A suicide attack in central Logar province killed 12 security personnel and wounded eight others, an official said on Saturday. Din Muhammad Darwesh, spokesman for the governor, told Pajhwok Afghan News two civilians died and 20 others were…
More than 20 tonnes of drugs were torched in Kabul on Wednesday when officials said Afghanistan needed international assistance in the fight against narcotics -- a top priority of the new government. About 360 kilograms of heroin, 29…
Resuming their protest against the electoral bodies, losing provincial council candidates and their supporters on Wednesday erected tents in front of the governor’s office in western Herat province. The protestors accused the two electoral commissions of committing…
At least seven people, including six prosecutors, were killed on Monday when a group of suicide attackers stormed the court of appeal in northern Kunduz province, exchanging gunfire with security forces for hours. Initially, eyewitness told Pajhwok…
Students staged a rally in western Herat province on Monday to denounce the publication of a blasphemous article in a Kabul-based daily last week. An opinion piece in The Afghanistan Express insulted Islam and linked it to…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday once again slammed Pakistan as a breeding ground for terrorists. Siddique Siddiqui, the MoI spokesman, told a press conference in Kabul 2014 was a challenging year for the Afghan security forces.He,…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Thursday praised former vice-president Karim Khalili’s efforts at strengthening democracy, peace and reconstruction. Ahmadzai said this in a message read out to a gathering of more than one thousand people at the Loya…
Construction work on residential units in the Rehman Baba township in this central capital began on Wednesday. The housing scheme in Karta-e-Naw area covers 55 acres of land. Minister of Urban Development Hassan Abdul laid the foundation stone…
Police on Wednesday claimed preventing nearly a dozen members of a family from committing suicide in northern Kunduz province. Police spokesman Syed Sarwar Hussaini told Pajhwok Afghan News the family cited abject poverty as a reason behind…
KABUL (PAN): Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday organized a four-day long seminar to discuss establishment of ‘women cops councils’ which would address all outstanding issues faced by policewomen such as lack of transportation and harassment at workplace besides encouraging…
Four Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack on their bus in Kabul on Tuesday morning, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. The incident took place around 7am in…
Taliban have blown up a big bridge on the Kabul-Kandahar highway, Drivers and passengers say.
Hundreds of tribal elders, religious scholars and civil society activists held a gathering in western Farah province, voicing their support for the new government. The gathering that took place at the Governor’s House on Tuesday urged the new…
One civilian was killed and three others wounded when a car suicide attacker targeted a convoy of foreign forces in the capital Kabul along a major highway on Monday, an official said. Deputy interior minister Gen. Ayub Salangi…
Security forces arrested a 5-member group of insurgents who were planning to launch an organised attack on a military base in northern Kunduz province, police said on Thursday. The group was busted last night in the limits…
The corpses of five men executed a day earlier at the Pul-i-Charkhi prison and of a notorious criminal Habib Istalif were on Thursday handed over to their families, an official said. The five were hanged on Wednesday afternoon…
The corpses of five men executed a day earlier at the Pul-i-Charkhi prison and of a notorious criminal Habib Istalif were on Thursday handed over to their families, an official said. The five were hanged on Wednesday afternoon…
At least five people were killed and 19 others wounded on Wednesday when a car bomb went off in the capital of southern Helmand province, an official said. The blast in Lashkargah occurred at around 11am in front…
President Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Monday promised the government of national unity, involving his rival in the election, would take concrete steps to introduce political and institutional reforms. Addressing participants of his oath-taking ceremony, he pledged sincere…
Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Monday took oath as Afghanistan’s new president, succeeding Hamid Karzai. Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi administered oath to the Ahmadzai, a former finance minister, at the Presidential Palace. Soon after being sworn, Ahmadzai…
Hailing achievements the Afghan forces made over the past 13 years, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said the incoming government should give priority to further strengthening their capability. Speaking at a news conference here, MoI spokesman…
The incoming Afghan president is set to sign a long-delayed security pact with the United States on Tuesday, a day after he is scheduled to take over, an official said on Saturday. National Security Advisor Dr. Rangin…
The Kazakhstan government has delivered $800,000 aid to victims of natural calamities in northern Afghanistan, officials said on Friday. The food and winter clothing aid was delivered, brought in 16 containers, was handed over to relevant authorities in…
As many as 17,000 people were equipped with basic literacy in northern Balkh province last year, local authorities said on Friday. Speaking at a gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif, literacy project head Mohammad Hashim Balkhi said they were conducting literacy…
