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Artillery fire from ANA base kills 4 Logar children
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Four children have been killed in an artillery fire by security forces in Baraki Barak district of central Logar province, local residents claimed on Tuesday.
Government officials confirmed the incident, but denied security forces had fire the mortar.
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Violence against women to fall if perpetrators punished: Abdullah
KABUL (Pajhwok): Ending a 16-day campaign for elimination of violence against women... read more
Ceasefire may not be part of US-Taliban deal: Agha
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Former Taliban leader Syed Akbar Agha on Tuesday claimed ceasefire would not be part of a possible US-Taliban... read more
More focus urged on human rights in peace talks
KABUL (Pajhwok): Speakers of a meeting in capital Kabul on Tuesday said human rights were not ‘a western phenomenon’ but Islam gave... read more
Abdullah supporters rally in Kunar against electoral fraud
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Supporters of the Stability and Partnership election team, led by Abdullah Abdullah, staged a protest rally against electoral fraud in eastern Kunar province.
Around 2,000 protesters gathered at Shaheedano Square in Asadabad, the provincial capital, asking the... read more
IEC: Initial election results likely within 2 days
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC... read more
Hekmatyar’s one-man show forces key members to quit: Experts
KABUL (Pajhwok): Political experts believe Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of the Hizb-e-Islami... read more
Car bomb, 2 suicide attackers held in Nangarhar
JALALABD (Pajhwok): Intelligence operatives have seized a car bomb and two would-be suicide bombers before reaching their targets in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday.
Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhel told media persons that the alleged... read more
Logaris unhappy with New Kabul Bank services
PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A number of residents of central Logar province on Tuesday complained about what they called ‘poor services’ of the New Kabul... read more
Colombia to help develop Afghanistan mining sector
KABUL (Pajhwok): Colombia will facilitate and help the Afghanistan... read more
Taliban abduct 40 elderly men from Jawzjan funeral
SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Taliban militants abducted dozens of elderly men from Fiazabad district of northern Jawzjan province on Tuesday, an... read more
7 fighters, civilian killed in Farah airstrike
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Eight Taliban militants have been killed in a NATO... read more
Naqiba Barakzai wins Human Rights Tulip
KABUL (Pajhwok): Naqiba Barakzai was awarded on Tuesday the 2019 Human Rights Tulip ... read more
4 companies contracted to MoI blacklisted
KABUL (Pajhwok): Four companies contracted to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) have been blacklisted and barred from bidding on its... read more
Iran opposes foreign meddling in Afghanistan
KABUL (Pajhwok): Iran says regional countries should facilitate the Afghan peace process instead of meddling in internal affairs of... read more
Public misled about Afghan war: US documents
KABUL (Pajhwok): Senior American officials have concealed dark assessments about the conflict in... read more
5 security forces killed, 21 wounded in mortar attack
KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): At least five security personnel have been killed and 21 others wounded in a mortar attack by Taliban in the Chahardara... read more
Ghazni: Martyrs’ Department head gunned down
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Unidentified gunmen shot dead the director of the Disabled and Martyrs Department in the capital of southern Ghazni province on Tuesday, an official said.
Mohammad Arif Noori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Nasratullah Siasee was dead with a... read more
Peace in Afghanistan priority for US: Wells
KABUL (Pajhwok): US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Alice Wells has listed peace in... read more
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