HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Two burqa-clad militants allegedly planning to carry out a terrorist attack have been detained in western Herat province, the acting governor said

KABUL over the past 24 hours, with central Panjsher province appearing to be the worst-hit. The casualties took place in Panjsher, Nuristan, Parwan, Takhar, Laghman,

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani and a visiting delegation from Azerbaijan on Wednesday agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (M0U on strengthening bilateral economic

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): The acting governor on Wednesday warned groups waging an uprising against the Taliban in central Ghazni province could create problems for the

KABUL (Pajhwok): Prominent Pakistan’s Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haji Ghulam Bilour says he is optimistic about Afghanistan’s reconciliation process and that Islamabad has been

KABUL on Wednesday said the New Kabul Bank was also facing losses after the government failed to take stern action against individuals involved in the

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Education Investment Support Agency (AISA) without any taking the teachers’ community into confidence. Education director Mohammad Akbar Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that

KHOST CITY/TARINKOT (Pajhwok): Five Afghan security forces men were killed on Wednesday in two separate blasts in southeastern Khost and southern Uruzgan provinces, officials said.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US Embassy Kabul hosted a blood drive in support of the Afghan National Blood Safety and Transfusion Service (ANBSTS), a statement from

KABUL, a statement from the Japanese Embassy said on Wednesday. The statement said that this contribution will allow these humanitarian agencies to address the emerging

TARINKOT (Pajhwok): Six graft-tainted officials continue to perform their duty and have been refusing to appear before the court in central Uruzgan province, the provincial

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): At least eight persons have died and tens of houses destroyed as a result of flash floods in eastern Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan