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Ankara to keep conditions-based ties with Kabul

Turkish president says his country will not take responsibility of managing Kabul International Airport if the new Afghan government is not inclusive and women are not given part in cabinet. RecepTayyipErdoğan, Turkish president, during an interview with the…

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Gold, fuel, flour, sugar prices up in Kabul

The prices of car fuel, some food items and gold have increased during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Traders say that the reason behind increased petrol and diesel prices was due to limited…

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6-year-old gunned down, father wounded in Kabul

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a child and injured his father in limits of the 12th police district of Kabul. Gul Hassan, brother of the injured, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place on Tuesday evening. He…

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Cooking oil, sugar prices down in Kabul

The prices of cooking oil and sugar have dipped while that of gold, Kazakhstani flour, tea and petrol increased during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. A worker at Hashemi Fuel Station in Taimani…

Iran resumes commercial flights to Afghanistan

Commercial flights between Afghanistan, suspended after the Taliban’s takeover, resumed on Wednesday. Iran confirmed the resumption of flights between the neighbouring countries with the landing of the Mahan Air plane in Kabul. The return flight transported passengers from…

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7 transformers activated in Khak-i-Jabbar district

Seven power transformers have been installed and activated in Khak-i-Jabbar district of capital Kabul, electrifying 1,200 households, officials said Wednesday. The power stations were activated in Malakhel, Khur Kabul, Chakri and Malang areas of the district. A statement…

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UN envoy in Kabul after meeting Taliban in Doha

The United Nations (UN) secretary general’s special representative for Afghanistan returned to Kabul after meeting with Taliban officials in Qatar. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a tweet today said that the UN secretary general’s special…

In Kabul, daily wagers struggle to find work

Before the fall of the previous government, 46 percent of daily wagers would get work daily, but now the number has plummeted to four percent, A Pajhwok Afghan News survey. The Taliban, who took over Kabul on August…

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Sara-i-Shahzada money market to reopen on Saturday

Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) on Thursday said that the Sarai-Shahzada money market in Kabul would reopened on Saturday, September 4. A statement from the central bank said members of its leadership board had held talks with moneychangers on…

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Taliban capable of protecting Kabul airport: Mujahid

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has the potential to ensure security of the Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in capital Kabul, the Taliban said on Monday. The US has earlier said that evacuation process will end until…

Rocket hits house, US forces target Daesh car bomb

A rocket hit a house near the Kabul airport on Sunday, killing six people, including four children, and wounding four others as US forces claimed targeting an explosives-laden car heading to the airport. An official of the Kabul…

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Foreign troops partially withdrew from Kabul Airport

Taliban on Saturday said that foreing troops have partially withdrew from Hamid Karzai International Airport and their forces are now in control of some parts of the airport. The US Defense Secretary said that around 110,000 people have…

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Teenage boy who clung to plane’s wing is still missing

The family of a 15-years-old boy, who 10 days ago entered Kabul Airport to be shifted to a foreign country, is still missing, advising people to avoid such risky attempts. US troops fired shots into the air as…

Ukrainian evacuation plane hijacked in Kabul

A Ukrainian plane that landed in Afghanistan for the evacuation of Ukrainians was hijacked on Tuesday, an official in Kiev said. Unidentified men flew the plane into Iran, Russian news agency TASS quoted Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny…

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Fuel, food prices up in Kabul

The prices of fuel have increased by nearly 8.5 percent while the rate of sugar and tea has increased by 8.4 percent during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. A worker in Hashemi Fuel…

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IDPs in Kabul complain about govt’s negligence

A number of families displaced due to clashes in their areas spend their time in Kabul parks and complain that they did not receive any assistance from the government and they may face serious situation ahead. Many people…

10,000 displaced families to be settled in Kabul camps

The State Ministry for Natural Disasters Management on Tuesday said that 10,000 families who have been displaced by recent conflicts would be settled in camps in capital Kabul in a week. GhulamBahauddinJailani, State Minister for Natural Disasters Management,…

Disaster if groundwater pollution in Kabul not stopped

The Ministry of Public Health and medical experts have expressed concern over the mixing of groundwater with human feces in most parts of Kabul. DastagirNaziri, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, told Pajhwok Afghan News that although…

Taliban blow up culverts on Kabul-Jalalabad highway

Local officials on Thursday said that Taliban militants had blown up three culverts on the second highway between Kabul and Jalalabad in Surkhrod district of eastern Nangarhar province. According to officials, the culverts’ destruction disrupted traffic flow to…

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Liquefied gas, petrol prices soar by 9.4pc in Kabul

The prices of liquefied gas, petrol, flour and cooking oil have increased while that of Indian sugar dipped during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. A worker at the Hashimi Fuel Station in Taimani…

5 Covid hospitals worth millions of afs yet to open

More than 312 million afghanis have been spent on the construction of five Covid-19 hospitals in Kabul, but the facilities remain closed despite the passage of one year, Pajhwok Afghan News findings show. During the first wave of…

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Wedding halls in Kabul secretly conduct parties

The municipality of capital Kabul has extended restrictions on wedding halls to prevent coronavirus spread while Pajhwok Afghan News findings show the halls secretly conduct wedding parties. Two days back, Kabul Municipality in a statement said, “Wedding halls…

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