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By Zainullah Stanikzai on 05 September 2016 LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Kandahar-Helmand highway has been reopened for traffic after remaining closed for about a month in southe Helmand province, officials said on Monday. Capt. Shakeel Tasal, a spokesman for the 215 Maiwand Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News the road was... read more ...

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 ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Friday said Afghan entrepreneurs have invested more than 28 billion dollars of working capital in Dubai and Pakistan alone. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for a key housing scheme in Kabul, Ghani urged... 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...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Firs Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Thursday hit out at President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for centralising the power and waed to take final decision about his future in a grand gathering. Addressing a crowd of his supporters in his Kabul residence, Dostum said the president kept all powers with him and apologised to his followers for not materialising the pledges he made with them during election campaign. “I want to talk to the people in details. I am the son of a farmer, lived my life in a village and worked in the field, but now I caot resolved the problems of my people. Some ask me why you don’t go to the office. What will I do there when I have no power and m...

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LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Six civilians have been killed and five others wounded as a result of a landmine explosion in the Nawa district of southe Helmand province, an official said on Monday. Omar Zwak, the goveor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the roadside bomb struck a fielder branded vehicle belonging to civilians near Afghan National Army’s (ANA) camp. The vehicle was on its way from Nawa to Khanshin district. Women and children were among the dead and injured, he added. Aghah Gul, a caregiver and relative of the injured people, said the victims of the blast were due to attend an engagement party. He said, five women, one man, and a child killed and three women and as many children...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Women ’s Affairs Minister Dilbar Nazari on Sunday expressed her conce over what she called women’s ‘pale’ participation in politics and asked them to make efforts and achieve rights the Constitution had guaranteed for them. Nazari... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Strongly condemning the terrorist attack on the American University in Kabul, the US on Wednesday saluted Afghan forces for responding to the attack and securing the top educational institution of the country. “The United States condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack today on the American University of Afghanistan. We salute the quick work of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces who responded to the attack and secured the university.” Ned Price, spokesman for the National Security Council at the White House, said: “We send our thoughts and prayers to the families and loved ones of those killed and our heartfelt wishes for a speedy recovery to t...

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WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): Deeply saddened at the terrorist attack in Helmand that killed one US service members and wounded six Afghans, the US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday said that Afghanistan remains a dangerous place. “This tragic event in Helmand province reminds us that Afghanistan remains a dangerous place, and there is difficult work ahead even as Afghan forces continue to make progress in securing their own country,” Carter said. “We will continue to work closely with the govement of Afghanistan and our NATO partners to bolster the capabilities of the ANDSF so they can provide the people of Afghanistan the peace they deserve,” he said in a statement. Carter said he is deep...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A number of women on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against usurping their lands by tribal elders in easte Nangarhar province and threatened self-immolation if their properties were not retued to them. The protesters gathered at the Pushtunistan Square and carried baers inscribed with names of the alleged land usurpers including Malak Naimat, Malak Nizam and Dawood. The female protesters waed if their legitimate demand was not considered, they would set themselves alight. A participant of the demonstration, Gulalai told Pajhwok Afghan News her land had been grabbed by tribal elders over the past few years in Behsud district, but there was no one to help her recla...

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Afghan and American forces have launched a joint ground and air operation in Lashkargah, the capital of southe Helmand province, and nearby Nad Ali district, an official said on Tuesday. After 2014 when NATO forces’ combat... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

By Zainullah Stanikzai on 23 August 2016 LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The ongoing conflict in southe Helmand province has left in ruins 26 schools in three districts, depriving 42,000 children of an education... read more ...