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USAID Donates $25 Million to WFP to Support the Most Vulnerable Afghans Affected by Conflict and Natural Disasters
April 04, 2018
KABUL - the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced it has donated $25 million to the United Nations ...
Ghani, Ministers Among 1200 CNIC Applicants
April 04, 2018
KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 1, 200 people, including high ranking officials, have registered their names to get electronic national identity cards, the Population ...
Almar District May Fall, Warns Administrative Chief
April 04, 2018
MAIMANA - Local officials on Tuesday said hundreds of Taliban militants stormed the headquarters of Almar district in northern Faryab province, killing two ...
16pc of Afghan Child Labors Endure Sexual Abuse: Poll
April 04, 2018
KABUL - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) says 43 percent of children in Afghanistan are busy doing hard labor and among them 16 ...
US Identifies MML, TAJ as Let Affiliates
April 04, 2018
KABUL - The State Department has amended its designation of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) by identifying two new Pakistani political parties as its affiliates, a media report said ...
Gen. Bajwa Stresses Regional Push for Afghan Peace
April 04, 2018
PESHAWAR - The Pakistan army chief has renewed his country’s commitment to promoting peace and stability in neighboring Afghanistan...
Seventh Indian Wheat Cargo for Afghanistan Arrives in Chabahar
April 03, 2018
TEHRAN - India’s seventh consignment of wheat to be sent to Afghanistan arrived at Iran’s southeastern Shahid Beheshti Port in Chabahar...
Dostum Could Return Soon after Almost a Year in Turkey
April 03, 2018
KABUL - A close aide to the embattled first vice president said Ghani and Dostum have talked on the phone regarding his return.
Close aides to First Vice President ...
New Taliban Unit Focusing on Night Attacks in Kunduz
April 03, 2018
KUNDUZ CITY - Kunduz local commanders said the new unit is called the Red Division and is based close to the Tajikistan border. Local security commanders in Kunduz province told...
Ministry of Mines Working to Boost Cement Production
April 03, 2018
KABU - Based on a new plan, the ministry is working to help Afghanistan produce more of its own cement.
Afghanistan imports $140 ...
Senior U.S. Official, Pakistani Army Chief Discuss Afghan Peace
April 03, 2018
ISLAMABAD - The U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells met Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa here on Monday ...
KP Stresses Free Treatment for Afghan TB Patients
April 03, 2018
PESHAWAR - Pakistan has suggested a three-way alliance to ensure Afghan refugees’ access to free treatment for tuberculosis (TB)...
President Inaugurates 5 Major Projects in Paktia
April 02, 2018
GARDEZ - President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday inaugurated five major development projects after arriving in southeastern Paktia province at the head of a high level ...
Taliban Should Positively Respond to Govt, Nation’s Call for Peace: Abdullah
April 02, 2018
KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has said the Taliban group should positively respond to the calls of the government and nation for peace...
IEC Formally Declares New Date for Wolesi Jirga Polls
April 02, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday announced October 20 as a fresh date to hold the long due elections to the Wolesi Jirga and ...
EU Launches Anti-Graft Drive in Afghanistan
April 02, 2018
KABUL - The EU Delegation on Sunday announced launching its 2018 anti-corruption campaign in Afghanistan.
The drive seeks to ...
Noor Accused of ‘Making a Deal’ with Arg
April 02, 2018
KABUL - Balkh residents claim Atta Noor back-tracked on his decision not to step down until his demands were met.
Following Atta Mohammad...
Cancer Cases Increasing in Afghanistan: Health Minister
April 02, 2018
KABUL - The Minister of Public Health (MoPH) Firozuddin Firoz said Sunday that the cases of non-communicable diseases especially cancer has increased in the country...
Saudi Arabia Can Bring Taliban to Peace Talks, Believe US, Afghanistan
April 01, 2018
KABUL - The US National Security Council has launched fresh four-nation effort, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to bring peace and ...
Mafia Groups within MoI Pocket Privileges of Deceased Soldiers
April 01, 2018
KABUL - Some ‘mafia’ circles in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) recruit teenage boys in police ranks by forging documents and after they get killed within ...
13 Girl’s Schools Closed in Paktia Province
April 01, 2018
KABUL - The provincial governor said talks with tribal elders and the Taliban have been underway for a few months.
Paktia local officials ...
In Uruzgan, No Safe Home for Victims of Violence
April 01, 2018
KABUL - Some women who have escaped from homes are living in residences of tribal elders or police women in central Uruzgan province due to a lack of safe homes...
President Assures Ghazni Residents to Address their Problems
April 01, 2018
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has assured the residents of southern Ghazni province to resolve their problems and urged multi-dimensional overhaul to ...
Visas Sought for Afghan Traders at Torkham Border
April 01, 2018
PESHAWAR - Participants of a daylong conference in Peshawar have asked the government of Pakistan to issue Afghan traders with visas at the Torkham border crossing...
Afghanistan Sets October Date for Much-Delayed Elections
March 31, 2018
KABUL - Afghanistan aims to hold parliamentary and local district elections in October, more than three years late, a senior election official said, although ...
Uzbekistan Ready to Help Fund Railway Project
March 31, 2018
TASHKETN - Tashkent will put $500 million USD into the $1.8 billion USD railway line project, the finance ministry has confirmed.
The Afghan Ministry of ...
President Directs Pine Nuts’ Processing, Marketing
March 31, 2018
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday directed agriculture officials and his advisor to take ‘special steps’ for processing, packaging and ...
US Remains in Afghanistan “to Prevent Repeat of a 9/11”
March 31, 2018
KABUL - As the new US combat advisers arrived in Afghanistan, a US general says American forces should stay in Afghanistan to prevent attacks on the United ...
Pakistan: ‘Dossier’ About Terrorist Acts Shared with Afghanistan
March 31, 2018
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan said Thursday it has given a “dossier” to Afghanistan containing evidence that fugitive militants are using ...
Regional, Global Consensus on Peace Soon: HPC
March 31, 2018
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Afghanistan is about to secure ‘a unanimous regional and international consensus’ on peace and stability in the region, a senior peace emissary ...
Afghan Air Force Drops First Laser-Guided Bomb
March 29, 2018
KABUL - The ministry of defense has confirmed the Afghan Air Force will continue to target Taliban strongholds with this technology.
The Afghan National ...
India Reiterates Commitment to Help Rebuild Afghanistan
March 29, 2018
KABUL - India’s minister of state for external affairs said in Tashkent his country’s development assistance stands at $3 billion USD...
Tashkent Meeting Seeks Political Role for Taliban
March 29, 2018
KABUL - Participants of the two-day Tashkent Conference say that peace and security in Afghanistan are essential for prosperity in the region and bringing ...
DoD Finds Major Flaws in Tracking of ANDSF Vehicles
March 29, 2018
KABUL - The report states that officials have failed to keep an accurate account of about 95,000 vehicles handed to the Afghan forces...
Taliban Welcome Helmand Peace Sit-Ins with Warning
March 29, 2018
LASHKARGAH - The Taliban have welcomed a peace movement initiated by the people of southern Helmand province, but say “the keys of Afghan war are in the US hands ...