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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The government should provide us with weapons when it failed to ensure our safety, residents of northern Sar-i-Pul province said on Wednesday. They accused the provincial authorities of negligence. A local elder, Sayed Habib Rastgar, told journalists that concerned official had been failed to protect lives and …
Read More »Violence against women: Arezo heals after two years of medical treatment
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After failed attempt of suicide, the 14-year-old girl Arezo had successfully undergone four surgical operations and was in stable condition, doctor said on Wednesday. “Arezo broke her bones and was at critical condition when brought to the hospital,” Dr. Mohammad Nasir Habib said. It took two years …
Read More »Cabinet picks: WJ denies receiving list
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the parliament on Wednesday said that no list of the remaining cabinet was received so far. Secretary of WJ, Urfanullah Urfan, told reporters that he has not received any new list of the remaining cabinet picks from the government …
Read More »Maternal health top priority: MoPH
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that maternal health is top priority based on the ministry’s strategic program. Addressing a seminar in connection with the International Women’s Day, the minister for public health Ferozuddin Feroz said that despite progress made in the past decade, women are still …
Read More »Power restoration to Kabul in three days: DABS
By Akhtar M. Nikad-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the state-owned electricity supplying company, said that 90MW electricity was restored and work is underway at Salang to repair the remaining transmission lines within next three days. General Director of DABS, Abdul Razaq Samadi, in a press conference on Wednesday said …
Read More »25 insurgents killed in operations
AT-KABUL: At least 25 armed insurgents were killed and 21 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here the Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in joint anti-state operations with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security …
Read More »Parliamentary polls could be delayed, hints IEC chief
KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief on Wednesday hinted at possible a delay in the parliamentary polls, scheduled for late April. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, IEC Chairman Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani blamed the delay on the government’s weak will to arrange the required funds. On the …
Read More »Suicide blast kills eight people in Helmand
AT-KABUL: At least eight people have been killed and 23 others wounded in a suicide blast in southern Helmand province, said an official source. Omar Zwak, spokesman for Helmand governor office, said that the incident took place on Tuesday evening when a suicide car-bomber detonated his explosives near a police …
Read More »Trilateral meeting on Afghan refugees in Pak today
Balkhi, Aziz confer on Afghan refugees’ voluntary repatriation AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: In an attempt to take into account the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, a trilateral meeting among Afghan delegation, high-ranking Pakistani officials and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would be held in Pakistan today (Wednesday). …
Read More »IEC eyes appointing more women employees in upcoming polls
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Concerning about women challenges before women in far-flung areas in upcoming parliamentary polls, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said that further facilities and employment opportunities would be provided for women to overcome the problems in next election. The IEC chairman, Yusuf Nuristani, said that they …
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