A young man from the Jaghato district of central Maidan Wardak province has made an artificial hand that can be connected to the human nervous system to work. The artificial hand inventor is Mohammad Sabir, son of…
The cabinet has ordered the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) to ban Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) game and the Tiktok app. EnamullahSamangani, deputy spokesman for the caretaker government, in a Twitter post today said that the…
A number of residents of northern Kunduz province want the government to stop the sale of unregistered SIM cards. A ban on the sale of such SIM cards will help the authorities in arresting criminal activities, they…
The Telecommunication Department says eight new antennas of the Salaam Network have been installed and activated in southern Ghazni province. Abdul Wali Taib, telecommunication director, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had operationalised some antennas of the Salaam…
Roya Mahboob, leader and founder of the Afghanistan Girls Robotics Team, has won the 2022 Doha Forum Award. According to reports, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin HamadThani, presented the award to RoyaMahboob today, Saturday. Jasper Wick,…
The National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) says more than a million electronic identity cards have been distributed in the past six months across the country. In a statement, NSIA said 741,000 cards were distributed to people in…
Residents and officials in eastern Nuristan province say most areas of the province are deprived of telecom services. Abdul Nasir, a resident of Kamdesh district, told Pajhwok Afghan News no telecom firm worked in their area and most…
Some residents of southeastern Khost province have complained of low-quality mobile phone and internet services. Inhabitants of some areas in Khost City, the provincial capital, and Zazai Maidan, Bak, Nadir Shah Kot, Musakhel, Spera and Qalandar districts…
The Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) has sought Pakistan’s assistance in the development of the telecom sector and infrastructure. The ministry says if Pakistan sells the internet at a higher price, Afghanistan will have no option…
Former President Hamid Karzai has congratulated the runner-up of Afghan girls’ robotics team and hoped that the doors of all girls schools would be reopened with the beginning of new academic year in the country. The Afghan girls’…
The Salaam Network will install 400 signal towers in different parts of the country this year, an official said on Wednesday. Enayatullah Alkozai, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT), tweeted: “The state-run telecom…
Officials say Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat, the army chief, is not active on social media and a twitter account attributed to him, which publishes controversial posts, is fake. Claim A fake twitter page attributed to Qari FasihuddinFitrat, published pictures…
Residents of capital Kabul are complaining about high internet prices of telecom companies and poor quality of the service. A Pajhwok reporter interviewed a number of residents in different parts of Kabul who complained about bad quality of…
A number of residents of southeastern Paktia province say that telecom related problems have once again increased in the province and they faced issues during cellular communications. They say that poor internet coverage in the province was another…
Residents of northern Balkh province complain about a slow-paced process of obtaining electronic National Identity Card (ENIC). Relevant authorities in the province acknowledge problems and challenges that have slowed down the process and said over 150,000 people in…
The GPH General President Launches the Guidance Robot Among its Efforts in Implementing Artificial Intelligence to Serve the Two Holy Mosques. The General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque ash-Shaykh Dr. Abd Arrahmaan…
The Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (ATRA) has regretted video released by Kabul Municipality without consideration of researches and studies for international health conventions, in particular academic studies in regard to electro-magnetic waves. Earlier, Kabul Municipality released a video…
Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA) on Sunday said telecom companies were still not equipped with systems to completely ban PUBG game in the country. ATRA director, Omar Mansoor Ansari was summoned to the Wolesi Jirga or lower house…
China has successfully landed a spacecraft on Mars, becoming the second country in history to accomplish the feat, state media reported on Saturday. The BBC, citing Chinese media oultlets, said the six-wheeled Zhurong robot was targeting Utopia Planitia…
Mesharano Jirga First Deputy Chairman Mohammad Alam Ezidyar on Sunday claimed every member of the Afghanistan Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (ATRA) leadership received around 700,000 afghanis monthly salary but there was no clarity how transparently they collected telecom revenue.…
The Afghanistan Telecommunication Regularity Authority (ATRA) on Monday launched the National Gender Equality program (EQUELS) in Kabul. The equal participation of women or EQUELS is a global program and its branch in Afghanistan was officially inaugurated by ATRA.…
Two water and solar power projects generating 340 kilowatts of electricity have been completed and put into service by South Korea at a cost of $4.4 million in the Dara-i-Noor district of eastern Nangarhar province. The governor of…
Residents of eastern Nangarhar province are complaining about poor internet services even in the provincial capital. On the other hand, local officials say they have shared the problem about telecom services with the Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA),…
The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) is introducing a new application for access to information about municipal services in smart phones. IDLG Municipality Affairs Assistant head Sibghatullah said the application would be introduced for the first time…
