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Paktia residents protest against Durand Line fencing

Hundreds of residents of the Dand Patan border district of southeastern Paktia province on Tuesday protested against what they claimed “movements” of Pakistani troops along the Durand Line and fencing of the border. Few days back, Pakistan started…

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Private students close Higher Edu Ministry’s gate

KABUL Ministry in Kabul to protest what they said “delay” in distribution of degrees. The protesting students and officials numbering up to 300 warned they would not let the gate of the ministry to be opened until their demand was…

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Currency dealers go on countrywide strike over Jalalabad attack

KABUL went on an announced strike on Thursday against an armed attack on a colleague’s shop in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province. A day earlier, armed robbers shot dead a moneychanger named Multan as they opened fire at his…

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‘Maqur police chief behind mysterious murders, drugs’

The residents of Maqur district of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday protested against the district police chief, accusing him of his involvement in drug smuggling and mysterious murder cases. Around 200 residents protesting against Maj. Haji Mohammad…

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Paktika rally demands probe into police infighting

Hundreds of residents on Monday took to the streets in the capital of southeastern Paktika province against yesterday’s clash between police officers that caused many casualties. Two policemen and one civilian were killed and 21 others were wounded…

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Hundreds of students rally after classmate commits suicide

Hundreds of Kabul University students staged protest rallies in central Kabul and Bamyan provinces on Tuesday, days after a veterinary student committed suicide after her thesis were rejected for eighth time. Zahra Khwarai ate a poisonous substance after…

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Resolve Pakistani aggression via diplomacy: Activists

KABUL into eastern Kunar province, asking the government to resolve the issue through diplomatic channels. As per reports, Pakistani forces have fired 1,500 rockets into bordering districts of the eastern province from across the Durand Line over the past seven…

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Jalalabad: Speech-impaired people protest for rights

A number of speech-impaired people on Saturday staged a protest demonstration in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, demanding their rights. The special people said 3,000 speech-impaired individuals were registered in their association from the eastern region. Gathering…

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Enraged Khost protestors want police chief sacked

Hundreds of protestors in Dwamanda district of southeastern Khost province on Monday asked the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to dismiss the provincial police chief and the crime-branch head for incompetency and demanded their referral to attorney’s office.…

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Kabul students rally against Muslim deaths in Burma

Hundreds of Kabul University students on Wednesday protested against the crackdown on Muslims in Burma and the airdropping of blasphemous leaflets by US forces in Parwan and Kapisa provinces. Around 300 students gathered in front of the Kabul…

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Offensive leaflets: Protestors close Kabul road

Around 2,000 protestors on Tuesday condemned the killing of Muslims in Myanmar and airdropping of offensive leaflets by US forces in Parwan and Kapisa provinces, saying they were ready to lay down their lives for Islam. On September…

Hundreds protest violence against Muslims in Burma

Hundreds of people on Friday emerged on the roads in Kabul to condemn what they called “genocide” of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, asking the President Ghani government to break off ties with the largely Buddhist nation. Hundreds…

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Hundreds rally against massacre of Myanmar Muslims

Hundreds of residents of Kabul condemned the killing of Muslims in Myanmar at a protest demonstration, asking international human rights organisations to help end the humanitarian catastrophe. The violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority has forced tens of…

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Protestors say police killed 2 villagers, injured 6

Protesting residents on Friday closed the Jalalabad-Torkham highway for six hours in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province after what they alleged police demolished their homes and killed two people and injured six others. The angry protestors said…

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Wrapped in shrouds, Heratis set month-long deadline for govt

Wearing grave shrouds, hundreds of residents of western Herat province on Wednesday staged a demonstration, giving the government a month-long deadline to meet their demands. They included civil society activists, public representatives and common people who asked…

Afghans in Brussels stage protest against Pakistan

KABUL. Shan Pacha Shinwari, an organiser of the rally, told Pajhwok Afghan News the demonstration held in front of European Parliament was attended by dozens of Afghans. He said a number of Afghans came from other European countries to Brussels…

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Paktians pitch tents, want direct meeting with Ghani

Provincial council members, tribal elders, religious scholars and civil society activists on Sunday pitched protest tents in front of the provincial council office and the governor’s house against what they said President Ghani’s failure to deliver on his…

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Ongoing anti-govt protest in Kabul expands

The anti-government protest in Kabul entered a fourth day on Tuesday, when the demonstrators erected another two tents near the site of a powerful truck bombing that killed and wounded hundreds. The truck bomb attack on Wednesday killed…

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Anti-government protest enters 3rd day in Kabul

The protest against latest wave of terrorism and government’s failure to ensure security in the country entered a third day on Sunday near the Presidential Palace. Following a powerful truck bomb attack which killed 90 people and wounded…

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Kunar rally demands cricket stadium, academy

Young cricketers and the game’s lovers on Tuesday carried out a protest demonstration to demand construction of a cricket stadium and an academy in eastern Kunar province. Former cricket board official Liaqat Hasrat, who led the demonstration in…

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Saleh supporters rally against Hekmatyar in Kabul

KABUL leader addressed a huge gathering in the central capital. Hekmatyar, who emerged from decades of hiding last week in eastern Laghman province, arrived to a warm welcome in Kabul a day earlier. The HIA leader on Friday addressed a…

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Qarabagh police chief transfer sparks protest

Hundreds of people on Tuesday morning protested against a presidential order transferring the entire police station in Qarabagh district of central Kabul province. Abdul Sami Sharifi, the district’s administrative chief, said Qarabagh police chief and whole personnel of…

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Public rep supporters block Kabul-Herat highway for 2nd day

Dozens of residents of western Herat province on Sunday blocked the Kabul-Herat highway for a second day in protest against the prison sentence awarded to the provincial council head. A day earlier, dozens of supporters of the…

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