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 …
Read More »Karzai: nobody can hurt Afghans’ unity
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 …
Read More »Three suicide bombers killed by own bomb
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 …
Read More »68 insurgents killed in operations
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 …
Read More »Senior govt official arrested for graft
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, …
Read More »MAIL to execute 12 agriculture projects in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) on Monday said that it will implement 12 agriculture and livestock projects in Kabul. “The projects would be implemented in Kabul, and its 14 districts at a total cost of 24 million Afs, funded by ministry development project,” Agriculture Minister Assadullah …
Read More »Polio prevention center to be built in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The foundation stone of a new building for urgent operative center to eliminate infectious polio disease was laid down in a ceremony in capital Kabul on Monday, health officials said. The center is going to be built in enclosure of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Hospital in 400 square meter …
Read More »Kabul Municipality starts demolishing of illegal constructions
AT-KABUL: The Kabul Municipality on Monday started demolishing of illegal and unapproved construction in the 11 jurisdictions of Kabul city. In a statement issued here, Kabul Municipality said that with cooperation of Kabul police, the municipality started destruction of illegal buildings in the areas relevant to eleven jurisdictions. Several newly …
Read More »Daesh militants deployed to Northern provinces: Wolesi Jirga
AT-KABUL: First Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament Abdul Zahir Qadir said that due to government negligence, Daesh militants have been deployed in northern Badakhshan province. “If the government further remains inattentive, the militants start targeting people,” Qadir said. Speaking at the plenary session of the …
Read More »Daesh fighters operating under ISI command in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: Majority of fighters loyal to Daesh militants operating in Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province are Pakistani nationals and receiving command from Pakistan’s Intelligence Service (ISI), provincial officials said. Documents recovered from Daesh insurgents revealed they had come from Pakistan to fight under the Name of Islamic State terrorist …
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