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KABUL: After a 30-hour closure due to heavy snowfall, the vital Salang Highway has been reopened to traffic, officials in central Parwan province said on Sunday. Lt. Gen. Mohammad Rajab, the highway maintenance head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the highway was reopened after hectic efforts at around 5:00 pm. Snowfall, …

Eight members of a single family have died due to the collapse of the roof of a room in their house in eastern Nangarhar province. Officials say that the incident took place in Wali Sar area of Shirzad District last night. Malim Mashoq, Governor of Shirzad District says that the …

Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing Afghan Air Force pilot in nation’s history, on Friday was presented with the prestigious International Women of Courage award for the year 2015. Rahmani along with nine others from various parts of the world, including Tabassum Adnan, founder, Khwendo Jirga from Swat, received …

AT-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai urged the people of Afghanistan to support the government of national unity. Talking to a gathering, organized on the occasion of the 20th death anniversary of the founder of Wahdat-e-Mili party Abdul Ali Mazari, Hamid Karzai on Friday said that floods and avalanches killed hundreds …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The civil society activist voiced concerns over presence of foreign advisors in electoral bodies. Afghanistan’s Civil Society Network (ACSN), Jandad Spinghar, said that presence of the foreign advisors in electoral bodies could pave the ground for fraud and ragging in the future elections. Spinghar in an interview …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Second Lieutenant Nilofar Rahmani, 21, the first Afghan female pilot in the history of Afghanistan, has been selected to receive the International Women of Courage Award 2015. Rahmani was trained by American Air Force instructors and received his certificate after graduating from Shindand Air Base in 2013. …

KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Wednesday said that power transmission lines would be repaired on temporary basis to supply 170MW of electricity to Kabul City. Pylons and electricity transmission lines importing power from the neighboring Uzbekistan were damaged at Salang due to recent avalanches and heavy snowfall. The …

AT-KABUL: At least 29 armed Taliban militants were killed and 18 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) has conducted …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi: KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani has directed Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to finalize list of all those diplomats who were hired on nepotism and favoritism basis instead of following proper recruitment procedure outlined by the law. Addressing a seminar in connection with the International Women’s Day (observed …

There is a potential threat that ISIL can establish a credible presence in Afghanistan, a top American commander told lawmakers on Wednesday, adding that the US remain cognizant of this latent danger. “For now, we assess that there is a potential threat that ISIL can establish a credible presence in …