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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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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 ...

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...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): The sale of poor-quality and expired beverages are on the rise in Kabul -- thanks to their low prices. Health experts say the consumption of such beverages cause cancer and other diseases. Kabul residents say the sale of such beverages has increased with the advent of summer. Carbonated drinks are mostly sold at lower prices by handcart drivers in the city. Qais Azizi, a resident of the capital, expressed conce over the rising sales of spurious beverages and food items. In many parts of the city, handcart drivers cheaply sell Coke, Fantaand juices. A juice box, costing 50 afghanis in the market, was sold for 20afs, biscuit of 30afs for 10afs, a bottle of milk worth 20afs for...

ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Timber traders and carpenters in easte Kunar province on Tuesday asked the Cabinet to implement its decision of lifting ban on wood transportation. The Cabinet’s Economic Committee a few months ago decided to allow traders to... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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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...

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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...

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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CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a NATO forces convoy in Bagram district of central Parwan province late on Monday, injuring three Afghan policemen, an official said. The suicide attack on the coalition forces took place in Qala Nasro area at about 6pm, the Bagram district chief, Abdul Shakoor Qados, told Pajhwok Afghan News. He said three policemen escorting the convoy were injured in the blast that damaged a NATO vehicle, but caused no casualties to the inteational troops. NATO troops in Afghanistan rejects the clime saying :"We are aware of the media reports. No Resolute Support people, U.S. orotherwise, were hurt in today's IED attack near Bagram...