On the eve of 35 anniversary of Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, former inmates recalled on Saturday the Russian invasion of Afghanistan put the country into quagmire and eternal anarchy. Everything was being governed by Russians and their puppets…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has sacked at least 30 civil and military officials in western Herat province and referred them to judicial organs, officials said on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Ghani traveled to Herat to assess recent spike…
A young man from central Parwan province, Mustafa Mohammadi, has made a three-wheel vehicle running with the help of solar power. Mohammadi, a Gulbahar resident in central Parwan who has studied up to 12th class in Kabul, told…
A clean drinking water scheme, an irrigation project and asphalting of a five-kilometre road have been completed in Jawzjan and Ghor provinces, officials said on Thursday. The road connects Khwaja Dokoh district of northern Jawzjan with the Shiberghan-Andkhoi…
Residents and a senior official on Sunday claimed 10 Uzbek women had joined militants and were assisting them in making magnetic bombs in northern Sar-i-Pul province. Acting Governor Abdul Jabbar Haqbin confirmed the claim. He said the…
A journalist, who was seriously wounded during a Taliban suicide attack on a French-run school in Kabul, succumbed to his injuries in hospital on Sunday. The December 11 attack the Istiqlal School in the heart of Kabul killed…
Seven peopel were killed and 18 others, including civilians, wounded during a asuicide bombing of a vehicle of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the Guzargah locality of Kabul on Saturday, acting Interior Minister Ayub Salangi said.
A vehicle of foreign troops was partially damaged after striking a roadside bomb in the Bagram district of central Parwan province, an official said on Saturday. Abdul Shakoor Qudusi, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bomb,…
NATO’s civilian spokesman Christopher Chambers said on Tuesday Afghan security forces had the capability of beating back the insurgency without combat support from the coalition after 2014. Addressing a press conference at the Ministry of Interior (MoI), he…
The International Security Assistance Force Joint Command on Monday ceremonially ended its combat mission in Afghanistan. A ceremony in Kabul, attended by senior military commanders, marked the end to the 13-year NATO campaign against Taliban insurgents and their…
Senior officials on Monday said 86 security posts had been set up around the Ainak copper mine in central Logar province and urged investors to resume work on tapping the world’s largest deposits. A landmark $3 billion deal…
A suicide bomber blew himself up during funeral prayers for a tribal elder in northern Baghlan province on Monday, leaving at least nine people dead, including a former jihadi commander and a district security official, and wounding 22…
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday hoped the new phase of NATO’s mission would bring stability and prosperity to the Afghans and security to the world. Addressing a joint news conference here with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, the president…
A suicide bomber targeted a British Embassy vehicle east of Kabul City on Thursday, killing five people, including a British national, and injuring more than 37 Afghan civilians, the Ministry of Public Health said. The ministry’s spokesman Kanishka…
In a gathering arranged on eve of International Women’s Day, speakers on Tuesday voiced concerns that violence against women has surged in some provinces of the country, including Nangarhar, Helmand, Herat and Takhar provinces. Nasima Hamdard, Herat…
The death toll from Sunday’s suicide bombing during a volleyball match in southeastern Paktika province has risen to 62, with more than 84 wounded, officials said on Monday. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives as he mingled with…
A 22-year old female student of Takhar University shot herself dead in northern Takhar province, an official said Sunday. The incident took place in the Nahr-i-Chaman area of New-Taluqan, the provincial capital at around 3:00pm, Police Chief Col.…
The death toll from Sunday’s suicide bombing during a volleyball match in southeastern Paktika province has risen to 61, with more than 66 wounded, officials said. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives as he mingled with the large…
Pajhwok Afghan News (PAN) on Sunday held its first investigative conference on mining in Afghanistan, highlighting six basic problems crippling the sector. The news agency expressed its concerns about illegal mineral extractions and smuggling of the riches in…
The court of appeal on Tuesday tripled the jail sentences of two former Kabul Bank heads to 10 years at the end of a re-opened case into the bank's collapse, ordering assets of Mahmoud Karzai to be frozen.…
A planned oath-taking ceremony for the newly-elected provincial council members of central Kabul province to be held today (Tuesday) has been cancelled. The ceremony, originally scheduled for Tuesday morning, has now been postponed to Monday due to a…
The acting governor of northern Balkh province on Sunday said brazen irregularities had been committed in the April provincial council elections, with electoral officials receiving millions of afghanis in bribes. Noor, also the Jamiat-i-Islami party leader, was addressing…
NATO's new Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg arrived in Kabul on his maiden visit to Afghanistan on Thursday since he replaced Fogh Rasmussen on October 1. During the unannounced trip, he would meet President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said progress in peace and reconciliation process would be shared with the nation, calling public support the key to success. Addressing a gathering of Shia mourners in Kabul, the CEO…
