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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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

By Ajmal kakar on 03 September 2016 KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): After two weeks of closure, the Kunduz-Takhar highway has been reopened for traffic as a result of a clearing operation, an official said on Saturday. Police chief, Brig. Gen. Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the highway had been cleaned of... read more ...

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