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KABUL (Pajhwok): The National Assembly is retuing from its summer break tomorrow (Tuesday), as the electoral reform decree’s fate remains undecided and the vice-president on Monday said a new decree will be finalized within hours. According to... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A lawmaker from easte Nangarhar province on Monday lashed out at the unity govement for what he said failing to deliver on its promises and taking no steps to resolve people’s problems. Faridoon Momand, a lower house of parliament or Wolesi Jirga member, was addressing a gathering of tribal elders at his residence in Jalalabad, the provincial capital. The MP said people used to share their problems with lawmakers who passed them on to provincial authorities who then referred the problems to central govement but the central govement again referred the same to the provincial administration. “We wonder with whom we should share people’s problems; neither the central govem...

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SHEBRGHAN (Pajhwok): A boy has killed his six years old sister while playing with a hunting gun in Mangjak district of northweste Jwzjan province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Reza Ghafoori, the goveor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place when a seven years old boy was playing with a hunting gun and mistakenly pressed its trigger. He said the gun fire hit the girl and killed her. The brother and sister were playing with the gun alone in a room of their house and their parents and family members were in the house’s yard when the incident happened, he added. Police have launched an investigation into the incident. A number of residents of the area linked ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): As a fatal accident claimed many lives and left injured several others, the General Directorate of Traffic on Sunday called irresponsible attitude of transport companies, use of drugs by drivers and a shortage of standard roads as... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Diplomats, representatives of inteational organizations, civil society and the private sector on Sunday met at the Presidential Palace with senior govement leaders to review preparations for a major inteational conference on Afghanistan. The meeting, a special session of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board, was co-chaired by Minister of Finance Eklil Hakimi and UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto about a month ahead of the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan. In his opening remarks, President Ghani said: “Today you will be hearing from our govement about how the reform agenda that we presented in London in December of 2014 ...

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SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Two children and a young man drowned in the Amu River in Qarqin district of northe Jawzjan province, an official said on Sunday. The Jawzjan goveor’s spokesman, Mohammad Reza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the three fell... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Joint Anti-corruption and Evaluating Committee (MEC) on Sunday released its ‘special report’ on vulnerabilities to corruption in imports and supply of fuel and liquid gas. In a statement the MEC said the special... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

SHARAN (Pajhwok): The Omna district of southeaste Paktika collapsed to the Taliban on Sunday after five day of continued fighting, an official said. A security official, requesting not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media, told Pajhwok Afghan News the district had been under siege for the past five days. “The Afghan National Army (ANA) and special unit persoel reached the Nawa area of the district but couldn’t advance. Later on, they beat a tactical retreat,” the source said. He added security forces’ retreat from the area allowed the insurgents to overrun the district.“With the fighters having planted landmines on roads, soldiers fled the district using sub-street...

By Naseem Hotak on 04 September 2016 QALAT (Pajhwok): A collision on the Kabul-Kandahar has left 34 passengers dead and 21 others injuredsouthe Zabul province,... read more ...

By Javed Hamim Kakar on 04 September 2016 KABUL (Pajhwok): An attempt to smuggle military equipment, including drone parts, to... read more ...

GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Local officials on Saturday said security situation in southe Ghazni province was deteriorating with each passing day after the Ministry of Interior (MoI) downsized police force in the province. Hamidullah Nawroz, head of the Provincial Council (PC) told Pajhwok Afghan News Ghazni was promoted to the first rank from the second rank provinces but the govement provided no facilities deserved by the first rank category. He said MoI had recently declined the number of police persoel in the province due to which the law and order situation deteriorated. “Clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban are underway in parts of Ghazni. The main reason behind continued clashes w...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Administrative chief of Hesarak district in easte Nangarhar province waed the town could not be secured until the main road leading to the district was made safe and secured. During an exclusive chat with Pajhwok Afghan News... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The reburial of Habibullah Kalakani, known as Afghanistan’s bandit king, triggered a protest in southeaster Paktia province on Friday. Kalakani was reburied in Kabul hours after an attack on the people carrying his coffin. At least four people were injured and one security official killed. Kalakani served as king for a few months in 1929. He led the revolt against King Amanullah’s modeisation plans with the help of various tribes. A number of political figures, including former Balkh goveor Atta Mohammad Noor, ex-intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh and others, held a ceremony for the reburial of Kalakani and 16 of his aides. The remains were reburied on Shahr-i-Ara Mount in ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Friday said Afghan entrepreneurs have invested more than 28 billion dollars of working capital in Dubai and Pakistan alone. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for a key housing scheme in Kabul, Ghani urged... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): About 240,000 Afghan refugees would be repatriated to their homeland every month after Eidul Azha, a senior official said on Friday. Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Dr. Imran Zaib told The Express Tribune: “December 31 is... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Seventeen people, including four suicide bombers, were killed and more than 50 others wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in Pakistan’s northweste Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Friday. Four suicide bombers and a civilian were killed after an attack on a Christian colony in Peshawar, the provincial capital, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Asim Bajwa tweeted. "All four suicide bombers were killed." Intense gunfire erupted at 6am, when the terrorists struck the colony. The gunmen were wearing suicide jackets. Two of the attackers detonated their suicide jackets while two others were killed. Hours later, a dozen people were killed and 5...