AT-Kabul: The Ministry of Public Health, in joint venture with the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch the second spring round of National Immunization Days (NIDs) for polio eradication in 2017 today, the ministry said in a statement. More than …
Read More »27 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 27 militants were killed and 20 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 …
Read More »1,000 youth to enjoy vocational trainings
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on Sunday signed an agreement with Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute to provide vocational trainings to 1,000 youth in Kabul, Helmand and Laghman provinces. The project will last one year with an expense of 70 million Afs. “Running of this training program aimed to …
Read More »Key Taliban commanders killed in Samangan
AT-KABUL: The Interior Ministry (MoI) in a statement on Sunday said that Taliban’s shadow deputy governor and shadow district governor, including six other militants have been killed in an operations conducted by the Afghan Special Forces in Samanagan province on Saturday. The statement added that the Taliban’s shadow deputy governor …
Read More »‘50 schoolgirls poisoned in Kabul’
AT Monitoring Desk Report-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) on Sunday has said that 50 schoolgirls have been poisoned in the third education district of the capital Kabul. The ministry spokesperson, Muhammad Kabir Haqmal told Pajhwok Afghan News, the students were affected from toxic substance during an event, ‘Supporting Education …
Read More »40 insurgents killed in raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 40 militants were killed and 43 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) …
Read More »Three civilian martyred in Kabul blast
AT News Report-KABUL: Three civilians were martyred in bomb blast took place Saturday in Kabul city, police said. “Three civilians including two women and a child were killed after a magnetic bomb attached to a vehicle went off in the Police District 9,” said Salem Almas, head of investigation department …
Read More »Parliamentarians criticize procurement committee for projects delay
Over 2000 projects heaped up in National Procurement Committee By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of Parliament expressed deepest concerns over heaping up of projects in procurement committee and asked government to take measure for solution. “Based on reports, 2,291 projects have been heaped up by …
Read More »Kunduz-Takhar highway cleared of militants
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: According to the spokesperson in Kunduz, security forces have been succeeded in clearance of Kunduz-Takhar highway on Friday, Tolonews reported. The Kunduz-Takhar highway has been cleared of Taliban insurgents, following heavy clashes between the Afghan security forces and militants during the past eight days. Mahfoozullah Akbari, spokesperson …
Read More »Political interference, mismanagement is key factor behind crisis
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A large number of Jihadi leaders in a gathering titled “assessment of current situation of the country” on Thursday criticized the National Unity Government’s over its failure in the past two years. They termed mismanagement, political interference in security organs, dividing of organs based on party and …
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