Protestors demanding the transfer of northern Baghlan province’s capital to Baghlan-i-Markazi district on Thursday blocked the Baghlan-Kunduz highway, provoking the anger of commuters. Around 200 people blocked the highway in Parchawah area of Baghlan-i-Markazi district at 11:00am. Arbab…
Some youth on Sunday staged a protest demonstration in capital Kabul against the growing unemployment and set the ministry concerned a week-long deadline to generate jobs otherwise it gates would be closed. Dozens of youth took part in…
KABUL militants, calling for the officials responsible to be punished. The Afghanistan Youth Association (AYA) members alleged the Kunduz attack was preplanned and the masterminds behind the attack should be exposed and punished. AYA chief Syed Abdullah Hashmi said their…
During a protest in Kabul, hundreds of people on Friday condemned Israeliatrocities against Palestinians and called on Tel Aviv to stop its deadly campaign. Recently, the Israeli military stepped up attacks on Masjid Al-Aqsa, inflicting casualties on civilians.The…
Kabul residents on Tuesday protested the closure of roads to facilitate lawmakers’ travel to the parliament, creating traffic problems for commuters in the capital. About a hundred capital inhabitants gathered in front of the parliament building and blocked…
Residents of southern Ghazni province on Sunday joined anti-government protest demonstrations to push for adding the words “Afghan” and “Islam” to the biometric national identity cards. Earlier, similar protests have been carried out in Kabul, Nangarhar, Kunar,…
Dozens of traders on Sunday protested against the abduction of a businessman’s son, warning of closing shops of food items in Kabul if the child was not recovered in 48 hours. Khan Jan Alokozai, the Afghanistan uniforms from…
KABUL Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Saturday set alight their educational documents during a protest demonstration in Kabul, alleging they had been removed illegally. Numbered around 50, the protesters were chanting “death to Mohammad Qurban Haqjo” the AISA’s head. They…
KABUL. Criticising government’s policies in this regard, the protestors who had gathered in front of the parliament house in Darul Aman area of capital Kabul demanded the government address the issue. Unemployment has pushed many youth into drug addiction and…
Some residents on Thursday staged a protest rally in western Herat province and warned of blocking the main highway if word “Afghan” was not mentioned in the electronic ID cards. After the Population Registration bill was passed…
Hundreds of residents on Thursday protested in southeastern Khost province, demanding the words “Afghan” and “Islam” be mentioned in the electronic national identity cards. A test drive for the electronic ID cards distribution was expected to begin…
Hundreds of people on Wednesday took to the streets in western Farah province to protest the omission of words “Afghan and Islam” from the biometric national identity cards. The protestors, who included provincial council members, civil society…
Scores of protesters took to the street in southeastern Khost on Monday against what they alleged Pakistan territory. The enraged demonstrators condemned Pakistan for construction on Afghan soil. The protesters were carrying banners inscribed with anti- Pakistan…
Relatives of the two persons killed by bodyguards of the Western Zone Ulema Khudadad Saleh. Yesterday at about 8:30pm, a civilian car crashed into a vehicle carrying bodyguards of Saleh as part of his convoy, prompting the…
A number of residents of northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday staged a protest against Warduj district attack that left 30 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers dead, demanding the government to investigate the incident thoroughly. Taliban gunmen killed 30…
A large number of enraged protesters on Thursday took to the streets in capital Kabul, asking the president and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to step down forthwith in the backdrop of boiling insecurity in parts of the country.…
University students on Monday staged a protest rally in front of the parliament building in capital Kabul, demanding swift recovery of the 31 abducted passengers in southern Zabul province. They warned of launching a series of demonstrations if the…
A number of trade unions’ members and shopkeepers of capital Kabul on Monday staged a protest demanding change to tax payment system. The protest was started from Shahr-i-Naw and Pashtunistan squares and marched toward the Presidential Palace. They…
A number of enraged protesters took to the streets in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, and demanded the government to award exemplary punishment to those involved in the gruesome killing of Farkhanda. A mob beat Farkhanda…
University students and civil society and Religious Affairs Ministry. The protestors condemned the killing of Farkhanda and asked the ministry to crack down on extremism and the use of religion for violence. The rally started from the RTA…
Dozens of people rallied in Kabul on Friday against deadly in Israel attacks on the innocent Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and called for an immediate halt to what they called naked aggression. The protestors gathered in…
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): School children attend in their their class in Ander district of southern Ghazni province and study in a problematic situation.
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…
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…
