By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Civil Society Joint Working Group (CSJWG) on Sunday strongly condemned killing of innocent civilians in northern Kunduz province during the US air strike, calling on the government to bring the perpetrators to justice. The bombardment was said targeted Taliban in Boze Kandahari area of Kuduz on …
Read More »Armed men abduct Australian citizen in Kabul
AT-KABUL: Armed men abducted a Pakistani-Australian woman late Saturday in Kabul, police said Sunday. A Pakistani native Australian woman was kidnapped by armed men in the Qala-e-Fathullah area of Kabul yesterday late evening, said Kabul Police Spokesman Basir Mujahid. He said that the kidnapped woman was working for the Agency …
Read More »Five die in Kabul traffic accident
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least five people dies and two others received injuries in a traffic accident in the Shakardara district of Kabul province, an official said on Sunday. An official of Kabul department of traffic police, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a truck was …
Read More »Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai denounces deadly NATO airstrikes
KABUL — Hamid Karzai, the former Afghan president, was in high dudgeon Friday morning. His children were playing hide-and-seek on the lawn outside his book-lined study, and a waiter had brought in trays of tea and cakes, but his mind was on a deadly NATO airstrike that killed 30 civilians …
Read More »Editorial: Budding evil
Afghan security officials and commanders of the US-led foreign forces in the country claimed restricting Daesh, also known as the Islamic State, to a few districts whenever the terrorist group launched large-scale attack. All security eyes are fixed on Nangarhar as the eastern province is considered to be the birthplace …
Read More »Top al-Qaeda leader killed in Kunar: Pentagon
AT-KABUL: The United Stated military confirmed that the US airstrike killed Al Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Kunar province last month, in a major blow to the group as it seeks to re-establish safe havens in the country. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the assault that killed Farouq al-Qahtani as a …
Read More »Ulama vow to support anti-polio drive
AT-Kabul: Over 80 Ulama (Islamic scholars) in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday expressed support for the polio eradication program. “It is not only the responsibility of the government to eradicate polio from Afghanistan but we are all responsible and must cooperate in eradicating this devastating disease and paying attention to …
Read More »Security officials blame Taliban for civilian casualties in Kunduz
By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: Members of families of the Taliban commanders were among dozens of civilians killed in a US airstrike carried out Thursday in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghan and US officials said. At least 30 civilians, including women, children and baby kids were killed and dozens wounded in …
Read More »MoPH urges health centers to deliver high quality services
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday urged the health centers to focus on better healthcare services with lower prices in a bid to satisfy patients across the country. “Health centers must struggle to provide better healthcare services with lower cost to gratify patients and ensure their …
Read More »Daesh kidnaps six civilians in Ghor
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Six civilians were kidnapped by the Daesh terrorists in northwestern province of Ghor, local officials said Saturday, days after 33 civilians were killed after being abducted by the terrorist group in this province. “Daesh fighters broke-in to the villages of Narkoh and Badkoh in northeastern areas of …
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