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By Zainullah Stanikzai on 05 September 2016 LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Kandahar-Helmand highway has been reopened for traffic after remaining closed for about a month in southe Helmand province, officials said on Monday. Capt. Shakeel Tasal, a spokesman for the 215 Maiwand Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the road was... read more ...

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SAR-I-PUL (Pajhwok): Eleven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, including their commander, have surrendered to the Taliban in the Sozma Qala district of northe Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Sunday. Goveor Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told Pajhwok Afghan News Commander Shah Wali, in-charge of ANA unit in Kor-Khab locality developed links with his father who was the Taliban’s shadow district chief for Takhar’s Dasht-i-Qala district. He said the commander and another soldiers shifted their fellow ANA troops to Kohistanat district and handed them over to the Taliban. Taliban, however, rejected Wahdat claimed and said the group captured ANA soldiers and their commander. PK/nh Let's block ad...

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...

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 ...

MEHTARLAM (Pajhwok): The agriculture director of easte Laghman province, charged with embezzlement, is being interrogated by the attoey department, an official said on Saturday. Sarhadi Zwak, the goveor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan NewsMohammad Ismael Dawlatzaihad been accused of embezzling funds in procurement cases. He said the attoey department issued arrest warrantsfor Dawlatzai after some important papers went missing from the file. The director is under investigation, Zwak added. nh/mud 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...

By Hassan Hakimi on 31 August 2016 FEROZ KOH CITY (Pajhwok): At least four Special Forces’persoel have been killed and five others wounded in the Pasaband district of northweste Ghor... read more ...

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ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A roadside explosion killed three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and injured four others on Tuesday in Dilaram district of southweste Nimroz province, an official said. Najibullah Hayat, the district chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast occurred on the Herat-Kandahar highway. The injured soldiers were evacuated to the Dilaram district’s hospital and their health condition was satisfactory. “The landmine has been recently planted by the insurgents on the highway,” he added. Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, a Taliban’s spokesman, claimed responsibility for the explosion that he said killed six ANA soldiers. sns/ma Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Six civilians have been killed and five others wounded as a result of a landmine explosion in the Nawa district of southe Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Omar Zwak, the goveor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the roadside bomb struck a fielder branded vehicle belonging to civilians near Afghan National Army’s (ANA) camp. The vehicle was on its way from Nawa to Khanshin district. Women and children were among the dead and injured, he added. Aghah Gul, a caregiver and relative of the injured people, said the victims of the blast were due to attend an engagement party. He said, five women, one man, and a child killed and three women and as many children...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Forty percent of Afghanistan’s population lacks access to healthcare services and medicines imported to the country are of poor quality and most of drugstores are open without pharmacists, officials said on Thursday. Nisar Ahmad Haris, who heads of the Meshrano Jirga or upper house of parliament’s welfare commission, told a conference “Evaluation of Healthcare Services, Challenges and Solutions” that despite positive changes in the health sector, most of Afghans still lacked access to health services. He said most of the drug stores were run by unprofessional people and even by children in some areas. The lawmaker said his commission had assessed and found most of drug store...

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By Ajmal Wesal on 26 August 2016 TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Four policemen have been killed in an insider attack near Tirinkot, the capital of central Uruzgan province, a security official said on Friday. After the shooting at a checkpoint in the Kakrak area, the assailants managed to escape, Uruzgan’s deputy police chief... read more ...

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Fourteen militants have been killed and five security persoel wounded during clashes in the Khwaja Ghar district of northe Takhar province, an official said on Friday. Sunatullah Timor, the goveor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok... Let's block ads! بخوانید...