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MoF, DP World sign deal to modernise Afghanistan’s ports
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Sunday signed an investment term sheet with DP World to equip Afghanistan’s commercial ports with modern technology, an official said.
Report finds Afghanistan mission was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste”
The final report this week from the special inspector general for Afghanistan identified $26 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. reconstruction spending in Afghanistan since 2009.
Roof collapse kills 3, injures 3 in S. Afghanistan
KABUL, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Three people were killed and three others injured when the roof of a mud house collapsed recently in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the provincial police office …
U.S. mission in Afghanistan was “two-decade long effort fraught with waste,” watchdog finds
The final report this week from the special inspector general for Afghanistan identified $26 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in U.S. reconstruction spending in Afghanistan since 2009.
The $148 billion failure: Watchdog’s final report excoriates America’s attempt to rebuild Afghanistan
More than $148 billion was spent by the U.S. government in its failed attempt to build a free Afghanistan, according to the final report by the official watchdog office, whose careful documentation of waste and fraud, and its warnings of Taliban resurgence, went largely unheeded.
Afghanistan says 5 killed in heavy fire exchanges with Pakistani forces
Relations have soured between former allies Afghanistan and Pakistan since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
Deadly border fighting breaks out between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Both sides accuse the other of starting the overnight fighting and breaching a fragile ceasefire agreed in October.
Pakistan, Afghanistan exchange heavy fire along border
The exchange came two days after a new round of peace talks between the South Asian neighbours ended without a breakthrough, though both sides agreed to continue their fragile ceasefire.
Bank Alfalah Agrees to Potential Sale of Afghanistan Operations
Bank Alfalah Limited’s board of directors has accepted a non-binding offer from Afghanistan’s Ghazanfar Bank to acquire Bank Alfalah’s Afghanistan …