AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Five sleeping security personnel have been killed by their fellow policeman in the Ghani Khelo district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Friday. District Chief Abdul Wahab told Pajhwok Afghan News the unpleasant incident was occurred in a check-post in the Marko Bazaar area on …
Read More »‘Running parliamentary, district council elections impossible this year’
AT-Kabul: The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) on Thursday said that nearly six months has passed since Independent Election Commission (IEC) officially kicked of their work, and yet meaningful, silence and confusions are dominating in electoral processes. In a statement, TEFA said that it’s quite obvious that elections is …
Read More »Editorial: Patch-up frail economy
Without doubt, the economy of Afghanistan has had significant improvement in the past 15 years due to the infusion of billions dollars in international assistance and investments, as well as from domestic incomes. The development is also due to dramatic improvements in agriculture production and the strong attention of the …
Read More »NATO leaders to mull more troops for Afghanistan
NATO will soon consider Gen. John Nicholson’s request for deploying a few thousand more troops to Afghanistan, says the supreme allied commander for Europe. NATO’s chiefs of defense met in Brussels on Wednesday to assess the alliance’s current and future work and to float recommendations for their nations’ political leaders, …
Read More »Revisiting Durand Line is only solution to win war on terror
By Sadiq Yousfi-KABUL: The Afghan masses and Baluch people living on both sides of the Durand Line have warmly welcomed the opinion piece by the Ryszard Czarnecki, Vice President of European Parliament (EP) that was published in EP titled, “Time to Revisit the Durand Line.” The Czarnecki has emphasized on …
Read More »TAPI awareness workshop soon in Kandahar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Public awareness workshop on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPA) gas pipeline project is planned to be kicked off by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Wednesday. The provincial governor spokesman, Samim Khpalwak told Pajhwk Afghan News that Eng. Abdul Rahman, social …
Read More »Editorial: The perils of corruption
There is a need of a strong and independent institution, free from political influence, with genuine capacity to prevent and prosecute corruption. To do so, the National Unity Government after years of discussion, inaugurated a center to fight corruption in the country. At the ceremony of inauguration of the Anti-Corruption …
Read More »87 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 87 militants were killed and 57 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 »Stinging attack on media: Six killed, 24 wounded in Nangarhar RTA attack
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least six people were killed and 24 others injured Wednesday after a group of armed insurgents attacked the state-run provincial Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA) stations in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said. “Four insurgents armed with weapons and explosives attacked the provincial radio and …
Read More »Confidence and self-belief Rashid’s strongest allies
There’s more mystery to Rashid Khan than just his bowling. He’s 18, making his foray into the T20 league of the biggest boys in cricket, and yet the self-confidence is unmissable. But initial jitters were bound to take him over, when he arrived with a hefty price tag and had …
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