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In the past years, in 2002, surveys conducted by the UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Presentation (CDC) reported that Afghan women suffer from the highest levels of maternal mortality in the world, with almost half of all deaths among women aged 15 to 49, coming as …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Two senior government servants in southeastern Paktika province have been held and to be investigated over fraud and corruption charges, reliable sources said on Sunday. A government official who wished to be unidentified told Pajhwok Afghan News, the detained officials were the Economy Department Director and …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on Sunday said that the grabbing of 3,040 acres of lands prevented in the past six months in the country. MoJ personal succeeded to prevent usurping of 3,040 acres governmental land in the past six months, said MoJ in a press statement. Statement added that …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, expressed sorrow and condolences over the death of Nancy H. Dupree, famous American archeologist who was working in Afghanistan for decades. “Mrs. Dupree had greatly served in Afghanistan and had been working here for around 50 years along with her husband Luis Dupree on the …

AT-KABUL: At least 29 militants were killed and 15 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD)said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …

‘10 million Afghans with high percentage of women are illiterate’ AT-KABUL: Ministry of Education’s (MoE) Literacy Department established new literacy mobilization concept to enhance literacy training programs across the country. A press conference titled “ Mobilize for Literacy Education” was launched by MoE’ s Literacy Department with the support of  …

Growing insecurity and unemployment have laying down mix consequences among the Afghan youth as brain drain still on the card. The youth that have money or that have sold their properties, decided to migrate for the sake of a better future, despite the fact that such a future often comes …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two senior Taliban commanders and three civilians were killed in an operation conducted by Afghan Special Forces in Lalpora district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Sunday. The operation was kicked off in Beli area of the district on Saturday night, Ghalib Mujahid, the district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Police have arrested six suspects in murder case of the Ulema Council Chief for central Kapisa province, officials said on Sunday. Provincial governor spokesman, Qais Qaderi told Pajhwok Afghan News police made the arrests on Saturday after the assassination of Maulvi Gul Ahmad Hanifyar. He said three …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least two individuals, involved in a deadly clash in Kabul city have been taken into custody by the Afghan security forces, security officials said on Sunday. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officials in the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said the incident was happened in the vicinity …