A Bangladeshi woman, Shoba, was bought by an Afghan for 13,000 Pakistani rupees 40 years back in Pakistan’s Dera Ismail Khan District and currently she lives in southern Ghazni province. Originally hailing from Dhaka, the capital of…
Officials of Baghlan Petroleum Department say their revenue for the first quarter of the current year alone has increased by five percent over the figure for the whole previous year. Petroleum Director Karim Shaheen said in an…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says preserving human rights gains is essential for continued international support to Afghanistan. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Stoltenberg said NATO had always been clear that there could only be a peaceful, negotiated solution…
The office of Ombudsperson on Monday said Government officials/employees accused of embezzling Covid19 funds in eight provinces have been referred to the Attorney General Office. Firoz Bashari, spokesman of the office told Pajhwok Afghan News that the graft-tainted officials…
The primary courts of three districts have been functioning in Jalalabad, the provincial capital, of eastern Nangarhar province due to insecurity, an official said on Tuesday. Nangarhar Appellant Court head Mufti Mohammad Wazir during an exclusive chat with…
A disabled mobile credit card seller in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, is optimistic about the ongoing peace talks in Doha. If peace is established, no one like him would slip into misery and illiteracy, hopes…
KABUL’s strong, talented and ambitious girls on International Day of the Girl (IDG). In an interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, UNICEF Afghanistan Representative Dr. Aboubacar Kampo said: First of all, happy International Day of the Girl (IDG) to all of…
Thousands of displaced families are in dire need of assistance in northern Balkh province, but the provincial government lacks enough resources to assist them all, said the provincial refugee and repatriation director. Balkh refugee and repatriation director Syed…
Civil society. Lailo has completed intermediate level studies in medical and is currently serving as a teacher in her district. She plans to get higher education in political science and law besides continuing her social activities. During an…
The Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, who has been fasting for 10 years for lasting peace, on Tuesday urged peace negotiators in Qatar to declare ceasefire. The ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks are part of a landmark peace agreement…
The Batikot district chief in eastern Nangarhar province says security has improved in the district with support of public uprising groups, paving the ground for implementation of many construction projects. Two years back, with the help of uprising…
Kandahar City Municipality has collected 40 percent of its revenue so far this year due to the outbreak of coronavirus, an official said on Thursday. Kandahar City Mayor Eng. Rafai Hayat told Pajhwok Afghan News during an…
KABUL’s Ombudsperson Office on Wednesday announced referring 52 individuals, including a minister, to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) over misappropriation of Covid-19 funds. Former public health minister Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz and four deputy ministers have been introduced to the AGO…
The education director says basic work and reforms are needed to improve the education process in southern Kandahar province. Mohib Ahmad Rokhan, who took over as the education director 11 months back, called the education process in…
KABUL as its assistance goes only to the Afghan national security and defense forces, a top American diplomat said on Wednesday. The Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs has recently announced Security Charter Program but some people fear the government would…
KABUL, a top American diplomat says, ruling out a repeat of the 1990s when the global fraternity left the country high and dry after the collapse of the Soviet Union. “We have been very careful students of history and we…
Food offered to policemen and officers of different ranks in 24 hours in western Herat province is not according to the list based on their ration allowance, Pajhwok Afghan News has learned reliably. Photos, videos and other…
A former policeman, Mujahid, says he became addicted to drugs while serving his sentence in a murder case in the Pul-i-Charkhi Prison and now he is facing several problems. During an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, the…
The governor of eastern Laghman province on Sunday said efforts were underway to bring back two military battalions to the province from Kunar and Nuristan provinces. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok, Rahmatullah Yarmal said security of the…
Insecurity continues to displace people from their areas in southern Kandahar province, where at least 350 families recently migrated to the provincial capital, Kandahar City, from insecure districts and areas. Dost Mohammad Nayab, head of the…
The female district chief for Khan Chahar Bagh district of northern Jawzjan province says she was able to gain millions of US dollars from international community for dozens of development projects within the past three years. Dortaj Yamaq…
As he sits on a footway, the young fighter put his Kalashnikov on a big stone and sadly said: “I did not know I had no other option. I got angry about the novel, but then I thought…
KABUL demand peace in their prayers in the hope that their yearnings will bear fruit and God will accept their prayers. Born in 1966 in the Guldara village of Jaghato district in Maidan Wardak province, Ahmadi is currently living in…
The Private Universities Union (PUU) on Tuesday accused the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) of treating them against the law and delaying degrees to private university graduates. The union said that Article 10 of the Constitution encouraged…
