AT-KABUL: Second chopper of the Afghan National Army (ANA) hascrashed in southern Kandahar province within two days, this time injuring acrew chief, official said Tuesday. Two days ago, at least five people received injures when a helicopter belongs to (ANA) crashed in the same province ‘Kandahar’. This comes as according …
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AT-KABUL: Six Afghan National Police (ANA) embraced martyrdomand 10 Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash erupted between them inwestern Herat province, official said Tuesday. Abdul Ahad Walizada, Herat police spokesman told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants stormed a public order police post in Zaman Abad ara of Pashtoon …
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AT-KABUL: Marking International Human Rights Day, the UNAssistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) underscores the enduring importanceof the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 70th anniversary and renewsits call to protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms inAfghanistan. The United Nations welcomes Afghanistan’s human rights achievements, including the work …
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AT-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said that Afghangovernment is firm to uproot corruption, and reiterated commitments regardinganti-corruption agenda made in Geneva Conference while observing InternationalAnti-Corruption Day. President Ghani said, despite persistence of the corrupt and immense pushback, the government is making inroads in eradicating corruption from the government. He said …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in a joint venturewith its health partners started the subsidiary round of anti-polio campaign in10 provinces started from today (Monday). The campaign started and will be continued till coming Friday, which trough Kandahar, Urzgan, Helmand, Khost, Paktika, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Jawzjan provinces will …
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AT-KABUL: At least 10 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiersembraced martyrdom after the Taliban insurgents attacked their checkpoints insoutheastern Khost province, an official said Monday. Deputy police chief Col. Syed Ahammad Babazai told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants stormed an ANA check-post in Yaqoob Sabri district late on Sunday night. He …
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AT-KABUL: At least five people received injures when ahelicopter belongs to the Afghan National Army (ANA) crashed in southernKandahar province, officials said Monday. “It took place at the airfield during a training mission on Sunday night,” said Lt. Col. Khwaja Yahya Alwi, spokesman for the 205th Atal Military Corps. He …
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AT-KABUL: The U.S. government’s Promote: Women in Government(WIG) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)observed the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence yesterday at anevent hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign from November 25 …
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It is a great pleasure to be here. First of all, please allow me to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. Davood Moradian and his team from the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies(AISS) for inviting me to attend this Dialogue and also for their thoughtful arrangements. The Herat Security Dialogue …
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AT-KABUL: Corruption remains central to many of Afghanistan’schallenges, says Integrity Watch Afghanistan’s national corruption survey 2018,asking the government to focus on long term anti-graft efforts. The survey released on Saturday has found some slight progress since in Afghanistan’s general situation since 2016, with limited room for optimism. In the 2018 …
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