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KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States Agency for International Development (USAID... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of government officials, inaugurating the “second Youth Parliament” in Kabul on Sunday, asked politicians to... read more

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ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Forty-four prisoners have been released from the central jail in southwestern Nimroz province, said officials on Sunday.

Governor Mohammad Sami said the 44 prisoners were released from the jail in Zaranj, the provincial capital, in compliance with a presidential decree... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said two to five million foreign tourists would visit... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Security Adviser (NSA) Hanif Atmar has assured Uzbekistan that the Afghan security forces would never... read more

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Government officials on Sunday provided different accounts about casualties after a US drone struck participants of a prayer service in the Haska Mena district of eastern Nangarhar province.

The airstrike took place this afternoon in Mianji Baba village of Mariz... read more

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Several people were killed and wounded when a drone strike hit a funeral ceremony in Haska Mina district of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, an official said.

District administrative chief, Sazoli Shinwari, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in... read more

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Public representatives in northern Faryab province on Sunday said some 200 security men and uprising forces faced death after being besieged by the Taliban... read more

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Twelve policemen and 21 Taliban insurgents have been killed during separate incidents of violence in southern Kandahar... read more

JALALALABAD (Pajhwok): Security hurdles still exist in the way of a polio vaccination campaign in eastern Nangarhar province, where 13,000 children may be left out again, said officials on Sunday.

A three-day drive kicked off in the province on Sunday to administer... read more

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): At least 15 people were killed and 28 others wounded in a traffic accident in the Doshi district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday, an official said.

Traffic Director 2nd Lt. Sohrab told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the morning... read more

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): At least 14 people were killed and 26 others wounded in a traffic accident in the Doshi district of northern Baghlan province on Sunday, an official said.

Traffic Director 2nd Lt. Sohrab told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the morning... read more

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A huge fire broke out at a fuel depot in the capital of northern Balkh province, causing financial losses, an official said on Sunday.

Police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place late Saturday night in the Timoryan area of... read more

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): At least six civilians, including five children. were wounded in a blast in southern Helmand province on Sunday, an official said.

The explosion took place in the Momin area of Nawa district this morning, the governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News... read more

MAIMANA (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have overrun the Lowlash area of the Kohistan district centre of northwestern Faryab province, officials... read more

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KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 700,000 Afghan refugees living in Pakistan... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 700,000 Afghan refugees living in Pakistan... read more

KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Taliban insurgents have killed seven of the 70 civilians they kidnapped on Thursday in Shah Walikot district of southern... read more