Ahmad Shah Erfanyar
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KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said preventing violence against women was a shared responsibility of the government, ulema and civil society activists, urging all to discharge their Islamic and moral duty in this regard.... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Saturday said more than 41,000 projects benefiting 12.4 million rural population have been executed in the country during the past three years.
Briefing reporters... read more
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday said security forces killed 12 militants and injured another 13 during the past 24 hours.
A MoD statement said joint military operations were carried out in Nangarhar, Kapsia, Paktia,... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said the death toll from Friday’s group suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in Kabul has reached 28, with another 50 wounded.
A group of suicide bombers stormed the Imam Zaman Mosque in... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Civil society activists say the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)’s affairs should be run in line with the rules and regulations of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Last year, President Ashraf Ghani though separate decrees... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of a gathering in Kabul on Tuesday termed insecurity, old traditions and lack of financial resources as big challenges women faced in the country.
The gathering, an initiative of Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, presidential... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): American officials on Tuesday asked the Afghan government not to come under political pressure in investigating allegations against first vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum.
The VP is accused of ordering sexual and physical abuse... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Government officials and civil society activists on Thursday paid tribute to security for maintaining security during Eid holidays across the country.
A gathering aimed at honouring the security forces was attended by Information... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani, stressing transparency in recruitment process in public sector organizations, on Wednesday issued a decree asking all government institutions to fill their vacancies.
President Ghani, who spoke on the... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) head Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Friday denounced Wednesday’s devastating attack in Kabul as a dastardly act of foreign agents.
Addressing a gathering of women in Kabul, the former prime minister said... read more