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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AT-KABUL: Weapons made-in Iran have been seized from a house insouthern Ghazni province, and a suspect was detained in regard, securityofficials said Sunday. Ghazni Police Chief Brig. Gen Ghulam Dawood Tarakhel toldPajhwok Afghan News the weapons were confiscated from a house in the limits of3rd police district of Ghazni City, …
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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Following allegations of sexual and physical abuses of female footballers, the Attorney General Office (AGO) on Sunday suspended five members of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF), including its head Keramuddin Karim, in which it would help the office to probe the case without any nuisances. Their …
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Now entering the 18th year of crisis, humanitarian needs in Afghanistan show no signs of abating. A chaotic and unpredictable security situation, combined with a severe drought, have prompted an almost doubling in the number of people in need compared to this time last year, newly displacing more than 550,000 …
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AT-KABUL: Hundreds of religious scholars gathered Friday in the Maiwand district of the southern province of Kandahar to raise voice for peace, saying the warring parties needed to utilize the opportunities for peace. These clerics called on the sides of war to agree on a ceasefire. The religious scholars dismissed …
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AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) praises efforts made by the United States as well as some regional countries as a move “making us closer”. It also called the third visit of the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad to Russia “important” for accelerating peace efforts. “Moscow has …
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