CHARIKAR. On Sunday, a large crowd of people participated in the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony, marking Nowruz-- the Persian New Year -- at the Hazrat Ali Shrine in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. As many as 6,000 people, including…
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…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): A Janda Bala (flag-hoisting) ceremony, marking Afghan New Year, was held in the northern province of Balkh on Tuesday. Organised amid stringent security arrangements, the event attracted a large number of Afghans from different provinces, senior government officials…
KABUL): Kabul residents on Tuesday celebrated the Nawroz, Afghan New Year, festival amid tight security arrangements put in place by the Ministry of Interior. Police contingents were deployed to different parts of the capital to let citizens celebrate the event…
KABUL): More than a dozen militants, including would-be suicide attackers, have been detained with explosives in different parts of the country, the spy service said on Sunday. Six of the 14 detainees wanted to disrupt the celebration of the Nawroz…
KABUL ahead of New Year celebrations. During his visit, Longuet would meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, a media report said. He would also meet Gen. John Allen, the commander of the NATO) and French troops…
