1TV: At some customs in Afghanistan, nearly 90 percent of goods are imported without payment of duty, the Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee said in a report Sunday. The watchdog said that illegal interference of central and provincial government officials, Members of Parliament (MPs), and warlords determinedly influence the customs and tax administration,
Tolo News: John Sopko, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has strongly criticized a move by the Afghan government to appoint one of the key masterminds behind the collapse of the old Kabul Bank to take charge of a government agency. On June 1st, President Ashraf Ghani in a decree appointed Mahmoud
Future Directions: Increasingly frequent droughts are causing tension between Afghanistan and Iran over control of surface water resources. The Helmand River is a particular source of discontent between the two countries, with each claiming that the other takes more water than they have the right to under a 1973 water-sharing agreement. According to Iran, Afghanistan’s
Ariana: Afghanistan has allowed some international airlines to operate flights to and from the country from today with special precautions after a gap of three months due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority said in a statement that the Turkish Airlines will resume flights on Wednesday, 24th of June. According to the statement,
Tolo News: Following the news broadcasts of reports of two travel bans on employees of the Ministry of Finance by the Presidential Palace, Gul Maqsood Sabit, former deputy finance minister, said that the recent actions taken by the Palace against the employees of the ministry to prevent corruption are “not effective.” Click here to read
Al Jazeera: Despite escalating tensions, both countries see Iran’s Chabahar port as key to stabilising neighbouring Afghanistan. Chabahar port in the Sistan-Balochistan province of Iran is a hub of activity and one of the country’s economic lifelines. Located on the southeastern edge of the country, it is the only Iranian entity of its kind that
AA: Pakistan on Saturday announced reopening three key trade routes with neighboring Afghanistan from June 22. Abdul Razzak Dawood, prime minister’s adviser on trade, who acts as trade minister, announced the reopening of southwestern Chaman, northwestern Torkham and Ghulam Khan border crossings after months-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to read more
WION: China is running this lending operation for access and power. While many countries are already drowning in Chinese debt without realizing it, Afghanistan and Myanmar have taken the first step by rejecting Chinese loans… Kabul sees the pitfalls. Afghanistan’s national debt stand at over 1.3 billion dollars, and China wants to give more loans
Ariana: The Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority has said that the international flights will resume soon keeping health measures strictly in view. In a statement, the authority said that in order to prevent the outbreak of the Coronavirus, the terminal halls in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, and Mazar-e-Sharif international airports have been marked to help passengers keep
1TV: Death toll has risen to 16 following Tuesday’s explosion at a coal mine in Afghanistan’s northern Samangan province, local officials said. Six others have been wounded in the explosion which happened in Dara-i-Suf Bala district. Dead bodies of eight miners were recovered from the blast site, but eight others were still trapped. Click here