Khaama Press: A group of young Afghan girls is working to produce a mobile phone application in a bid to help the foreign nationals visiting the country for tourism. The latest attempt by the young Afghan girls comes as several Afghan youths are busy to achieve breakthroughs in technology defying the threats posed by terrorism. Click here
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 29, 2016 A senior U.S. official says an international conference scheduled for next week in Brussels is expected to bring pledges totaling more than $3 billion in development support for Afghanistan through the year 2020. Richard Olson, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, made the remarks on September
Europa.eu: The European Union has a long-term partnership with Afghanistan. Since 2002, the European Union has provided €3.66 billion in development and humanitarian aid, making it the fourth largest donor in support of the Afghan people. Afghanistan is also the largest beneficiary of EU development assistance; together with its Member States, the European Union contributes more
Tolo News: Marking World Tourism Day, the Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) said on Tuesday that despite a five percent drop in the number of foreign tourists to Afghanistan, due to insecurity, the sector had generated an annual income of almost one billion Afghanis. MoIC spokesman Harun Hakimi said foreign tourists can travel to 12 provinces
Tolo News: The Asian Development Bank (ADBN) has approved a $31.37 million USD grant to prepare the Salang Corridor rehabilitation project to improve the efficiency and safety of movement of goods and people in Afghanistan and across Central Asia. In a statement issued by the ministry of finance on Saturday, it said the grant includes $15.92 million
1TV: Huge fire incident ripped through a major fuel market in outskirts of Kabul on Tuesday, days after a major wood market caught fire. The incident has taken place around 09:00 am local time in Qala-e-Haidar Khan area of the city in the 5th police district. Click here to read more (external link). Related Huge fire incident
The Interpreter: As planting season started in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan this spring, so did the fighting. One farmer, Ibrahim (he uses only one name), and his family had barely tilled their land when they had to leave. Fighting had been close by for most of the past year, but now it was in
Noor Zahid Mehdi Jedinia VOA News September 18, 2016 A recent exchange of prisoners between Iran and Afghanistan may signal Tehran’s willingness to repair strained relations between the two countries over the regime’s internal treatment of Afghans, analysts say. Kabul has lodged several protests in recent months over Iran’s conduct toward Afghans inside Iran, including
KABUL, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — A fire broke out in a construction wood market in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Sunday, leaving no casualties. “At around 11:00 a.m. (local time), a construction wood market named Bradaran Market caught fire in second police district in Kabul. The Kabul police and firefighters arrived at the site shortly
The Natinonal (UAE): Afghanistan has taken a small step towards attracting international investment for its energy sector, a US government-backed move aimed at convincing prospective investors of the central Asian country’s potential. The first deal, for a relatively small 10 megawatt solar power operation in Kandahar province, was won by the Indian company Jaguar Overseas, with a