Pajhwok reporter

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Nearly 190 welfare schemes, benefitting over 42,000 families, were executed under the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) in northern Kunduz province, an official

KABUL would end by the close of 2014, when most of foreign combat troops are scheduled to leave the country, US President Barack Obama said

KABUL): Seven civilians and four armed rebels were killed during a predawn operation in the Syedabad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday, officials

HERAT CITY (PAN): A huge drug cache was seized in the Khashrod district of southwestern Nimroz province, an official said on Saturday. Afghan and International

KABUL members. Ahmad Zia Massoud, the Afghanistan National Front (ANF) leader, told reporters in Kabul a government — seeking to perpetuate itself in power by

KABUL): The deputy speaker of the lower house on Saturday warned that lawmakers could bring no-confidence motions against nearly a dozen ministers if they failed

GHAZI CITY (PAN): Seven officials have been detained on bribery charges in southern Ghazni province, the attorney said on Saturday. The detainees worked at education

JALALABAD (PAN): About 4,000 litres smuggled acids were seized by Customs officials in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. Twenty barrels of acid,

GHAZI CITY (PAN): Seven officials have been detained on bribery charges in southern Ghazni province, the attorney said on Saturday. The detainees worked at education

LASHKARGAH (PAN): Hundreds of residents on Saturday rallied in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, against what they called possible demolition of their homes

MAIMANA (PAN): One rebel was killed and two others injured during a clash with police in the Almar district of northern Faryab province, an official

KABUL’s volatile northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Saturday, media reports said. Bashir Khan Umerzai and son Shakil Umerzai, also a member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa