AT-KABUL: Three persons killed and 18 wounded when a suicide bomber targeted staff’s vehicle of the Attorney General Office (AGO) on Sunday afternoon for the second time in less than a week, an official said. Humayoun Aini, 119 police chief, said the incident took place at 4:15 pm around centauriem …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that four of its personnel were injured in an attack on one of its facilities in Kandahar province. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that a group of three suicide attackers targeted a facility of the …

Our troops are ready to eliminate terrorists before reaching their nefarious designs, says Ulumi By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In an attempt to honor sacrifices of the security forces in war on terror, a number legislators, civil society members and citizens donated their blood to Afghan troops who have sustained injuries in …

KABUL: Heavily-armed Taliban mounted attack on the Jawand district in western Badghis province and secured control of the district centre late Saturday night, an official said. Bahauddin, head of provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News security forces were pushed back to mountainous areas of the district in the initial firefight. …

NEW DELHI: India based Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), the world’s largest women’s cooperative, will train more than 3,000 Afghan women in various skills to empower them economically. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt announced recently in India a new $1.5 million, three-year award to …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A swarm of militants attacked checkpoints of security forces on Herat-Kandahar highway on Saturday. The commander of the 207 Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA), Taj Muhammad Jahid, told TOLONews that the Taliban militants attacked the checkpoints on Saturday morning and the clashes ended around 10:00 …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In order to curb rapes, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) urged the government put end to the culture of impunity over sexual violence. An official of the AIHRC, Latifa Sultani, while talking to Radio Azadi blamed the culture of impunity for rise of sexual violence …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: In a bid to improve the healthcare services and standard of the private hospitals, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) sealed nine private hospitals and degraded 28 others to polyclinic centers. The ministry also blacklisted 159 medicines importing companies. As many as 40 foreign and 119 …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Following reports that reveal US has handed over combat aircrafts and military jets to Pakistan, lawmakers on Saturday said Washington plays double game with Afghanistan, as it promises with Kabul, signs security deal with the Afghan government but gives military equipment to Pakistan. Reports by the Congressional …

Afghanistan got the potential and opportunity to serve as a gateway to South and Central Asia and discover new markets for Afghan-made products. At a time when Afghan traders are troubled by transit trade-related barriers in Pakistan, alternatives to Pakistani ports should be explored. Though, Afghan-Pak ties went under overhaul …