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GHAZNI - Sick women and children continue to face medical crisis due to shortage of female doctors in Ghazni province, forcing authorities to refer patients to hospitals in the city, the local Roz News Agency reported. Due to…

PAKTYA - Hundreds of kilograms of drugs and weapons were seized by Afghan security forces during an operation in Paktya province, local officials said on Sunday. Local Roz News Agency reported that the narcotics, including…

HELMAND - Helmand Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Ilham told a press conference yesterday that the number of civilian casualties, caused by IEDs and roadside bombs planted by the Taliban, has reached to 81 dead and 110 injured in…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance and the World Bank (WB) signed yesterday for a US$ 125 million grant from the WB’s International Development Association (IDA) to finance improvement and maintenance of rural roads…

KANDAHAR - The security responsibility of three districts of Kandahar Province – Dand, Daman and Arghandab – and Kandahar City were handed over from international forces to Afghan forces last week. Addressing a handover…

KANDAHAR - The head of Kandahar Transport Department, Najibullah Ahmadi, told local media that together with Kandahar Governor's office, they are working to start bus service between Kandahar and Quetta city of Pakistan soon…

KABUL - The representative of World Health Organization in Helmand, Doctor Mohammad Omar Wardak, said that six polio cases have been detected in Helmand province in the first half of this year. Three of these cases are in…

BAMYAN - Members of the Women Shura in the capital Nili city of Dai Kundi province will have funding support from the United Nations when they embark on their livelihood project soon. During a comprehensive meeting with staff…

GHAZNI - The Ministry of Information and Culture Affairs inaugurated reconstruction work of more than 12 historical monuments in Ghazni City, the capital of Ghazni province. During his visit to the Ghazni province, Deputy…

GHAZNI - Officials in the Ministry of Information and Culture Affairs say they are continuing their efforts to repair the historical monuments of Ghazni before 2013, as the city has been named the capital of Islamic…

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has said he expects $4 billion in funding for civilian assistance at the International Conference in Tokyo in two weeks. The pledges would back the Government’s National Priority Programmes…

KABUL - Already doubling their population in the past decade, the number of elderly residents in Afghanistan is set to grow sharply posing unique contributions and challenges to the country’s social services. The Afghan…