Pajhwok reporter

JALALABAD CITY (PAN): Twenty-three people were released from the main jail in eastern Nanagarhar province on Sunday, an official said.   Nangarhar Prisons Director Abdul

KABUL): US President Barack Obama won a second term in office on Tuesday, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a hard-fought contest.  In an

KABUL (PAN): A district police chief killed in a clash in Dand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said. Lt. Col. Rahmatullah, the Dand district

KABUL’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) is working closely with UNICEF and other organisations for the protection of children’s rights, an official said on Monday.

KABUL (PAN): The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on Monday welcomed the Independent Election Commission’s announcement of the date for the upcoming presidential and provincial

HERAT CITY (PAN): A rebel group, including the commanders, joined the national reconciliation program in western Herat province, an official said. Led by Mula Baz Mohammad,

KABUL) said. The detainee commanded Taliban fighters in the provincial capital and Panjwai district, directed attacks against Afghan and foreign forces, a statement from the

KABUL) on Monday welcomed the Independent Election Commission’s announcement of the date for the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections. Set for April 5, 2014,

KABUL): A district police chief and three children were killed in separate security incidents in different parts of the country over the past 24 hours,

KABUL) said. The militant arrested in Kandahar was suspected of overseeing the emplacement and distribution of improvised explosives devices throughout the province, a statement from

KABUL on Thursday, said a statement from the US force. “The US servicemember was killed in southern Afghanistan,” said a brief statement from the US

KABUL (PAN) Afghan-German boxer Hamid Rahimi beat Tanzanian Said Mbelwa on Tuesday to snatch the World Boxing Organization’s middleweight belt in the first-ever pro boxing