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KABUL: Four suspected terrorists have been killed in a raid on a health clinic run by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) in central Maidan Wardak province, residents said on Thursday. The health facility in the Tangi Saidan area of Daimirdad district came under attack last night, an inhabitant said News …

AT-KABUL: A former adviser to the president Shahzada Masoud called convening of traditional Loya Jirga as the only way to solve current crisis in the country. “The national unity government was engaged in small periphery aspects instead of addressing national issues, and failed to gain enough as people expected in …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: To fight the deadly disease of polio in Afghanistan, Japan government on Wednesday pledged $15.6 million to help in the eradication of the polio and prevent the spread of other vaccine-preventable diseases. The donation would support the UNICEF efforts to provide live-saving vaccine drops for polio eradication …

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Etisalat Afghanistan telecommunication company announced Wednesday that its customers’ number has increased to five million since 2007. Chief Executive of the company Salah Zerguerras told media that it was committed to connect all Afghans to the world through telecommunication services. He pointed out that Etisalat was …

AT-KABUL:  Taliban fighters have added scores of children to their ranks since mid-2015 in violation of the international prohibition on the use of child soldiers, Human Rights Watch HRW said on Wednesday. New Human Rights Watch research says that the Taliban have been training and deploying children for various military operations …

AT-KABUL: Khost Governor Hukam Khan Habibi on Tuesday lauded the Afghan security forces for their indefatigable efforts to down insurgent activities in the province. Briefing provincial newsmen, he talked about recent offensive conducted against insurgents in the province. “Weapons were seized and some Taliban insurgents were arrested in the operation,” …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghani Red Crescent Society is to send 82 children suffering from broken-bone disease to Germany’s Peace Village Hospital for treatment, an official for the society said Tuesday. “These children will be treated there (Germany) because their treatment were impossible inside Afghanistan,” said Mohammad Taib Yousufzai, from …

AT-KABUL: 110 prisoners including women were freed based on the decree of president from prison in western Herat province and 76 others’ imprisonment period reduced, officials said Tuesday. Abdullah Azizi, director of Herat prison told Pajwok Afghan News that by the decree of the president, these prisoners released. Azizi said that …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan government on Tuesday said that it had made enough efforts to ban recruitment of children in security forces, thus it seeks the removal of Afghan forces from the UN’s list of Shame. According to a 2010 report of Ms. Kara Korumi, UN Special Rapporteur, the Afghan …

Let mujhedeen defend their country, ex-jihaidi leader AT-KABUL: Former jihadi leader and member of Afghanistan’s Protection and Stability Council APSC, Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf called on the government to let mujahedeen join the Afghan security forces to defend national sovereignty and the people. He believes that lack of mujahedeen role …