Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul. At least 35 people, including babies and mothers, were killed in the bomb attack,...
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Corruption plagues govt’s free bread distribution: Survey

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Pajhwok Report
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May 03, 2020 - 16:13
KABUL (Pajhwok): Eighty-one percent participants of a Pajhwok Afghan News online survey say corruption and irregularities plagued the government’s free bread distribution among poor people drive. The government imposed restrictions on people’s...
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6-member gang held for blowing up power pylon

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Azizullah Hamdard
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May 02, 2020 - 11:25
KABUL (Pajhwok): Intelligence operatives have busted a six-member gang on charges of blowing up a power pylon in Kabul, the spy network said on Saturday. Almost a week back, unidentified individuals blew up the pylon in the Mirzakhel area of Mir...
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Free distribution of bread to the poor begins in Kabul

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 30, 2020 - 09:50
KABUL (Pajhwok): Free distribution of bread to the poor and needy has begun in Kabul, where the coronavirus lockdown has led to unemployment among residents, says an official. In the first phase of the project, the Kabul Municipality said, 250,000...
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Karzai strongly condemns Kabul suicide bombing

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Parwez Karokhil
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Apr 29, 2020 - 15:23
KABUL (Pajhwok): Former president Hamid Karzai on Wednesday strongly condemned a suicide bombing in capital Kabul and termed it as a heinous attempt against peace efforts. At least three civilians were killed and 15 others wounded in the suicide...
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Lockdown causes 30pc drop in Kabul air pollution

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Abdul Basit Karokhel
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Apr 21, 2020 - 20:23
KABUL (Pajhwok): Air pollution dropped by 30 percent in central capital Kabul following the coronavirus lockdown measures, a senior environmental official said on Tuesday. Director for Research and Oversight Eng Mohammad Khan told Pajhwok that air...
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Kabul, Delhi together in war on pandemic: Modi

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 21, 2020 - 15:22
KABUL (Pajhwok): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hailing Afghanistan as a special friend, says the two countries stood together in the war on terrorism. In a tweet on Monday, the Indian leader said the neighbours would also jointly combat the...
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2.5 million acres of state land registered last year

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Pajhwok
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Apr 19, 2020 - 16:42
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Urban and Land Affairs Ministry on Sunday announced registering and surveying above 2.7 million acres of state land in the country during the past one year. The purpose of the land registration process was to identify state land...
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Motorcycle riding banned in Kabul’s 5th police district

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 10, 2020 - 17:59
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) have banned motorcycle riding in the fifth police district of capital Kabul to stop terrorist attacks, targeted killing and other crimes. Khoshal Khan, Afshar, Qambar Square, Kota Sangi and Kampani...
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Private hospital doctor in Kabul dies of coronavirus

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Pajhwok
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Apr 06, 2020 - 15:06
KABUL (Pajhwok): A private hospital doctor has lost his life to the Covid-19 pandemic in Kabul, the public health ministry said on Monday. Samples from 20 other doctors at the medical facility had been collected, said Wahidullah Mayar, spokesperson...
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Political crisis, virus take toll on growth rate

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Pajhwok Monitor
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Apr 06, 2020 - 10:46
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan ’s economic growth rate will remain unchanged at three percent in 2020, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. However, the growth rate might go up to four percent. In 2020, political uncertainty and the Covi-19...
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New hospital opens on Torkham-Jalalabad road

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Yousuf Zarifi
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Mar 31, 2020 - 16:29
JALALABD CITY (Pajhwok): A newly-built hospital costing 20 million afghanis was inaugurated in Momandara district of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor's spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the clinic’...
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Govt asked to give commercial firms tax relief

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Azizullah Hamdard
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Mar 29, 2020 - 14:50
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investigation (ACCI) on Sunday urged the government to give commercial firms relief in taxes in order to keep food items’ prices stable in the country. Amin Babak, ACCI spokesman, told Pajhwok...
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Flour, ghee prices up by 14pc in Kabul

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Zarghona Salehai
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Mar 28, 2020 - 20:58
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of flour and ghee have increased while other essential items’ rates remain steady during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Haji Nangiali Mohammadi, a wholesaler in Kabul Mandavi Market,...
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Kabul: Rent relief announced for small businesses

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Zarghona Salehai
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Mar 28, 2020 - 20:04
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) and Ahmad Yar group on Saturday announced rent relief for business places under their ownership in Kabul. The chamber will not take rent from business places in Nader Pashton...
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Afghans stranded in India being brought home

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Javed Hamim Kakar
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Mar 28, 2020 - 15:14
KABUL (Pajhwok): The process of bringing back Afghan nationals stranded in India has been started, the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi said on Saturday. Tariq Qaderi, deputy ambassador to India, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Afghanistan Foreign...
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Child injured in blast near Kabul crematorium

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Azizullah Hamdard
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Mar 26, 2020 - 13:46
KABUL (Pajhwok): A child was wounded on Thursday when a bomb blast took place near a Sikh crematorium in Kabul, an official said. A policeman, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News a magnetic bomb went off close to the Sikh cremation...
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