Eyewitnesses said on Monday the Taliban captured most parts of Kunduz City, the capital of northern Kunduz province, this afternoon after launching coordinated attacks, with the majority of locals fleeing for safety.
The Taliban killed four contractors of the Etisalat Telecommunication Companyafter abductingthem in the western province of Herat, officials said on Saturday. Last week, the militants kidnapped the four contractors in Guzra district and asked them to pay…
The self-styled Islamic State or Daesh group held 127 people, including 19 Afghan soldiers, captive in its three jails in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday. During an interview with Pajhwok Afghan News,…
Hundreds of people on Sunday took to the streets in eastern province of Nangarhar to protest the omission of the words Afghan and Islam from new electronic national identity cards. After the parliament approved the Census Law last year, some…
Hundreds of people on Saturday took to the streets in Kabul to protest the omission of the words Afghan and Islam from new electronic national identity cards. Afghan National Movement head Mohammad Ismail Yon, Afghan Millat Party chief…
Around 134 girl students and teachers were poisoned in Herat City on Thursday, a day after 200 students fell unconscious in the Injil district of the western province. Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, provincial hospital spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL (Pajhwok) Sponsored by Pajhwok Afghan News, a daylong conference on evaluating the reconciliation process got under way in Kabul on Sunday morning. Political analysts, representatives of civil society groups and High peace council officials are attending the event at…
At least one person was killed and two others, including commander of an uprising group, wounded in an explosion in northern Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said. Police Chief Brig. Gen. Faqir Mohammad Jawzjani said the blast…
Three foreigners were among at least 14 people killed and another 66 civilians wounded on Saturday when a suicide car bomb went off in capital Kabul, an official said. The powerful explosion that targeted a NATO convoy took…
The National Movement and Change Council on Monday asked the government to conduct operations to prevent possible infiltration of armed militant groups into the Shinwari zone of eastern Nangarhar province.
Five people were killed and 16 others wounded -- some of them seriously -- when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday, an official said.
Leading clerics, residents and elders in southeastern Paktia province have announced support security forces in a gathering held in Gardez City, the provincial capital, on Saturday. Hundreds of young people, elders and dozens of clerics attended the gathering…
The Kabul primary court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced four men to death for their role in the mob killing of Farkhunda in March this year and sent another eight defendants to jail for 16 years each. Safiullah…
The Kabul primary court on Sunday ordered the arrest of an Arabic-speaking Afghan and a police official who deliberately disrupted police communication system when a mob was beating Farkhunda. Farkhunda, 27, was lynched by a mob in front…
On Press Freedom Day, a three-day media exhibition titled “The first freedom of speech exhibition in Afghanistan” got underway in the capital Kabul on Sunday. Organized by “Modern Method” advertising company, 70 media outlets have displayed their products…
KABUL (PAN): During a rally in Kabul, activists protest Farkhunda’s death by acting in front of Shahi Dushamshira masque where she was beaten to death by a mob after being wrongly accused of burning a Qur’an.
Funds allocated to some Ministry of Interior (MoI)’s departments sometimes ended up in the hands of insurgents due to the widespread administrative graft, the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) said on Tuesday. MoI officials say 65…
A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of Kabul Bank, leaving 34 persons dead and 108 others injured in Jalalabad City, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Saturday morning, a doctor at the provincial civil hospital said. Brig. Gen.…
A large number of enraged protesters on Thursday took to the streets in capital Kabul, demanding the president and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to step-down forthwith in the backdrop of boiling insecurity in parts of the country.…
At least 82 students at a school in western Herat province fell unconscious after taking poisonous peas on Saturday, officials said. Brig. Gen. Abdul Majid Rozi, Herat police chief, said the students, aged between 7- 12, fell unconscious…
The flood affected families of Pul-i-Khumri, the provincial capital of northern Baghlan province, spent last night under open sky and demanded the government to provide them with immediate aid. Heavy downpour and hail triggered flash floods that left…
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…
At least 18 persons were killed and 64 others, most of them seriously, wounded in a suicide explosion in southeastern Khost province on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in a statement. The blast jolted the…
Second vice-president Sarwar Danish is scheduled to introduce ministers-designate for the remaining 16 cabinet seats to the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) today (Wednesday) for a vote of confidence, an official said. Wolesi Jirga Secretary Abdul Raouf Inaami told Pajhwok…
