AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in a joint venturewith its health partners started the subsidiary round of anti-polio campaign in10 provinces started from today (Monday). The campaign started and will be continued till coming Friday, which trough Kandahar, Urzgan, Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Jawzjan provinces will …
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AT-KABUL: At least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiersembraced martyrdom after the Taliban insurgents attacked their checkpoints insoutheastern Khost province, an official said Monday. Deputy police chief Col. Syed Ahammad Babazai told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants stormed an ANA check-post in Yaqoob Sabri district late on Sunday night. He …
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AT-KABUL: Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, Acting Minister of Financeand Chief Advisor on Infrastructure to Presidential Palace and Mr. KhalilSediq, Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank on Monday announced the result of IMF4th review of Afghanistan Economic and Financial Reforms. “After evaluating the Commitments, in the fourth review, the Executive Board of IMF …
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Once again like of past, controversy erupted overOctober 20, 2018 parliamentary elections in all over Afghanistan when theElectoral Complaints Commission couple of days back has termed all votes polledfor Kabul constituencies as invalid. According to complaints commissioner totalof 2,767 complaints were registered in Kabul, from where electorates have costvotes for …
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AT-KABUL: At least five people received injures when ahelicopter belongs to the Afghan National Army (ANA) crashed in southernKandahar province, officials said Monday. “It took place at the airfield during a training mission on Sunday night,” said Lt. Col. Khwaja Yahya Alwi, spokesman for the 205th Atal Military Corps. He …
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AT-KABUL: The U.S. government’s Promote: Women in Government(WIG) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)observed the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence yesterday at anevent hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign from November 25 …
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It is a great pleasure to be here. First of all, please allow me to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. Davood Moradian and his team from the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies(AISS) for inviting me to attend this Dialogue and also for their thoughtful arrangements. The Herat Security Dialogue …
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AT-KABUL: Corruption remains central to many of Afghanistan’schallenges, says Integrity Watch Afghanistan’s national corruption survey 2018,asking the government to focus on long term anti-graft efforts. The survey released on Saturday has found some slight progress since in Afghanistan’s general situation since 2016, with limited room for optimism. In the 2018 …
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AT-KABUL: Weapons made-in Iran have been seized from a house insouthern Ghazni province, and a suspect was detained in regard, securityofficials said Sunday. Ghazni Police Chief Brig. Gen Ghulam Dawood Tarakhel toldPajhwok Afghan News the weapons were confiscated from a house in the limits of3rd police district of Ghazni City, …
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The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Mr. John R. Bass, has made it clear that US making all out efforts to convince the warring Afghan factions to go for internal dialogues, which could be the suitable way out for resolving of long standing conflict. In recent days, certain media sections in …
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