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The United States will pull out its forces from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, The Washington Post reported late Tuesday evening Afghanistan’s time as quoting a senior White House official. The announcement comes as the American forces were…

Tamana Jahan and Nazimah Khairzad are the two first women who climbed the peak of the Koh-e-Baba mountain, known as Shah-e-Foladi peak, according to the office of the Bamyan governor. The two female climbers are from Balkh and Bamyan provinces. The female mountaineers climbed the Foladi peak, which is 5,140…

The draft peace plan prepared by Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) will divide the Republic camp, says Afghanistan’s second vice president, Sarwar Danish as quoted by a statement issued by his press office today, Tuesday, April 13. Instate of strengthening a consensus in the Republic camp, a term…

Afghanistan has produced 261,048 metric tons of poultry meat in the last 1399 (solar year), the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) said in a statement issued today, April 12. The Ministry named Kabul, Herat, Nangarhar, Takhar, Kandahar, Balkh, Helmand, and Farah as the major poultry production provinces in…

Herat has exported domestic products worth USD 75,800,000 over the last 1399 solar year, suggesting a total of USD 5,800,000 increase comparing to the previous year (1398), according to Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment. Talking to Kabul Now, Mohammad Rafi Rahmani, the executive director of the Chamber, said that…

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad concluded a “productive” four-day visit to Kabul, the US Embassy in Kabul said in a statement issued today, Monday, April 12. According to the statement, the US peace envoy has discussed preparations for the upcoming Istanbul conference in his meeting with…

Ahead of the upcoming Istanbul meeting, Nai, an organization supporting open media in Afghanistan, stresses that the media and freedom of expression must be considered as the “redline” for the negotiating parties in the meeting. In a statement issued today, April 12, the organization urged the US Special Representative for…

Unknown armed men have gunned down Saleh Mohammad Salim, chief physician at the 209 Military Corps, and his driver in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of the northern Balkh province, a local official confirmed. Talking to Kabul Now, Adel Shah Adel, the spokesperson for Balkh Police Chief, said that the incident…

As Turkey is preparing to host a peace meeting over Afghan conflict in its western city of Istanbul, Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) works more than peace proposals, submitted by various Afghan political factions, to take a united stance in talks with the Taliban that is tentatively scheduled…

Afghanistan produced 2,170,973 liters of milk in 1399 (solar year), said a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock on Sunday, April 11. Faryab, Baghlan, Takhar, Maidan Wardak, Herat, Balkh, Kandahar, Kunduz, and Samangan provinces have made a large contribution to milk production in the previous year,…