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Security deals with US, NATO sans Pak cooperation are useless
By Mansoor Faizy
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Curiosity Mars rover 'solves mountain riddle'
Scientists working on Nasa's Curiosity rover think they can now explain why there is a huge mountain at the robot's landing site in Mars's Gale Crater. They believe it is the remains of sediments laid down in successive READ MORE
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Security deals with US, NATO sans Pak cooperation are useles
KABUL: The approval of security accords with US and NATO by overwhelming majority of lawmakers is considered to be a fruitful step aimed at development of Afghanistan. President Ashraf Ghani also welcomed the approval of READ MORE
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Bagh-e-Bala Palace regains its colors
Historians and nature lovers know how graceful Bagh-e-Bala Palace is because its dazzling dooms could be seen from far away. Vineyard and tall pine trees are adding colors to the beauty of the place. The palace has been READ MORE
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Man eats sugar-heavy diet for 60 days, receives shocking dia
Following in the footsteps of Morgan Spurlock, who ate only McDonald’s food for one month in the film Super Size Me, an Australian man has undergone a sugar-heavy diet for 60 days to explore the ingredient’s impact o READ MORE
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Facebook sets up 'dark web' link to access network via Tor
Facebook has created the ability for users to connect directly to the social network via anonymising "dark web" service Tor. While it was already possible to access Facebook via Tor, the new set-up means all data is enc READ MORE
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Iran sends Afghan refugees to fight in Syria
KABUL: Reports about Afghans fighting in Syria once again emerged in international and local media but the government has been giving cold-shoulder response to the important issue which could possibly affect Kabul’s re READ MORE
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Swedish Committee vows to continue supporting Afghanistan
KABUL: Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) vows to continue its humanitarian and development assistance for Afghanistan for more three decades to help the country’s more vulnerable people through its educational, h READ MORE
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Democracy: Headways, barriers in last decade
KABUL: After the collapse of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan embraced new system—democracy. Afghan people stepped toward democracy to enjoy its fruit, but barriers marred progress of the newborn democratic system as ma READ MORE
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Illiteracy rate in Afghanistan stands at 64pc
KABUL: Literacy Department of the Ministry of Education (MoE) says around five million Afghans have been educated through literacy courses and programs over the past 12 years, but seven million people still are illiterat READ MORE
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4,136 self-immolation cases, 4,466 self-poisoning cases regi
KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said around 4,136 cases of self-immolation and 4,466 cases of self-poisoning have been registered from 30 provinces since the beginning of current (solar) year, with r READ MORE
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Kabul Zoo: A paradise in heart of the capital city
The zoological park is located in the city center of Kabul, Afghanistan. The zoo was established in 1967 with cooperation of international community in order to identify and research on Afghan birds and wild animals. The READ MORE
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Coral and fish can 'smell' bad reefs
Baby corals and fish can smell the difference between good and bad reefs, according to a study based in Fiji. When offered a choice of two water samples in the lab, the animals turned away from the stench of seaweed that READ MORE
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NSA and GCHQ agents 'leak Tor bugs', alleges developer
British and American intelligence agents attempting to hack the "dark web" are being deliberately undermined by colleagues, it has been alleged. Spies from both countries have been working on finding flaws in Tor, a popu READ MORE
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India employs 40 mimics to scare off parliament monkeys
Forty young people are employed in India to impersonate monkeys to scare off real monkeys causing havoc around Delhi's parliament, a minister says. The men make screeching noises similar to those of black-faced langur mo READ MORE
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Will drones become the future of farming?
Pilotless drones have had the biggest impact on the battlefield, serving as eyes in the sky and even as attack aircraft. But could they find another role, helping farmers boost food production?... READ MORE
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Electric scooter design that makes a hole lot of sense
Scooters are a firm favourite in the developing world – but they are noisy and polluting, and can be dangerously overloaded. One company has come up with a cleaner, safer option. In many parts of the world, the scooter READ MORE
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Band-i-Amir, a magnificent site for tourists
BAMYAN: The Afghanistan first Band-i-Amir National Park presents extraordinary attractive scene in this season and the site attract large number of visitors in a totally different atmosphere free of violence and tension. READ MORE
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Europe's Gaia telescope grapples with stray light
The orbiting Gaia telescope will lose some performance because stray light is getting inside the observatory, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. But the impacts are likely to be very small, scientists believe, and the READ MORE
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Google and Facebook can be legally intercepted, says UK spy
The UK government has revealed that intelligence service GCHQ can snoop on British citizens' use of Facebook and Google without an individual warrant because the firms are based overseas. UK spy boss Charles Farr said th READ MORE
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Fully Assembled iPhone 6 Purportedly Shown by Taiwanese Sing
With the next-generation iPhone 6 just around the corner, it’s not uncommon to see leaks becoming more abundant, especially in the Far East, where these devices get assembled by Apple’s partners. The latest such leak READ MORE
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Iran and blame the victim game
Tehran is continuously interfering in Afghanistan and pressurizing Kabul under one pretext or the other. Iran’s meddling into our internal affairs while giving it name of concern as Tehran did it recently when its ambassa...
