AT-KABUL: At least 46 militants were killed and 18 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD)said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …
Read More »Four Taliban militants join reconciliation process in Badakhshan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Four Taliban insurgents joined the peace process in northeastern Badakhshan province and handed over their weapons to the Disarmament of Illegal Arms Groups (DIAG), an official said on Monday. Provincial Police Chief Maj. Gen. Abdul Khaleq Aqsai told Pajhwok Afghan News government doors continue to be opened …
Read More »Four dead, 14 wounded in Helmand traffic accident
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Four civilians died and 14 others injured after a bus collided with a truck in the Washer district of southern Helmand province on Monday morning, officials said. The district administer, Mohammad Saleem told Pajhwok Afghan News the traffic accident took place at around 9am on the Nimroz-Kabul …
Read More »OBOR provides economic opportunities for Afghanistan: Rana Think Tank
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Terming China’s One Belt One-Road (OBOR) initiative as an important economic and infrastructure development program for the region, political analysts and economists urged Afghan government to take full advantage of the mega regional project. In a monthly gathering of the Rana Think Tank, the analysts said that …
Read More »Some 10 million children to receive polio vaccination
AT-Kabul: Around 9.9 million children under the age of 5 will be vaccinated this week during the fourth round of polio National Immunization Days of this year. Around 5.9 million children aged 2-5 years will also be given Albendazole deworming tablets. Supported by WHO and UNICEF, the campaign will run from September 25 …
Read More »Solar power project inaugurated in Kandahar
AT-KABUL: The work of biggest ever solar electricity project inaugurated in southern Kandahar province on Sunday. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the electricity supply plant has started the work on a project to produce 10mw solar power in order to solve electricity shortage in Kandahar industrial parks, said DABS in …
Read More »Fair elections would improve security situations: Abdullah
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has said free, fair and credible electoral process in the country would result in strengthening the security situations across the country. The CEO said this during a meeting with representatives and experts of South Asian electoral bodies here in …
Read More »Kabul car bombing: Three civilians wounded
AT-KABUL: Three civilians were injured Sunday in a car bombing targeting a convoy of the NATO troops in Kabul city, Afghan and NATO officials said. “The incident took place in Police District 5, Char Rahi Qambar Kabul city at 11:3am,” said Najeeb Danish, deputy spokesman for the ministry of interior. …
Read More »Iran allows Afghan children to enroll in schools
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Iranian Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei said on his twitter account on Saturday evening that from now onward no Afghan children should be deprived of education in Iran—a country that barred Afghan children from going to school. Iran’s second and current Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei said all …
Read More »66 insurgents killed: NDS
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that 66 insurgents were killed and 52 others wounded during a series of operations its operatives conducted across the country in the past 24 hours. Afghan intelligence forces conducted seven special operations, seven airstrike and 12 joint operations in different …
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