MUMBAI, INDIA (SW) – India’s Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials intercepted consul general of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Zakia Wardak, at the Mumbai airport recently and recovered 25 kg of gold worth Rs 18.6 crore that she was allegedly trying to smuggle into India from Dubai.
KABUL (SW) – Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, said that Afghanistan has made progress in security, fight against corruption, prevention of poppy planting and drug production.
KABUL (SW) – Officials in the Ministry of Promotion of Virtu and Prohibition of Evil say that it will arrest all involved with the trade
KABUL (SW) – A number of Kabul city car drivers complain about the sale of low-quality oil and say that oil traders sell low-quality oil
KABUL (SW) – Afghanistan has been placed as the seventh most corrupt country in the world among 180 countries by the Transparency International in a latest Corruption Perception Index.
KABUL (SW) – A year of the Islamic Emirate rule in Afghanistan has seen service delivery to public go from bad to worst.
KABUL (SW) – The recent revelation about the former government officials siphoning funds worth millions out of Afghanistan has angered the citizens.
MONITORING (SW) – A critical $150 million dollar lifeline for rural families in Afghanistan has been announced by the World Bank, part of an overall package of $195 million, for critical livelihood and life-saving assistance, the UN agriculture agency FAO.
MONITORING (SW) – Some senior Afghan officials and their families spent millions purchasing expensive homes in the U.S. and abroad in the final years of the war, which became luxurious landings when they escaped the escalating violence in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the recent attacks in Afghanistan, which claimed many civilian lives, including members of the Hazara Shia community and at least 16 children.
KABUL (SW) – Maternal mortality rates have risen significantly across the country, said officials at the Afghanistan Obstetricians and Gynecologists Association.
KABUL (SW) – Findings by Salam Watandar indicate that in the last seven months of the Islamic Emirate rule, nearly 45 million afghanis worth of money has been extorted from commuters at three spots in Kabul city alone.
