Tolo News: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Public Health and BRS Ventures, a UAE-based company, has been signed in the presence of President Ashraf Ghani over the semi-privatization of two Kabul hospitals – Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital and Sheikh Zayed Hospital. A number of doctors at Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital were not however
MOSCOW, July 30 (Sputnik) – Imran Khan, who surged into office with a strong national support by promising an idealistic scenario of lifting millions out of poverty and combating corruption in Pakistan, could be quickly dethroned by its own people who had voted for him in Wednesday’s election if he does not put in concrete
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s national cricketer Mohammad Nabi rose one rank from third place to second in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) all-rounder rankings after overtaking Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez who dropped from second to third place. Nabi was previously ranked 3rd in the ODI all-rounding ranking while Rashid Khan, Afghanistan’s leg-spinner, retained his seventh place in the ICC’s all-rounder ranking. Click here to read more (external link). Other Cricket
Ariana: The meeting took place at Presidential Palace today, where General Dostum met with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, and Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish. The office of First Vice President said that at the meeting, Gen. Dostum urged Ghani to release his aide Qaisari and reveal the outcomes of a probe over
Ariana: A senior former member of the Taliban says the U.S. delegation and Taliban representatives are expected to discuss withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan in their next meeting. Citing a Taliban official, Reuters also said that the talks took place with the approval of the leadership council. The two sides had discussed proposals to allow
Ariana: Trump administration is urging American-backed Afghan troops to retreat from sparsely populated areas of the country, U.S. officials said, all but ensuring the Taliban will remain in control of vast stretches of the country. According to New York Times, the withdrawal will effectively ensure that the Taliban and other insurgent groups will hold on to territory
ABC News: For 200 years, Ghulam Sakhi’s family has been blowing glass in the ancient Afghan city of Herat. He creates azure, indigo and green goblets, cups and vases that have been sold in fancy stores overseas, but like so many Afghans the artisan struggles to make a living and as he tries to keep this
IANS: The moment is laden with irony for President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul. The emergence of a Pathan in Islamabad should have provided him with comfort. Instead he is having kittens: the Pathan on the other side has an agenda which is totally at cross purposes with Ghani’s. Imran’s agenda would boost his popularity in the
Tolo News: According to Bashir Ahmad Tayyanj, Dostum has also been unable to obtain the president’s permission to visit Qaisari. “The First Vice President in the last two to three days had contact with officials and we hope they (Dostum and Ghani) meet each other. But we want a productive meeting, we do not want