Prisoners in eastern Nangarhar and southeastern Khost provinces have embarked on hunger strike, demanding amnesty under the new regime. Deputy security chief for the central jail in Khost City, Col. Faiz Mohammad, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The governor of central Parwan province on Tuesday claimed some elements in both presidential campaigns were trying to fuel differences between the two sides. Abdul Basir Salangi was addressing a gathering of about 300 people marking the third…
Powerful individuals, illegal commanders and armed men were involved in most of 245 sexual abuse cases occurred in various provinces over the past six months, a survey said on Wednesday. The survey by the New Afghanistan Women Association…
Four civilians were wounded in a pre-noon explosion in the capital of northern Balkh province on Wednesday, an official said. The bomb exploded in the Ibn-i-Sena Square northeast of the Hazrat Ali (RA) mausoleum at 11am, deputy police…
Around 23,000 people have been transported to Saudi Arabia and more than 1,000 others would be shifted by the weekend for performing Hajj, the deputy minister said on Monday. Deputy Minister of Hajj Dayee ul Haq Abid said…
Princes Hindia, a daughter of former Afghan emperor Amanullah Khan, on Tuesday vowed to name government high-ups involved in land-grab incidents in the central capital. Addressing a news conference here, she said 350 acres of her property had…
Fourteen police officials have been detained on charges of committing different crimes, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday. MoI spokesman Siddiqui Siddique told reporters in Kabul the ministry’s crime branch and intelligence officials had been directed…
Hundreds of people in the capital Kabul held a protest demonstration against cross-border attacks by Pakistani troops into Dangam district of eastern Kunar province.
AT least three International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) soldiers were killed and several others wounded on Tuesday when their convoy was attacked by a suicide attacker in the capital Kabul, officials said. An Afghan security official, whishing not…
KABUL (PAN): Afghan Intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested one of the most wanted Mafia leaders in capital Kabul.An intelligence official speaking on the condition of anonymity confirmed that the most wanted Mafia leader, Raees Khudaidad was arrested…
A number of tribal elders, religious scholars, civil society activists and youth representatives on Saturday asked the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to promptly announce the presidential election result. At a gathering in Khost City, they asked the…
Vice-President Mohammad Yunus Qanuni and presidential contender Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday apologised to former president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi, who was not allowed to speak at the Martyrs Day event. Participants of the Martyrs Week ceremony booed the former…
Local officials said Saturday that a month long operation launched in Chahar Dara district of northeastern Kunduz province ended with the killing of at least 130 insurgents while Taliban still flexing muscles amid claims of inflicting heavy casualties…
Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Monday reiterated his stance, saying he rejected the result of the mid-June runoff. He renewed his commitment to defending people’s votes and the election of new leadership based on genuine ballots. But Abdullah…
The UN-supervised recount and audit process supposed to sift out fraudulent votes from the June presidential election runoff has been completed, 50 days after it was launched, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Friday. Afghan election observers,…
Following Balkh governor’s rhetoric to launch a protest movement if the election result favoured Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Ahmad Zia Massoud warned on Wednesday that any step aimed at destabilising the country would not be acceptable. Massoud, a member…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday inaugurated the first-ever telephone-based health advice service at the state-owned republic hospital in Kabul. MoPH deputy financial and administrative director Dr Abdul Basir Sarwar told the inauguration ceremony that anyone…
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said the audit of 20,500 out of 23,000 ballot boxes or 90 percent of votes has been completed. IEC spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor told reporters 60 percent audit of 6,000 special…
The election watchdog on Tuesday said it found as valid votes from another two polling centres out of 69 sites earlier cancelled by the Independent Election Commission (IEC). The IEC had declared invalid votes from the 69 polling…
For the first time, a Digital Television Broadcasting System (DTBS) has been launched in the capital Kabul on Sunday. Amirzai Sangin, Minister for Information Technology and Broadcasting (MITB) said the new system would enable most of local television…
Police in northern Kunduz province claimed on Saturday that a leading alleged Al-Qaeda terrorist, Qari Bilal, has been arrested several times but managed to free himself from prison with the connivance of Peace Council. Police said Bilal had…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead 10 labourers and injured five others in the Pusht-i-Koh district of western Farah province on Saturday, an official said. The victims were on motorbikes when they came under attack in Pul-i-Pushta area at…
Security officials on Saturday said that the Doab district of eastern Nuristan province has been completely brought under government’s control as a result of a joint operation that left 28 insurgents dead. 201st Selab Military Corps spokesman Col.…
Six heavily armed insurgents were killed after they stormed the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarters in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, an assault that left 59 residents and security officials injured, officials said. The…
