KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday briefed visiting Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis on security transition from international troops to Afghan forces. He also hailed

KABUL, returning from month-long training courses in India, would be hired as vocational trainers, officials said on Wednesday. The hiring is aimed to improve the

SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A newly-constructed building was inaugurated on the university campus in northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday, officials said. The building for engineering faculty has

JALALABAD (PAN, started in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, officials said. The Afghanistan Cricket Board head for the eastern zone, Qarar Azizi, told Pajhwok Afghan

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Some residents are concerned about the security transfer to Afghan forces in northern Kunduz province, the transition commission head said on Wednesday.

KABUL): About 20,000 candidates, most of them with bachelor’s degrees, sat tests for teachers in 30 provinces of the country on Wednesday, an official said.

CHAGHCHARAN (PAN projects, officials said. Ghor was declared a poppy-free province four years ago, but growers have resumed cultivating the illicit crop for reasons of

JALALABAD/KANDAHAR CITY (PAN and a policeman were killed and another 16 people wounded in violence-related incidents in three provinces, officials said on Wednesday. Eight insurgents

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Farmers in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province on Wednesday accused anti-poppy campaign officials of taking money from big growers and destroying

LASHKARGAH (PAN intelligence agent operating in the Kajaki district was among four suspects arrested in southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. A National

HELMAND: A Taliban intelligence agent operating in the Kajaki district was among four suspects arrested in southern Helmand province, an official said on Wednesday. A

SAR-I-PUL CITY (PAN): A secretary to the former Sar-i-Pul governor has been arrested on the charge of firing at demonstrators during a rally two months