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The European Union announced a new initiative, called Afghanistan: Trade for Economic Growth (ATEG), which will focus on strengthening the country’s trade capacities and helping it become a vibrant regional economic hub. “The EU is determined to ensure that Afghanistan can benefit from the opportunities arising from greater participation in ...

The historic city of Bamiyan has now joined UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network which consists of 47 cities from 33 countries. The network includes seven different creative fields: crafts and folk art, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts and music. By joining the Network, selected cities commit to joint collaboration of ...

The draft agreement on the five nation Lapis-Lazuli agreement was signed on Wednesday between Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. The route will provide the shortest route for Afghanistan to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The draft agreement was signed at the 4th technical meeting between the delegations ...

The western Herat province, home for Afghanistan’s saffron, hosted the second Saffron Flower National Festival on Wednesday. Saffron farmers displayed saffron flower and demonstrated how to collect pure saffron. Held at the Maulana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi hall in Herat city, the event was attended by officials of the Ministry of ...

Afghan saffron has for the third year in a row been rated as the best in the world. ‎ The International Taste and Quality Institute in Brussels ranked Afghan saffron as having the best taste and quality amongst 300 samples from different countries, news agencies reported.‎ The Institute was founded ...

Afghanistan’s Revenue Turnaround in 2015. Its total budgetary revenue increased by nearly 22 percent in 2015—an extraordinary turnaround of 30 percent as compared to the 8 percent drop in 2014. For more information please visit: Afghanistan’s Revenue Turnaround in 2015

H.E Atiqullah Atifmal joined the 2016 OSCE Asian Conference on 6-7 June 2016 in Bangkok under the theme “Strengthening Comprehensive Security” with participation of over 100 delegates from Europe and Asia, as well as relevant international organizations. The OSCE Asian Conference is an annual event between the Organization for Security ...

  On 22nd April 2016, following the President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s order the Afghanistan flag will be flown at half-mast on the pole at the Afghanistan Embassy in Kuala Lumpur for two days, Friday and Saturday. The President order came after tragic act of terror in Kabul on 19th April ...

On April 16, 2016 H.E. Atiqullah Atifmal, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Kuala Lumpur, attended the Fourth Abdullah Yusuf Ali Memorial Lecture and Books Launching Ceremony at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia. The current lecture was entitled ‘English as a modern literary language ...

On April 1, 2016, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Kuala Lumpur held an event to celebrate the Solar New Year, along with Nowruz and the rebirth of the world around us from the hardships of winter.  This occasion was also used as a platform to appreciate ...