
President Ghani speaks over phone with Emir of Qatar
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the presidency said.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the presidency said.

The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan has said civilian casualties caused by improvised explosive devices surged by over 60 per cent in past two months.

After closure for nearly two decades, authorities in Kunduz on Saturday announced reopening of the state-owned Spinzar oil and ghee processing corporation here.

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution with a majority of 131 votes calling on the parties to the conflict to end violence in Afghanistan.