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Khost: Teachers in 4 districts go on strike
KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): With midterm exams underway, hundreds of schoolteachers in southeastern Khost province have gone on strike against non-distribution of land plots.
The teachers have gone on strike in Bak, Zazai Maidan, Sabri Trezio and Ali Sher districts, refusing to go to schools.... read more
Ghani grants ICRC official Afghan citizenship
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has granted Afghanistan... read more
WB sees hurdles to Afghanistan’s economic growth
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan... read more
Eye hospital doctors go on strike in Balkh
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Doctors of the Noor Eye Hospital in northern Balkh province on Saturday went on strike in protest against the hospital’s administrator who they called as unprofessional.
The striking doctors said the hospital’s head was not fit for the post because he had not... read more
Taliban’s shadowy district chief arrested in Balkh
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Taliban’s designated administrative chief for Chahar Bolak district of northern Balkh province has been arrested by... read more
30 Nangarhar villages cleared as operations continue
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Joint Afghan security forces have cleared at least 30 big and small villages of the presence of Taliban militants during... read more
Attackers of educational institutes unaware about Islam: Ghani
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said those who targeted educational and cultural institutes were traitors and... read more
Peace only way to end current miseries: Paktika residents
SHARANA (Pajhwok): Residents of southeastern Paktika province believe peace is the only way to end the ongoing miseries and control extremist groups in Afghanistan... read more
Tajik trucks with double load allowed entry to Afghanistan
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): Tajikistani truckers at the Sher Khan Port in northeastern Kunduz province say they are not allowed to carry more than 23 tons of load in a truck inside their own country but they carry load as much as they want in ... read more
Wolesi Jirga summons security bosses on Sunday
KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of Wolesi Jirga... read more
’10 civilians killed in Badghis airstrikes’
QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): A public representative in Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament on Saturday said 10 civiliasn were killed... read more
Symbolic coffins carried to decry ‘death of law, democracy’
Kandahar attack: Traders suffer 300m afs losses
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Businessmen in southern Kandahar province say they have suffered about 300 million afghanis to the attack on the police headquarters.
On Thursday, militants stormed the police building and detonated two car bombs, followed by several hours of fighting.
The... read more
32 insurgents eliminated in Kandahar airstrikes
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): At least 32 insurgents have been killed and 18 others wounded in airstrikes in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Saturday.
Police chief Maj. Gen. Tadin Khan told Pajhwok Afghan News foreign forces targeted two vehicles carrying rebels and their... read more
Trump, Imran to discuss intra-Afghan dialogue
KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States is expected to mount pressure on Pakistan... read more
Turkey condemns attack on university in Kabul
KABUL (Pajhwok): Turkey has vehemently condemned a deadly terrorist attack on a university in the heart of Kabul.
At least... read more
Afghanistan: Call for political settlement renewed
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Islamabad, Beijing and Kabul have renewed their support for a political settlement to decades of conflict in... read more
Afghanistan: Support for political settlement reaffirmed
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Islamabad, Beijing and Kabul have renewed their support for a political settlement to decades of conflict in... read more
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