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AT-KABUL: In protest to the education ministry’s decision to omit 11th, 12th degrees in a number of Bagrami district high schools, hundreds of people staged demonstration. The ministry of education says the decision has been taken due to dozens of problems such as lack of professional teachers, text books and …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that an ammunition cache of the Haqqani terrorist network was discovered and confiscated in Kabul. In a statement the NDS said that its operatives managed to discover and confiscate an ammunition cache belonged to the Haqqani terrorist network in Tarakhil …

AT-KABUL: The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) agency, a body monitoring the Central Asia’s investments, granted the best investment award for 2015 to the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA). The AIM is launched by United Arab Emirates every year with the aim to improve investment ties and discussion over trade issues …

AT-KABUL: Eighteen Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others wounded in different operations in the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday. In a press release, the defense ministry said that the Afghan National Army with the collaboration of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security conducted operations …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL:  The Lower House of parliament on Monday strongly criticized US Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks, asking Washington to refrain political interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. In his Saturday’s visit to Kabul, Kerry highlighted that the agreement which the National Unity Government signed by Ashraf Ghani …

AT-KABUL: The Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF) on Monday said that nine drug runners including a woman were arrested in different operations last week in the country. “Nine smugglers were apprehended by the counter-narcotics police through different crackdowns in Kabul, Farah and Nangarhar provinces,” the CJTF said in a statement. …

AT-KABUL: Two personnel of the Ministry of Education were killed and seven others wounded while their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in a district of Kabul province Monday morning, security officials said. A bus carrying staff of the Ministry of Education struck by a roadside bomb in Kamari area of …

AT-KABUL: At least 26 houses were completely damaged when a Sunday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit parts of the country. “Twenty-one houses in Takhar, three in Badakhshan and two houses in Panjshir provinces were completely damaged in the earthquake,” Omar Mohammadi, spokesperson for the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian …

AT-KABUL: At least eight people were killed and over 40 others including women and children injured in a deadly traffic accident on the Kabul-Nimroz highway in southern Helmand province on Monday, a provincial official said. “A bus carrying passengers overturned on Kabul-Nimroz highway this morning in the Washer district,” provincial …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Focus Development Organization, a watchdog, released a report on Monday saying that 52.34 percent voters had negative perception regarding elections. Over fifty percent of respondents said that they would not cast their ballots in the coming parliamentary election. The survey has been conducted in the past six …