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GOOD Magazine
April 28, 2018
Using the platforms of media and journalism, which are considered radical to some people in the country, Afghan women are breaking free from past social and cultural shackles. Through magazines and even women-run television stations, they're stepping up to become women and journalists in a placeÃâà...
Business Standard
April 28, 2018
Modi, Xi may arrive at consensus on 'outstanding issues', boundary row Xi, Modi might reach important consensus to resolve 'outstanding issues': China No joint statement after Modi-Xi summit: Sources Informal Modi-Xi summit will enhance chemistry between them: Chinese envoy Modi-Xi summit will beÃâà...
TOLOnews
April 26, 2018
The Islamic Bank of Afghanistan (IBA) was officially launched on Tuesday – the first fully-fledged Islamic Bank in the country. IBA is now the only bank in Afghanistan where all its services are based on Islamic laws. The IBA was previously known as Bakhtar Bank and operated under a conventional bankingÃâà...
Gandhara
April 21, 2018
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan that Taliban attacks on power-transmission lines will continue until the ... Meanwhile, in Kabul's central business districts, supplies were rotated in a way that gave most companies less than an hour of power during the weekend.
TOLOnews
April 21, 2018
According to him, the plan is for discussions to be held on the development of commercial, investment and transit relations between the two countries. ... Based on information provided by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the volume of trade between Afghanistan and Turkey has dropped from aboutÃâà...
Business Insider
April 20, 2018
11 photos of the legendary B-52 Stratofortress bomber, which just returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan ... announced that the last squadrons of the legendary B-52 Stratofortress have returned home after concluding operations against ISIS in the Middle East and the Taliban in Afghanistan. ... Source: Business Insider.
Bangor Daily News
April 20, 2018
The Maine Army National Guard this spring will send to Afghanistan a unit that specializes in emergency medical evacuation of injured personnel. Company G, 3-126th General Support Aviation Battalion, a.k.a. MEDEVAC, will be deployed in the next two months, according to Maj. Gen. Douglas FarnhamÃâà...
Business Insider
April 20, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three police protecting voter registration centers in two Afghan provinces were killed by militants over a two-day period this week, authorities said Saturday. Sharafuddin Majhidi, spokesman for the governor of western Badghis province, said five rockets were fired by militants on a voterÃâà...
Business Insider
April 20, 2018
American special operations forces were fighting to establish observation posts high above Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot Valley, as conventional troops continued their push through the valley floor below. One of those men, Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman, was alone in the pitch-black, wounded andÃâà...
Voice of America
April 19, 2018
Taliban insurgents recently forcibly shut down the services of private telecommunications companies in areas under their control in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province. Residents said the action cut off their mobile phone service for the past five days. Local communications officials said the TalibanÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 7, 2018
Beekeeping is being used as a way of helping Afghanistan's economy and to counter the opium trade. But it also gives women the chance to earn money, in a country where many rarely work outside their homes. And one female student is now running her own successful honey business. Al Jazeera's RobÃâà...
The Hill
April 4, 2018
Companies enthusiastically responded with more than $300 million in commitments. These fiber licenses were signed last month. These actions have dramatically improved Afghanistan's business environment, as evidenced by the steady flow of power and telecom investments we have seen over the pastÃâà...
Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard
April 2, 2018
High levels of corruption within the Afghan government also present additional hurdles to sustaining a new company. ... Business DNA, Edries said, will instead focus on profiles of successful Afghan companies, useful market information, best practices in management, future business opportunities, andÃâà...
Danville Commercial News
March 15, 2018
Radio Free Europe and The New York Times both found the family in Afghanistan. They reported the boy's father was a fan of Trump's. He read his books and, according to The Times, watched his shows on TV sets powered by solar panels provided by an aid organization. “Donald Trump has a lot ofÃâà...
Business Standard
March 15, 2018
The feature of Afghanistan's win over the West Indies, which gave them a 2-1 lead in four head-to-head matches, was their four-pronged spin attack that included wrist-spinner Rashid Khan, off-spinners Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Rahman, and left-arm spinner Sharafuddin Ashraf. The slow bowlersÃâà...
Business Insider
March 15, 2018
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Two Afghan sisters and their three young children have been deported by Austria to Croatia after a landmark European Court of Justice ruling. Khadija Jafari told The Associated Press in Croatia's capital of Zagreb that the family was ordered to leave Austria on Sunday. Jafari andÃâà...
Greenville News
March 15, 2018
On Christmas Eve 2012, Aaron Hillis was on patrol in Afghanistan's Logar Province when his vehicle drove across an improvised explosive device. ... Eventually he wants to own a gun store and shooting range, but then transition into a business to help train schools to deal with active-shooter situations.
The Hill
March 15, 2018
Late last year, just after the Trump administration announced the new South Asia strategy, the government of Afghanistan teamed up with the global technology and engineering giant, Siemens, based out of Houston, and Bayat Power, an Afghan-owned power company, to launch a $250 millionÃâà...
Business Insider
March 14, 2018
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Once seen as relatively secure, the sprawling Afghan capital of Kabul is becoming the main focus of an intensified U.S.-backed battle against the Taliban this year after a series of high-profile attacks exposed major gaps in security. "Kabul is our main effort. To harden Kabul, toÃâà...
MENAFN.COM
March 13, 2018
(MENAFN - Wadsam) Afghanistan's first English executive business magazine, Business DNA, was launched on February 10, 2018 with the objective to promote sharing of business success stories, market information, management best practice, future business opportunities, and economic analyses.
Anadolu Agency
March 13, 2018
An official in Pakistan's Ministry of Commerce, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on talking to the media, told Anadolu Agency the worsening law and order situation in Afghanistan and political tension between the neighboring countries are major factors which contributed to the decrease inÃâà...
Business Insider
March 13, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has arrived in the Afghan capital to take stock of the war, with emphasis on prospects for drawing at least some Taliban fighters into reconciling with the Afghan government. The visit, which was not announced in advance due to security concerns, comes as theÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 12, 2018
In Kabul, a number of Afghan youths are engaged in the modelling business, thus demonstrating to the public the best items of their traditional folk ... I have always enjoyed being in a company of friends who dressed well. ... According to the girl, her family strictly opposed to her work in fashion business:.
Business Insider
March 11, 2018
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The Army veteran who killed three women after a siege in California had long dreamed of serving his country in the military, but his skill as a marksman led to dangerous missions in Afghanistan that left him anxious and wary when he came back home, according to people who knew him.
Business Insider
March 10, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is bolstering its military presence in Afghanistan, more than 16 years after the war started. Is anyone paying attention? Consider this: At a Senate hearing this past week on top U.S. security threats, the word "Afghanistan" was spoken exactly four times, each during introductory remarks. In theÃâà...
Business Standard
March 10, 2018
Pakistan's Foreign minister Khawaja Asif today accused the US of trying to use Islamabad as a "proxy" in defending its interests in war-torn Afghanistan. Maintaining that Pakistan wants constructive ties with America, he said that in the high-level engagements recently, the US officials have been told thatÃâà...
Business Insider
March 10, 2018
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As many as 18 Afghan soldiers and members of the special forces have been killed in fighting in the western province of Farah, local officials said on Saturday. Taliban fighters attacked troops assembled to prepare an attack in Bala Buluk district in the night, settingÃâà...
The State Journal-Register
March 9, 2018
Miller worked for the Army Corps from 2005 to 2015, including his time in the Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012. He was based at Camp Clark in Khost province, where he was the site manager overseeing a road project. He solicited $280,000 in bribes from the Afghan company that received the contract for the project,Ãâà...
Business Insider
March 8, 2018
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet approved plans on Wednesday to expand Germany's military missions abroad, including in Afghanistan, Mali and Iraq, government sources said. The defense bill, which must still be approved by the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, would raise the numberÃâà...
Business Insider
March 8, 2018
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani intelligence officials and local Taliban say two missiles fired from a U.S. drone hit a militant facility in neighboring Afghanistan, killing 21 insurgents, including the son of the head of the Pakistani Taliban. The officials say the strike took place on Wednesday and targeted aÃâà...
Business Insider
March 7, 2018
TASHKENT (Reuters) - Uzbekistan wants to establish a new venue for peace talks between the government of neighboring Afghanistan and the Taliban, it said on Tuesday, having invited the world's top diplomats to a conference later this month. The Tashkent government hopes the March 26-27 conference will jumpstartÃâà...
Business Insider
February 28, 2018
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan security forces in the southern province of Helmand have captured a German national during a raid on a suspected Taliban bomb-making compound, a local official said on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be a rare example of a European national fighting on the side of theÃâà...
New York Times
February 23, 2018
An Isle of Man-based holding company will oversee the project with a Turkmen state company, Turkmengaz, reportedly the majority shareholder. In Turkmenistan, officials have said they received loans from Saudi Arabia's Islamic Development Bank. Oil companies first proposed the pipeline in 1995 as aÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Militants from Islamic State have beheaded three brothers, all working in the medical profession, in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, an official said on Monday. Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar, the main stronghold of Islamic State inÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a voter registration center in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 31 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. Public Health Ministry spokesman Wahid Majro said another 54 people were wounded in Sunday's attack, updating anÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan faces the threat of serious drought this year after recording the lowest snowfall and rain in years over the winter, officials said on Monday, with at least 20 of 34 provinces already suffering badly. The 20 provinces in the war-torn country saw a 60 percent shortfall in rain and snowfall during theÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report finds that the Army failed to do right by some of the more than 200 bomb-sniffing dogs that served with U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, detecting roadside bombs and saving lives. The Defense Department's inspector general has determined that, after the program ended in 2014, some soldiersÃâà...
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