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KANDAHAR - Five prison blocks that are reserved for juveniles were inaugurated at the Kandahar central prison. The blocks were opened yesterday by Kandahar's Deputy Governor, Abdul Qayoum Patyal. “The new blocks for the…

PAKTYA - The Ministry of Agriculture began distributing wheat to vulnerable families in Gardez. According to Khuram Din Mayar, the financial and and administrative director for the governor’s office, said that nearly 3500…

PAKTYA - 17 anti-government forces from various districts of Paktika province who were involved in subversive activities joined the government backed peace and reconciliation process, said provincial officials. A statement…

KANDAHAR - Security forces in Kandahar seized about 4,000 Kg of ammonium nitrate. The ingredients for explosives were found at a home in the village of Mizra Mohammad Khan village. Security forces found the material after…

KANDAHAR - A charity organization has started distributing assistance to around 2500 needy families in Kandahar city, Dand, Daman, Arghandab and Panjwai districts. The Deputy of the charity organization, Mr Fazal Rahman, says…

Later today, when he faces a Hungarian athlete in the Judo competition, Ajmal Faizzada, 25, will become the first Afghan athlete to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. This year Afghanistan has sent six athletes to the games…

KANDAHAR - The people of Kandahar, particularly Ulemas, have strongly condemned the fighting tactics of the insurgents, in which they use public properties to reach their goals and cause huge casualties to innocent civilians…

KABUL - Social media is becoming an intrinsic part of urban life in Afghanistan and Afghan youth are increasingly using social websites and weblogs on the internet for wider communications and debates on all kinds of social…

About 27,000 health workers, volunteers and community mobilizers fanned out across 16 provinces of Afghanistan over the past two weeks in a drive to eradicate measles and polio from the country under a UN-supported Government…

KABUL - Last week, 214 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in 48 separate incidents in Afghanistan. Anti-government elements were responsible for 98 per cent of these civilian casualties. Two gruesome suicide attacks…

KABUL - As Afghanistan’s donors pledged US$ 16 billion for the country’s economic and development needs at an international conference in Tokyo today, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon also assured Afghanistan…

KABUL - Michael Keating, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, said the international support to the Afghan security forces post-2014 should be matched by “generous level of funding” in…