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KABUL (Pajhwok): Two popular radio stations in Paktia and Faryab provinces have gone off the air as a result of dire economic straits. Radio Paktia

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) plans to restart a literacy programme in Afghanistan. UNESCO officials Sarah El Attar and

KABUL (Pajhwok): Deputy Premier Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has hinted at a positive decision on education for girls beyond grade six. Without going into details,

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Officer Naseeb Khan has held a meeting with General Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Arif Al

KABUL (Pajhwok): The central bank has lifted restrictions on the withdrawal of salaries by government and private sector employees. A spokesman for Da Afghanistan Bank

KABUL (Pajhwok): A European Parliament member has called for the reopening of girls’ schools and making the incumbent Afghan government more inclusive. Hannah Neuman, currently

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Sweden has increased humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. OCHA tweeted: “Thank you Sweden

KABUL (Pajhwok): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says his country is in favour of talks with Ukraine on ending the ongoing war. “President Vladimir Putin

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has embarked on the enrollment of Afghan refugee children in schools. An official of the KP Elementary and Secondary

KABUL (Pajhwok): Uzbekistan has welcomed a Taliban ban on the opium trade as a crucial step forward in the campaign against drugs. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s

KABUL (Pajhwok): Religious scholars have once again called for the lifting all restrictions on girls’ education and the reopening of secondary schools for female students.

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan on Monday when 174 legislators voted in his favour. Before the voting