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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...

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 ...

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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...

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HERAT CITY (Pjahwok): Two civilians and three militants were killed in three separate roadside explosions in the Shindand district of weste Herat province on Monday, an official said. Police Spokesman, Abdul Rauf Ahmadi, told Pajhwok Afghan News... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Energy ministers from Afghanistan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan, Pakistan and representatives of financial organizations on Saturday met to discuss the Central Asia-South Asia (CASA-1000) power project in Paris, the French capital. The... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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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...

By on 25 August 2016 MAZAAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Three civilians were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack on a public representatives in northe Balkh province on Thursday, an official said. Col. Abdul Razzaq Qaderi, deputy police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the improvised explosive device... read more ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday said it was extremely conceed about the safety of hundreds of joualists and media outlets due to an increase in Taliban and Islamic State attacks in a number of Afghanistan provinces. The head of RSF’s Iran-Afghanistan desk Réza Moïni said the organization called on President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah to implement appropriate measures for the protection of joualists. “At this time of danger, the NATO democracies present in Afghanistan must also face up to their responsibilities. We must not let Afghan joualists be discouraged by the Taliban threats and by the inteational community’s silence,” Réza ...

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SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A girl was killed and another two girls and a boy were injured in a landmine explosion in Qush Tepa district of northe Jawzjan province on Monday, an official said. The goveor’s spokesman, Mohammad Raza Ghafori, told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast took place when the children were crossing a road in Chaghar village of the district. He said an 11-years-old girl was killed and three others aged between 12 and 14 were injured in the incident. The injured children were said to be in stable condition. Ghafori accused the Taliban of planting the bomb to target Afghan Local Police (ALP) and uprising members. He, however, said two militants planting bombs on a road were detaine...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Kabul Eagles beats Mis Ainak Knights by five wickets in the final match of Sphageeza T-20 league played in Kabul Inteational Cricket Stadium on Friday. After wiing the toss Mis Ainak decided to bat fist and scored 139 in the allotted 20 overs. Mis Ainak opening batsmen give their team a good start on which one down Nawroz Mangal and Wahidullah Shafaq constructed a conducive partnership and helped their side to covert double figures to three figures score. The Kabul Eagles’s Rashid Khan did not allow Knights middle order batsmen to play free strokes and limited them to 139. He displayed brilliant performance and took 4 wickets for 18 runs. In reply, wicket Keeper batsmanMoha...

By on 18 August 2016 ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Two civilians were killed and 49 others, including three security men, wounded on Thursday when a gathering marking the Independence Day came under a rocket attack in the capital of easte Kunar province, an official said. Goveor Wahidullah Kalemzai told Pajhwok... read more ...