Kabul, Aug 7: Afghanistan’s spy agency - the National Directorate of Security has reportedly accused a member of the Pakistan consulate in Kabul that he was proving aid to the Taliban to weaken the Afghan government.

Without disclosing the name of the Pakistan consulate staffer, the spy agency maintained that he gave “orders and money” to Mullah Rahmatullah, a Taliban militant in the region who was captured earlier this week.

The spy agency added that this information was gathered during the interrogation of a Taliban militant captured by Afghan intelligence agents on Tuesday.

Taipei - The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp will change its initials from TSEC to TWSE starting next week to avoid being confused with several foreign bourses that have the same initials, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The website of the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp will also be changed on Monday to www. twse. com. tw, but the current web address will continue to function for six months, the Taipei Times said.

Taipei - The Taipei stock market rose nearly 2 per cent Wednesday on a Wall Street rebound overnight.

Taipei - Taiwan's rice exports surged 20-fold in the first half of 2008 due to a global rice shortage caused by main rice exporting countries' cutting or banning exports, a newspaper report said on Tuesday.

In the first half of the year, Taiwan exported 6,634 tons of rice, up from 229 tons in 2007 during the period, earning 8.2 million US dollars as compared to the 230,000 US dollars earned in the first half of last year, the United Evening News said, quoting the Council of Agriculture (COA).

Taipei - Taiwan is helping establish 41 digital opportunity centres in seven developing nations under a regional initiative to bridge the digital divide, a newspaper said on Sunday.

Taipei - Taiwan will join the United States and Japan in filing a complaint under the World Trade Organization's framework over a tariff dispute with the European Union, press reports said Friday.

Taiwan plans to pursue the WTO case to force the EU to eliminate tariffs on certain information technology (IT) products with pretrial consultations have achieved no resolution so far, according to Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA).