PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): A 25-year-old man who raped a schoolteacher was sentence to 16 years jail by the Appellant Court in northern Baghlan Province, an official

KHOST CITY (PAN): The former head of the Khost provincial council’s administrative board on Sunday rejected last week’s election, insisting that they were still members

FARAH: A former district intelligence officer, who was released from jail 10 days ago, was found dead in the capital of western Farah province, officials

FAIZABAD (PAN and children, were killed and 20 houses damaged by snow avalanches in the Nasi district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Sunday.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN and children and protect civilians, a top diplomat promised on Sunday. “We will continue to call on all parties to comply with their

KABUL): The government would soon nominate a new chief peace negotiator after high-level consultations, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday. High Peace

KABUL): The Kabul mayor has warned land grabbers that the municipality will take stern action against offenders this year, including taking back illegally occupied plots.

HERAT CITY (PAN fighters, including a commander, joined the peace process in the western province of Herat, an official said on Sunday. Led by Mullah

KABUL, the alliance said on Sunday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the NATO-led force that did not give the servicemember’s nationality.

QALA-I-NAW (PAN): A mother and her two-month-old child were killed after the car they were travelling in spun out of control and overturned in northwestern

JALALABAD (PAN fighters were killed and two policemen wounded in a major clash between both parties in the eastern province of Nuristan, an official said

KABUL fighters were killed, 13 captured and tonnes of explosives were unearthed. A Ministry of Interior’s statement on Sunday, said in the operation, one insurgent