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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...

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 ...

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...

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The reburial of Habibullah Kalakani, known as Afghanistan’s bandit king, triggered a protest in southeaster Paktia province on Friday. Kalakani was reburied in Kabul hours after an attack on the people carrying his coffin. At least four people were injured and one security official killed. Kalakani served as king for a few months in 1929. He led the revolt against King Amanullah’s modeisation plans with the help of various tribes. A number of political figures, including former Balkh goveor Atta Mohammad Noor, ex-intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh and others, held a ceremony for the reburial of Kalakani and 16 of his aides. The remains were reburied on Shahr-i-Ara Mount in ...

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...

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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By Hassan Hakimi on 31 August 2016 FEROZ KOH CITY (Pajhwok): At least four Special Forces’persoel have been killed and five others wounded in the Pasaband district of northweste Ghor... read more ...

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...

KABUL (Pajhwok):The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has named 26players for a 15-day training camp in India,begiing from September 3 at the Greater Cricket Sports Complex Ground. The training camp has been arranged ahead of Afghanistan’s tour of Bangladesh (BD), where the men in blue will play three One-Day Inteational (ODI) matches against the hostsat the Sher-i-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur. Bangladesh and Afghanistan will play their first-ever ODI series on Sept. 25, 26 and October1, said Nasimullah Danish, chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board. “I've made it clear to the selection committee that it is a difficult task picking the squad for playing against Bangladeshon their home ground,” ...

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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...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): A survey has found that 86 percent residents of northe Balkh province hold anti- Taliban and Islamic State views. Findings of the survey were released on Saturday in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif. The survey has... 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...

By Saleh Mangal on 27 August 2016 GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Taliban overran the Janikhel district in southeaste Paktia province after days of heavy clashes with... read more ...

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Four security persoel have been killed in a Taliban attack in the Khashrod district of Nimroz province, an official said on Friday. The fatalities occurred last night when the insurgents stormed a security check-post in the Jagin area of the district, the official said, requesting anonymity. He added the Taliban initially plaed an attack on the district centre, but later changed their mind and assaulted the post on the Zaranj-Dilaram highway. According to the source, three Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and police official lost their lives in the oveight incident. The rebels, however, were beaten back. mud Let's block ads! بخوانید...

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): A large number of Taliban fighters have been killed in two airstrike by NATO -led troops in southe Helmand province, officials said on Friday. The insurgent movement, however, claimed the Resolute Support mission’s aircraft... Let's block ads! بخوانید...