At least 64 people were killed and 234 others wounded as twin explosions ripped through a mammoth rally staged by the Hazara minority in Kabul on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said. Mohammad Ismael Kawasi, the…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) head for the eastern zone has expressed her concern over civilian displacement by the conflict in Nangarhar province. Sabrina Hamidi, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, said hundreds of…
At least 49 Daesh and Taliban militants have suffered casualties during air and ground operations in different areas of eastern Nangarhar province, officials claimed on Sunday. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the operations were…
Tajor a woman, who lost three members of her family to recent, fighting between Taliban and Government in Jozjan province, has been forced to shoulder responsibility for looking after her children.
Number of female Civil Rights Activists praise Nangarhar Border Police forces for their resistance at the battle against Pakistani soldiers in eastern Nangarhar province.
Following talks between the two sides, Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened the Torkham border crossing for traffic on Saturday, an official said. Some days back, Pakistan tried to construct a gate at the border to check what it called…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Nanendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Afghan-Indian Friendship Salma Dame in Western Heart province. Earlier, Indian PM arrived in Heart City, the provincial capital, where National Security Advisor Mohammad…
Haseebullah Shahabi, a 25 years old man with disability who recently found his way to the Kabul University, says special people can excel at studies and have equal chances of success. A resident of Panjsher province, Shahabi is…
Ten passengers have been found dead while 18 others are still missing after militants stopped their vehicles on main highway on the outskirts of the capital of northern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. Acting Police Chief…
Staff Sergeant Mohammad Nazir, a policeman who lost his eyes in a bomb attack by militants, blasts the government for ignoring him following his incapacitation. A resident of the Ismailkhel Mandozai district of southeastern Khost province, his…
At least 10 civilians were killed and four others wounded in a suicide attack on a bus carrying court employees in Kabul on Wednesday morning, an official said. Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Interior…
Staff Sergeant Mohammad Nazir, a policeman who lost his eyes in a bomb attack by militants, blasts the government for ignoring him following his incapacitation.
A roadside bomb struck a foreign troops’ convoy in the Bagram district of central Parwan province on Saturday, NATO’s Resolute Support (RS) mission said, denying any casualties. “We can confirm that one coalition vehicle was struck by an…
KABUL Pajhwok): Vice-President Mohammad Karim Khalili’s call on Monday convinced thousands of people to end a mammoth protest in the heart of Kabul against the route of a multi-country power project. The angry protestors asked the government to execute the…
At least four people killed and 12 others wounded in a car suicide bombing on Afghan Local Police (ALP) academy in Nadali district of southern Helmand province Saturday, an official said.
Ali Haider Ali Gilani, son of former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, was handed over to senior Pakistani officials in Kabul on Wednesday, a day after he was rescued during a joint operation by Afghan and US…
Hundreds of people from southern Paktia province staged a rally, asking President Ashraf Ghani not to change the route of a multinational power project. The Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power project will import 500kv of electricity from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and…
Pajhwok Afghan News editor-in-chief Danish Karokhel on Wednesday urged President Ashraf Ghani to create fund for journalists and media outlets and enact into laws their protection and access to information. Danish, speaking at a gathering marking World Press Freedom Day at…
Finland and Afghanistan are working on a draft agreement on the future of Afghan asylum seekers in the North European country, a top official announced on Tuesday. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Permanent Secretary to Finland’s Ministry of…
Since last year 92 Girls and Women desperately set themselves on fire in Darzab District of Jozjan province.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Monday once again demanded complete assurances on the protected status of medical care from the US forces, the Afghan government and militants before resuming work in northern Kunduz province. At least 42 people,…
At least 28 people were killed and 327 others wounded in a coordinated attack on the VIPs protection unit in the heart of Kabul on Tuesday morning. The toll from the massive attack stood at 28 and dead…
The governor of northern Kunduz province on Saturday claimed that security situation in Kunduz City, the provincial capital were satisfactory. Meanwhile, a security official who wished to go unnamed told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban captured…
The Gulbadin Hekmatyar-led Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan says it has no preconditions for peace parleys with government, but will never compromise Islamic principles. In an exclusive interview with Q Afghan News, the HIA delegation’s chief, Eng. Mohammad Amin Karim, sounded optimistic about…
