Tragedy of Afghan child addicts
It is no surprise that tens of thousands of children are exposed to drug use in their homes. But what is worrying is that the use of a glue used by shoemakers and petrol by children is rising alarmingly in…
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29,000 children to get education
KABUL facilities from kindergarten under an agreement among private institutions, an official said on Sunday. The agreement was inked between the labour, social affairs, martyrs and disabled (MoLSAMD) deputy minister, Wasil Noor Mohmand and representatives of private institutions worth 148…
2 children killed as rocket hits Helmand house
Two children were killed and three others sustained injuries when a rocket allegedly fired by Taliban insurgents hit a house in southern Helmand province, an official said on Thursday. The incident took place in Sarchina area of Sangin…
District chief’s sons among 4 dead
Four boys, including two sons of the Tarwa district chief have been killed in two separate attacks in Paktika and Helmand provinces, officials said on Monday. Abdul Ghani Paktin, a provincial council member, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
No end to illegal abortions
Desperate families are resorting to abortion in unsafe conditions and abandoning newborns, particularly female infants, in hospitals. It is not unusual to find an aborted foetus in city garbage dumps, according to an investigation by the Independent Media…
61 children to be treated in Germany
KABUL tomorrow for treatment in Germany. ARCS spokesperson Sarma Afzali told Pajhwok Afghan News the selected children belonged to Kabul and other provinces and their treatment in Afghanistan was not possible. She said the ARCS would pay travel and…
Students abused in Pak seminaries: NDS
KABUL) said on Wednesday. The bomb maker was arrested red-handed while planting an explosive device on a road leading to the Alberoni University in the Kohistan district of central Parwan province, the spy service said. An NDS press release…
1 policeman killed, 4 injured in Helmand suicide attack
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
For most Afghans, childhood a distant dream
KABUL problems, even death. For most children, a normal childhood and school are distant dreams, according to an Independent Media Consortium (IMC) investigation*. Based on information provided by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD), there are…
Would-be child bombers detained: NDS (Video)
JALALABAD (PAN): Intelligence operatives in eastern Laghman province have detained 21 children, some as young as 7, being taken to Pakistan for receiving suicide attack training, an official said on Thursday. The children, aged between 7 and 12 years, were…
60pc Afghan children facing malnutrition: WFP
KABUL alone, with over 842 million individuals lacking adequate food around the world. “While security issues related to insurgency and foreign aggression monopolize most discourse in Afghanistan, a lesser noted form of insecurity – food and nutrition shortage – also…
Kabul rally wants Shujayee hanged publicly (Video)
KABUL (PAN): A large number of people coming all the way from central Uruzgan province staged a protest rally in Kabul on Monday, calling for the public hanging of a serial killer, Hakimullah Shujayee. Shujayee, a resident of southern Ghazni…
8 dead, 21 injured in attack on Indian consulate (Video)
JALALABAD (PAN): At least eight people were killed and 21 others wounded in a suicide attack on the Indian consulate in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, officials said. A powerful blast, followed by intense gunfire, took place at the entrance…
3 children dead, 4 injured in Farah explosion
FARAH CITY (PAN): Three children were killed and four others injured in a bomb blast in the capital of western Farah province on Sunday, an official said. The blast took place inside a scrap depot in the 5th police district…
UN concerned at rise in child casualties
KABUL are on the rise, with a 27 per cent increase in the first four months of the current year, compared with the same period in 2012, the UN said on Wednesday. UNICEF said 414 conflict-related child casualties were recorded…
17 dead in Taliban attack on apex court (Video)
KABUL (PAN): A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Supreme Court in the nation’s heavily-fortified capital on Tuesday, killing 17 civilians and wounding 39 others, police said. Women, children and court employees were among the…
Iran deports 1500 Afghan kids in 2 months: Official
HERAT CITY (PAN): Iran has deported up-to 1500 Afghan children to the eastern province of Herat in the past two months, an official said on Tuesday. The deportees aged between 10 and 18 years included females, Herat Refugees and Repatriation…
6 of a family killed, wounded in Uruzgan blast
TIRINKOT (PAN): Six people of a family were killed and wounded in a roadside bombing in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province, an official said on Wednesday. A man and two of his children were killed and three women…
Student rally condemns US, Pakistan
JALALABAD (PAN): Nangarhar University students on Monday rallied against civilian deaths in a US airstrike in neighbouring Kunar province and the erection of a security gate by Pakistani forces on Afghan soil near the eastern border. The April 6 airstrike…
11 girls dead in Nangarhar explosion
JALALABAD (PAN): Eleven minor girls, nine of them school students, were killed on Monday when a landmine exploded in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials said. The blast took place at 8am when the children were collecting waste materials in…
Denmark cheers up rural Afghan kids
KABUL-famous toy, the LEGO, which would reach some 1,550 children in far-flung villages in 13 provinces across the country. A Denmark Embassy’s statement said after extensively supporting war-hit Afghanistan sector since 2003 -- by building schools, promoting rural education and…
28 children die due to cold wave
KABUL): The death toll among children has reached 28 due to an ongoing cold wave that could become harsher in coming days, an international organisation said on Saturday. In a report, Save the Children said Afghanistan experienced the coldest winter…
Mother, son die in Helmand roof cave-in
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Two members of a family were killed and a third injured when a house caved in due to heavy rains in the southern province of Helmand, officials said on Saturday. The incident took place at 4am when a…
Kunduz woman strangled for giving birth to baby girl
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): A Tribal militiaman killed his wife for giving birth to a baby girl in the northern province of Kunduz , officials said on Monday. Sher Mohammad, 30, strangled his 22 years old spouse, Storai, with the help…
