KABUL: Another 18 female students have been hospitalized after falling ill in the Panjab district of central Bamyan province, an official said. The students belonged to the Akhzarart Girls School and were being treated at the district’s hospital. Abu Zar Mutaqi, the Panjab hospital’s director, told Pajhwok Afghan News four …
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KABUL: Taliban militants fired a rocket into the Bagram airfield, leaving one American civilian dead, NATO said on Wednesday. The allies’ Resolute Support (RS) media office said that militants had attacked the airfield with rockets two days ago, that left one American civilian seriously wounded. The source said that the …
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AT-KABUL: The Taliban militants have kidnapped four civilians in Gailan district of Ghazni province the other day, said an official. The Deputy Governor of the province, Muhammad Ali Ahmadi, said two women and a child were travelling to Ghazni city when they were stopped by the Taliban. The Taliban militants …
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AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, stressed that water should be utilized as a source of friendship and economic integration. Addressing the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015 Conference in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan, Abdullah said that Afghanistan is in a unique …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Minister of Public Health on Tuesday said that new law binding the rich people to pay for modern healthcare services in the state-run hospitals would be implemented next year. Talking to Afghanistan Times, Ferozuddin Feroz said that a specific mechanism would be carved out to determine …
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AT-KABUL: At least 31 armed Taliban fighters were killed and 18 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
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AT-KABUL: Minister of Mines and Petroleum (MoP) Dawood Shah Saba on Monday said that the Islamic State has fixed eyes on the Afghan natural resources. Briefing members of the Wolesi Jirga, the minister said that insecurity was a major problem preventing the government from cashing the country’s natural riches. …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs of Ministry of Culture and Information (MoIC) on Monday said that young Afghans are misused in political process in the country and denied leadership role. Speaking at a press conference here, Timor Shah Eshaqzai said that although youth progressed in different fields, …
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By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Minister of Public Health, Firozuddin Firoz, on Monday said the ministry has failed to spend part of its development budget in past five months due to lack of capacity and human resources, and that this issue has affected healthcare services in the country. Firoz said that they …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Monday expressed concerns over secret peace talks with the Taliban, and termed the closed-door-negotiations fruitless. The MPs said that talks between the Taliban and Afghan officials would end nowhere as Afghan security forces were rendering sacrifices without any pause. Monawar …
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