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4 June

Bamyan as SAARC Cultural Capital: Official ceremony on Friday

AT-KABUL: Bamyan will be announced as the cultural capital of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) officially on Friday (today). To mark the event, officials from all SAARC member countries are taking part in the official ceremony going to be celebrated in Bamyan, today. Fakori Behishti, an MP from …

4 June

Teachers protest for increase in salary, residential plots

By Safiullah Amani-KABUL: Teachers in different parts of the country on Thursday urged the government to increase their salary and give them residential plots, as pledged by the education ministry. In Kabul City, teachers of the Habibia High School staged a peaceful protest demonstration. Later, in a press conference, they …

4 June

Female MPs in talks with Taliban reps in Norway

KABUL: Some Afghan female lawmakers and a member of the High Peace Council (HPC) on Wednesday began talks with Taliban representatives in Norway, a source said. An independent journalist based in the European nation, Ramish Arman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the talks kicked off on Wednesday behind closed doors in …

3 June

Study finds Afghanistan second worst country in rule of law

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A new study by a US-based non-profit organization reveals Afghanistan as the second worst country in rule of law after Venezuela among 102 countries. World Justice Project (WJP) which aims to advance rule of law around the world released the index on Tuesday which was prepared based …

3 June

Anti-corruption body slams nepotism in MoFA

AT-KABUL: An independent anti-corruption body on Wednesday said nepotism plays a critical role in getting a job as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee said in a report that favoritism and patronage often triumph over merit and ability in …

3 June

Watchdog urges govt to ensure aid workers’ safety

AT-KABUL: Amnesty International called on the government to ensure safety of aid workers and bring those responsible for killing of nine people, mostly humanitarian workers, in northern Balkh province to book. Unknown gunmen shot dead nine Afghan employees of a Cezch charity organization in an attack on a guesthouse in …

3 June

ISIS fighters decapitate 10 Taliban in Nangarhar

AT-KABUL: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have beheaded 10 Taliban militants in eastern Nangarhar province, said a local official on Wednesday. Muhammad Noman Hatefi, the spokesman for the 201st Selab Military Corps, said that the incident took place in Achin district of the province when a …

3 June

Taliban attacks govt buildings, checkpoints in Logar

AT-KABUL: Militants stormed several government buildings in central Logar province the other night, said local security officials. Logar police chief, Abdul Hakim Eshaqzai, said that insurgents launched attacks on Charkh and Kherwar districts’ administrative office buildings and a number of military checkpoints in Baraki Barak district and Pol-e-Alam, the capital …

3 June

MoPH vows to improve access to obstetric fistula care

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the Afghan Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the United Nations Population Fund vowed to expand capacity to treat women with obstetric fistula. Addressing a cermoney on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, the minister of public health Firozuddin Feroz …

3 June

Missing for 20 days: Girl found dead after in Panjshir

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The dead body of a 20-year-old girl was found in central Panjshir province on Wednesday, after she went missing from her home 20 days back. A security official said the girl was a resident of Dasht-e-Reyot locality. Shaikh Ahmad, 1st district police chief in Bazarak said after …