AT-KABUL: A senior official in the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation was arrested on the charge of receiving 800,000 Afghanis bribe from a person, a security official said Tuesday. Ministry of Interior in statement on Tuesday said that the criminal investigation police in cooperation with judiciary organs arrested Mohammad Mahdi, …

Flash floods have swept away two passenger vehicles in southeastern Khost province, killing at least 17 people, local officials said on Tuesday. The floods caused the fatalities in Yaqubi district and Haroonkhel area on the outskirts of Khost City, the acting head of the Afghanistan natural disaster management authority said. …

At a time when the potable water is more needed in the world, the precious waters flow from Afghanistan freely to the neighboring countries. Thousands of acres of agricultural lands are destroyed or damaged annually in the spring floods across Afghanistan, particularly in the central, north, east and west north …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Monday said that it will implement 12 agriculture and livestock projects in Kabul. “The projects would be implemented in Kabul, and its 14 districts at a total cost of 24 million Afs, funded by ministry development project,” Agriculture Minister Assadullah …

AT-KABUL: The foundation stone of a new building for urgent operative center to eliminate infectious polio disease was laid down in a ceremony in capital Kabul on Monday, health officials said. The center is going to be built in enclosure of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital in 400 square meter …

AT-KABUL: The Kabul Municipality on Monday started demolishing of illegal and unapproved construction in the 11 jurisdictions of Kabul city. In a statement issued here, Kabul Municipality said that with cooperation of Kabul police, the municipality started destruction of illegal buildings in the areas relevant to eleven jurisdictions. Several newly …

AT-KABUL: First Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament Abdul Zahir Qadir said that due to government negligence, Daesh militants have been deployed in northern Badakhshan province. “If the government further remains inattentive, the militants start targeting people,” Qadir said. Speaking at the plenary session of the …

AT-KABUL: Majority of fighters loyal to Daesh militants operating in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province are Pakistani nationals and receiving command from Pakistan’s Intelligence Service (ISI), provincial officials said. Documents recovered from Daesh insurgents revealed they had come from Pakistan to fight under the Name of Islamic State terrorist …

AT-KABUL: At least fifty-eight Taliban insurgents were killed and 28 others wounded in different crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security officials said on Monday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …

It wasn’t quite as warm and dry as Afghanistan, but at least it didn’t rain on the country’s national cricket team when they met Ireland in Belfast on Thursday. The Afghan team is just 15 years old. Despite a bloody war and the ongoing insurgency, it has gone from strength …