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AT-KABUL: Unidentified men—probably armed individuals link to militant groups, set fire to a girl’s school on Sunday night in western Farah province, official confirmed Monday.   The perpetrators yet to be identified, said Mohammad Sadiq Halimi, Deputy provincial of the department of education. “Nearly 1,000 girls were busy pursing education.” With …

AT-KABUL: The US officials and the Taliban Qatar-based members on Monday resumed peace talks on Afghanistan in the wake of short stalemate after the Taliban rejected meeting Zalmay Khalilzad, US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, citing differences over agenda. In a statement Taliban said they agreed to set in talks …

KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said that anti polio campaign kicked off Monday, which through polio vaccination teams will visit 5.4 million children under five years old in 179 high-risk districts across the country. According to a statement the campaign will be launched from 21th to 25th of January in the West, …

KABUL: Police on Monday said it arrested six drug peddlers in Kabul City, a campaign that began with former Interior Minister and is taking momentum. Counter Narcotics Police in their operations against drug peddling in Kabul arrested six smugglers from the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th and 9thPDs of Kabul City. …

AT-KABUL: U.S. President’s special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has wrapped up his Pakistan visit on Sunday, saying they are on the right direction on the Afghan peace mission. “Just completed Pakistan leg of my current trip in the region to advance the peace process. Good meetings. I appreciate …

The National Unity Government is taking its last breaths as both the partners of “marriage of inconvenience” are going to face each others. Both President Dr. Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah have declared their mind of contesting schedule presidential elections. Beside these two around 15 have so …

KABUL: The government criticizes Pakistan for what it says “has done nothing practically” for direct negotiations with Taliban representatives, despite promises from the United States envoy “peace efforts ongoing to a right direction” and that Pakistan’s measures made hope. The chief executive office says that officials in Islamabad who met …

KABUL: The European Union (EU) is to donate 30 million Euros to the Afghan judicial system, with the EU ambassador to Kabul saying the money would be given to Afghan attorney general office. The EU Ambassador to Kabul Pierre Mayaudon, said Monday that 10 indexes were considered to be reformed …

KABUL: Some women journalists in the northern province of Balkh say they are facing several problems among them bad security situation. These journalists call insecurity and little payment as two main problems they are suffering in job, that have as they say curbed work space for them. They warned to …

KABUL: More than 10 dams and other water reserves across the country are too old and need urgent technical repairs, ministry of water and energy says. Most of the dams were built 50 to 60 years ago with old technical standards, according to the ministry, which said they need new …