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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 ...

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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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): Pakistan ’s rightwing political party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has waed forced repatriation of Afghan refugees will create problems between the neighbours. Senator Sirajul Haq, head of the influential party, on Thursday asked the... 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...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Habibullah Kalakani, known as Afghanistan ’s bandit king, has been reburied in Kabul after an attack on the people carrying his coffin. At least three people were injured and security official killed. Kalakani, a notorious bandit,... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Pakistani officials on Wednesday promised to reopen the Friendship Gate at the Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing on Thursday moing (Sept 1), an Afghan border police official in the southe province of Kandahar said. Afghan Border Police 3rd brigade official Col. Mohammad Ali Dawari told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan and Pakistani border officials in held their latest flag meeting on Wednesday and during the talks they agreed to reopen the border crossing. He said the Pakistan side agreed to the border’s reopening after many efforts and meetings between the two sides. Afghan officials had previously said they did not agree to some Pakistani conditions for reopening the ...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): President’s special envoy for reforms and good goveance Ahmad Zia Massoud on Monday said the huge influx of villagers to cities would reduce if employment opportunities were created and major economic projects executed at district... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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...

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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...

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...

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A number of patients and their attendants accuse midwives and doctors of “serious professional misconduct, inappropriate attitude and using different tactics to force them into paying bribe” at the civil hospital in central... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Presidential Palace on Saturday said ‘complete evidence’ proving the attack on the Afghan-American University was organised and managed from across the Durand Line has been shared with Pakistan . “Enough evidence has been... Let's block ads! بخوانید...