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AT-KABUL: Tens of residents of Kokcha district of Takhar province staged protest on Thursday and asked the government to dismantle the militia force in the district as the local militiamen were harassing locals and are involved in crimes. Chanting slogan, “Death to illegal armed groups and local militia” the protestors …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that it will establish new health facilities in uncovered rural areas across the country. “Based on findings of 2015 health survey, despite some improvements in the health services, still the ministry faced some critical challenges,” Public Health Minister, Ferozuddin Feroz …

  AT-KABUL: Ambassadors from twenty regional countries and delegations from international organization have put their weights behind economic scheme of the Afghan government for Brussels Summit. They announced their support in a joint session on Wednesday, held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, told session that …

Notorious militant commander killed AT-KABUL: Notorious Taliban commander Mirza was killed in retaliation by the Afghan National Police (ANP) on late Tuesday in the volatile Ghazni province. According to a media statement issued by the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday here, the militant commander was killed along with his two …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-four militants were killed and 38 others 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) has conducted joint clearance operations …

AT-KABUL: Educational experts told the Rana Think Tank session on Monday that the government must work for a unified and updated curriculum in order to boost up education quality across the country. The think-tank participants believed that students use handwritten old notes to learn lessons, because printed textbooks are not …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai says that Afghanistan is the joint home for every Afghan and nobody was allowed to hurt the unity and solidarity of Afghan people. Karzai’s office reported that he said these words in a meeting with a number of the youth and civil society activists from …

AT-KABUL: Three suicide bombers were killed by their handmade explosive device in the Bagram district of Parwan province, officials confirmed Tuesday. District police chief Ahmad Khan Ahmadzai told media that these three suicide bombers attempted to target one of the important institutions in Parwan province. He added that the terrorists …

AT-KABUL: Sixty-eight Taliban fighters were killed and 36 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, officials said. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense said that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and National Directorate of Security (NDS) conducted operations against …

AT-KABUL: A senior official in the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation was arrested on the charge of receiving 800,000 Afghanis bribe from a person, a security official said Tuesday. Ministry of Interior in statement on Tuesday said that the criminal investigation police in cooperation with judiciary organs arrested Mohammad Mahdi, …