Acting Education Minister Maulvi Habibullah Agha has said the education of youth could save Afghanistan from reliance on others. Inaugurating a school building in Aqcha district of northern Jawzjan province yesterday, he said Afghanistan would not need to…
A young man has built a mobile library at his own expenses with limited resources to encourage people to study books in eastern Nangarhar province. Rahmanullah Atal has so far organized more than 20 book exhibitions in public…
A number of youth in southeastern Paktia province on Tuesday criticized the acting government for not giving jobs to people other than those associated with the Islamic Emirate, a claim rejected by officials. About 400 youth attended a…
Jan Mohammad, a resident of Sangin district of southern Helmand province, lost 18 members of his family in a NATO forces airstrike 12 years ago when he was just eight years old. Jan Mohammad, now 20, is resident…
The youth on Friday staged a protest demonstration in southern Kandahar province, asking the world to force the US to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets. Naqib Qane, a member of the youth movement, said the United States and NATO…
Local officials of central Daikundi province on Thursday said that the local administration had created 350 job vacancies for the youth of the province in various departments. Daikundi Governor AminaullahObaid told Pajhwok Afghan News that the job vacancies…
The government is committed to re-launching a youth parliament in the country, officials at the Ministry of Information and Culture said on Thursday. Hazratullah Sharifi, Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs at the Ministry of Information and Culture, made…
Civil society activist Abdul Malik Rustami has donated 450 books to a public library in Shiberghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province. Rustami purchased books on his own money and donated them to a public library to promote…
A number of residents of southern Ghazni province say the Taliban have asked them to grow bread and avoid using smart phones, but the group denies. Taliban militants took control of 16 of total 18 districts of…
A young man who lost his leg in an explosion in his childhood is asking the warring sides to embrace peace and says a hero for the Afghan people would be the person who ends the ongoing war…
KABUL to declare ceasefire in respect to Eidul Adha until the start of intra-Afghan talks. Dozens of youth, including boys and girls, gathered in Kabul under the theme “No war, we want peace” and called for truce in the country.…
A Model United Nations Conference was organized in Kabul to encourage youth participation in decisions and their familiarity with the UN and international diplomacy. Mohammad Yahya Qanay, the organizer of UN Model Conference in Kabul, said he had…
Grand Alliance of Youth and Candidates of Kabul District Councils on Tuesday announced its presence and demanded greater role of youth in the affairs of the country and conduct of district council elections. Qader Shah Qureshi, deputy head…
KABUL from Loya Paktia has thrown its weight behind the issuance of electronic National Identity Cards (e-NICs) and demanded legal action against those trying to sabotage the national process. Abdul Hakem Safi, head of the Youth Loya Jirga, told reporters…
Some youths and civil society activists in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday asked the government to immediately launch the distribution of electronic National Identity Cards (e-NICs), saying further delay in the process was not in the country’s interest.…
Around 1,200 youth have been appointed to different government departments in southwestern Nimroz province over the last two years. However, some youth continue migrating to Iran and other countries due to joblessness. More than 4,000 youth -- or…
The youth in northern Jawzjan province are swelling militant ranks due to poverty and unemployment, activists and residents say. Amir Mohammad Taswir Habibi, a civil society activist, in Shiberghan, the provincial capital, said: “Some students after graduating from…
Fresh university graduates in northwestern Faryab province have asked the government to provide them jobs in the public sector institutions. As many as 1,400 students have newly graduated from the literature, human rights, education faculties at the Faryab…
KABUL at the Brussels Conference and asked the unity government leaders to honour its own promises. Sayed Abdullah Hashimi, head of the Afghanistan Youth Association, told a gathering appreciating the aid that the Afghan youth wanted the unity government…
A number of youth in southwestern Nirmoz province accuse the government of ignoring them and not creating jobs for them, saying joblessness has forced many young men into using drugs and migrating to foreign countries. The Nimroz…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said he would hand over the country’s affairs to the youth before retiring as president. The president was speaking at a function marking the first-ever Model United Nations or MUN conference arranged by…
