President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani inaugurated a four-day exhibition of locally-manufactured products in the capital Kabul on Tuesday. The expo has been arranged by the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) at the Loya Jirga tent, where different brands of…
At least 20 women prisoners in central Parwan province have been on huger strike since last Thursday to protest what they call an inordinate delay in their release, an official said on Saturday. Nadera Giya, the women affairs…
Construction work on a new building for the university in central Logar province was on Thursday formally launched during a special ceremony held in this regard. The foundation stone of the building was laid about two years ago,…
Thousands of residents of central Uruzgan province on Thursday staged a protest against government officials for their involvement in the killing of police chief Matiullah Khan. The protestors asked the government for arrest the perpetrators and bring…
Security forces have been put on a high alert along the border with Pakistan in eastern Afghanistan to deal with militants fleeing an ongoing operation across the Durand Line, officials said on Thursday. Pakistani forces have recently started…
At least seven people were killed and 36 others wounded in a suicide car bombing in the heart of Kabul on Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said. The attack took place in the Murad Khani area of…
Thousands of protesters on Tuesday demanded the Andarabi Street be named after Farkhanda and those involved in her brutal killing brought to justice. They urged the government to detain the security personnel who failed to protect then woman…
Suspected militants killed 13 passengers, including a woman, in a predawn on the Kabul-Ghazni highway, an official said on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesperson, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the massacre happened in Syedabad district. A son…
Hundreds of Kabul residents on Monday staged a protest against the killing of a woman accused of burning a copy of the Quran, asking the government to punish the perpetrators. Farkhanda, 27, was beaten and burnt to death…
KABUL as his administration’s top priority. However, the president firmly ruled out compromise on the achievements of the past 13 years, or Afghanistan’s core values. He expressed the views while addressing a passing-out ceremony for the 7th batch of army…
At least seven people were killed and 46 others wounded in a suicide attack in Lashkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on Wednesday. The attack took place at 11am when an explosives-laden Mazda truck was detonated in…
Afghan National Cricket team returned home after participating in the 2015 Cicket World Cup.
Former influential jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf on Sunday warned against shoving mujahideen off the political scene. Speaking at a gathering commemorating the 1979 uprising in Herat against the Soviet Union, Sayyaf stressed the need for…
A number of disabled security personnel on Saturday warned to attack the Ministry of Defense (MoD) if their stipends were not paid immediately. They gathered in front of the MoD in Kabul, saying President Ashraf Ghani had promised…
The counternarcotics department of western Ghor province on Saturday confirmed it had not provided incentives to farmers to discourage poppy cultivation. A number of growers argued they had to cultivate illicit poppies because the government did not assure…
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief on Thursday said 160 key positions remain vacant, as the government is yet to explain its reform strategy. President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah agreed prior to forming the unity…
Ahmad Zia Massoud, the president’s special representative for reforms and good governance, on Thursday said Taliban had shown eagerness to sit for peace talks. Massoud said the government was also prepared for negotiations and expressed optimism that developments…
At least three Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel have been killed and three others wounded after their check post came under insurgents’ attack, officials said on Monday. Dawlat Mohammad Khawar, the Wardoj district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Amid reports about increasing incidents of violence against women in several parts of Afghanistan, International Women’s Day was celebrated in a number of provinces on Sunday. March 8 marks International Women’s Day, an annual event that celebrates women’s…
An Afghan local policewoman in the Marja district of southern Helmand province said she was better protecting the Sistani locality from militants after the Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers withdrew from the area. Ferozi, the policewoman, popularly known…
A senior Interior Ministry official on Wednesday said the ongoing “Operation Zulfikar” had denied safe passage to Taliban insurgents in southern Helmand province and the fighters were left with no option but to put up resistance.
Police shot dead a suicide bomber in an explosives-laden vehicle before he could reach his target in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday.
A Sikh by faith, Tota Singh has converted to Islam and is named as Abdul Rehman in the northern Jawzjan. Two years back, Singh came from India to Shiberghan and since then he was thinking to convert to…
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) dispatched a team to central Panjsher province, which helped rescue a number of families trapped by avalanches. Over 260 people were killed and 100 others wounded in the latest wave of blizzards and…
