Abasin Zaheer

KABUL on Monday elected lawmaker Abdul Rauf Inamai as the lower house’s secretary but again failed to elect the second deputy speaker. The assembly on

KABUL on Sunday elected lawmakers Haji Zahir Qadir and Iranullah Irfan as first deputy speaker and deputy secretary respectively, but contenders for the slots of

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Security officials claimed recovering over three tonnes of explosives and landmines from a car in the Dishu district of southern Helmand province on

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): A new vegetable and fruit market has been opened in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Saturday. The marketplace west of

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday reassured early introduction of the remaining cabinet nominees to the parliament for their approval, saying practical measures were

KABUL’s abilities in politics because departments run by female administrators experienced low levels of corruption. Lyons was addressing a training workshop for female members of

KABUL’s Deputy Secretary Irfanullah Irfan on Wednesday said the president could not issue his decree reinstating provincial councils (PCs)’s oversight role until the law on

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Provincial Councils coordination commission on Tuesday warned to launch a series of protests if a presidential decree empowering PCs was not implemented.

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

KABUL (Pajhwok): With drought gripping at least 160 districts in the country, the government is working on a mechanism to reach out to the hardest-hit