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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) intends to increase the amount of return grant for the returning Afghan families with cooperation of the international donors. The minister of refugees Sayed Husain Aelemi Balkhi told the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Monday that increasing the aid package for …

AT-KABUL: Kabul Police on Monday said that 15 suspected criminals were arrested in Kabul province within past 24 hours. In a press statement issued here the Kabul Police said the arrested persons were accused of murder, kidnapping and robbery. The suspects were held in 10th, 12th and 13th police jurisdictions …

AT-KABUL: As many as 58 armed militants were killed and 23 others injured in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here the Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) has …

GHAZNI: Two women were killed and four others, including a newly born baby, wounded in a roadside bombing in the Taliban-infested Andar district of southern Ghazni province, an official said on Monday. Shafiq Nang, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the victims were members of a family returning home …

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is likely to travel to New Delhi in early April on his first official trip to India, at a time when Afghan peace efforts are regaining momentum. Ghani, who met Prime Minister Modi at the SAARC summit in Kathmandu in November, would visit Delhi during the …

KABUL: More than 13,160 foreign troops from 40 countries are currently training Afghan security forces as part of NATO’s Resolute Support mission, officials said on Monday. Additionally, another 3,161 American service-members are conducting counter-terrorism operations in different parts of Afghanistan, one US Army official told Pajhwok Afghan News. Under new …

AT-KABUL: Jihdi leader Ustad Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf on Sunday said that no one can throw away Mujahedeen from political scene. Talking on the occasion of 36th anniversary of uprising of the people of Heart province against the Soviet Union, Ustad Sayyaf said that  some group of people are con …

AT-KABUL: Attorneys came hard on the government for its decision about asking them to take a talent test to prove their capabilities. Presidential Palace recently urged some 300 staffers of the Attorney General Office (AGO) to take a test to prove their qualification. Tens of attorneys staged a protest demonstration …

AT-KABUL: A commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been killed along with nine other fighters of the terrorist organization in southern Helmand province, said the Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday. General Zahir Azimi, spokesman for the MoD, tweeted that a commander of ISIS, Hafiz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  General Syed Abdul Karim said that a well-equipped special unit of the Afghan National Army (ANA) had been deployed to Kunduz province for nighttime raids in the northern zone. “Kunduz, Baghlan, Takhar and Badakhshan are those provinces where the newly deployed troops would conduct night raids,” Karim …