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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...

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KABUL CITY (Pajhwok): The first round of autumn polio vaccination campaign would kick off nationwide from tomorrow (Monday), but as many as 300,000 children would be missed out due to insecurity, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Sunday... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The US Embassy has denounced Wednesday’s attack on the American University in Kabul, saying targeting of students and staff, who are working to improve the future of the country, is a cruel and cowardly act. “Our thoughts and prayers are with those killed and injured, as well as with the victims’ families, colleagues and friends,” US Ambassador P. Michael McKinley said in a statement from the embassy. “We remain strongly committed to the people of Afghanistan who are dedicated to establishing lasting peace and security and building the brightest possible future for their children,” the ambassador added. The US Embassy said it stood ready to assist Afghan authorities with th...

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KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Afghan refugee families who have retued to southeaste Khost province from Pakistan ’s Waziristan region say they want the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) to treat them like other Afghan refugees. The... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A 45-year-old woman from southe Kandahar province has died of the Congo virus at a hospital in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Fatima Bibi, who was admitted to the Fatima Jiah Chest and TB Hospital in Quettafour days back, breathed her last late on Sunday, local media reported. A 20-year-old man Habibullah, who was hospitalised along with Fatima, has also tested positive for the deadly virus. Dr. Abbas Notkani. Ntkani said: “The condition of Fatima Bibi was serious and it further deteriorated late night and she passed away.” mud Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Several traders on Saturday waed of closing their businesses if goods transfer from the custom office at the Hamid Karzai Inteational Airport remained the monopoly of a single company. Banu Company received the license of goods... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): An elderly man says Independence Day -- an occasion of joy and happiness for Afghans-- represented hope in the past, but now people fear terrorist attacks at the landmark event. This is the story of Roohullah Hasrat, 70, a resident of Kabul who has been witness to peaceful celebration of Independence Day four decades ago. The occasion, then full of glory-- would be celebrated for 10 days from August 18 to 30. Chaman-i-Hazoori, a spacious park in Kabul that has now tued into a garbage site, would draw thousands of people, including govement officials, to mark the important day. Apparently downcast and pessimistic, the man remarks: “Suicide attacks and bombings were then unkno...

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By Zabihullah Ihsas on 04 August 2016 MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC) in Balkh province on Thursday said it had rescued a one-year-old baby boy from being sold by his parents. IHRC head for Balkh, Sayed Mohammad Saami, told Pajhwok Afghan News the impoverished family was selling the... read more ...

ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Seven members of a family who were injured three years ago in a Taliban attack in easte Kunar province say they are yet to receive any assistance from the govement or other humanitarian organisations. Seddiqullah, guardian of... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A former lawmaker from central Logar province, Dr. Asadullah Himmatyar, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kabul, police said on Sunday. The ex-legislator was gued down by unidentified assailants in the Stanikzai Meena area of the central capital, a Kabul police officer told Pajhwok Afghan News. Although police spokesman Basir Mujahid said he was unaware of the assassination, the crime branch confirmed the shooting of Dr. Himmatyar near his clinic. Haji Habibullah Stanikzai, the Logar provincial council chief, said Himmatyar was dued down at 9pm in his clinic in the 8th police district. The attackers managed to escape, he added. No one has been arrested so far in ...

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Afghan security forces on Saturday recaptured the Khanshin district of southe Helmand province from Taliban militants, an official said. Col. Mohammad Rassoul Zazi, the 215 Maiwand Military Corps spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the town was captured by insurgents last night. But the Afghan commando forces backed by the Afghan Air Force recaptured the district from insurgents at about 4:30pm on Saturday, he said. He said the insurgents attacked the district centre last night when police were alone and there were no Afghan National Army persoel. Col. Zazi said all areas fell to the rebels last night had been recaptured by the commando forces. He said the Taliban fled...

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