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KABUL: Worsening security has forced about 35 schools in southern and volatile Paktika province to close for past years, adding to problems that children face in getting an education, officials said. Because of insecurity, Paktika education director Mehrabuddin Shafaq said, dozens of school remained closed in several districts for the past many …

KabuL: The Korean government has contributed a sum of $2.2 million to provide humanitarian relief to thousands of women and children displaced by severe droughts. According to a statementthe contribution will protect 21,000 families, more than half are children, from the harsh winter season.  “Years of conflict, displacement and growing …

KabuL: More than 79 militants have been killed and over 24 of them woundedin raids across the country, military authorities said on Sunday. Ministry of Defense released a statement which said that ANDSF and Afghan Air Force conducted raids in Nangarhar, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Paktika, Uruzgan, Kandahar, Zabul, Farah, Badghis, …

KABUL: The fate of the newfemale mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of Maidan Wardak province, has remained uncertain as she is barred from taking office since her appointment five months ago. Appointed as the mayor of Maidan Shahr city about five months ago, Zarifa Ghafari was supposed to assume …

KABUL: A former aide to the erstwhile president has said that settling the conflict and restoring peace must come before holding elections in bid to stop the unstoppable bloodshed. Shahzada Masoud said that the need for restoration of peace to end bloodshed is more impotent than holding of elections for people in …

KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of the Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic Party) rejected President Ghani’s offer to be included as a member of the newly formed consultation board for peace talks with Taliban, saying the board should be made by political parties. President Ashraf Ghani announced this week the 27-member consultative board which …

KABUL: More than 16 civilians, including women and children, were killed in an overnight airstrike targeting a Taliban insurgent in eastern Kunar province on Friday, officials said. The airstrike launched by Afghan security forces in Shaltan district of Kunar province, the governor spokesman Abdul Ghani Mosamem said, killed 38 Taliban …

KABUL: Fifteen suspects have been identified in an official probe into sexual assault allegations on women footballers, says Attorney General’s Office, a claim which wreaked havoc in the football federation and prompted FIFA to suspend its activities. “The government attaches importance to the allegations of sex abuse in the football …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock(MAIL) said that saffron yield has increased by 22 percent this year. Spokesman for MAIL, Akbar Rustami said that this year 31,220 acres of land has been cultivated saffron in 33 provinces, in which produced around 13 tons. He said that saffron products …

AT-KABUL: More than 75 women members of Provincial PeaceCouncils (PPCs) met in Kabul on Wednesday to plot a strategy to advocate forthe interests of women in the peace process. Over 120 Promote Musharikat “Women in Peace” Coalition activists and influential religious leaders joined the conversation to review how women will …