KABUL (PAN): Winding up a day-long summit in Istanbul city of Turkey, religious scholars from member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have asked the United Nations and regional countries to help end war in Afghanistan.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The 92nd anniversary of the Afghan - Turkish Alliance Treaty was marked as Friendship Day in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of northern Balkh, on Tuesday
KABUL (PAN): A media advocacy group on Sunday asked the government to take urgent measures to quell growing violence against journalists, saying 31 cases had taken place over the last two months.
JALALABAD (PAN): The dome and other portions of the grave of Shah Faizullah Agha, thought to be the first Hindu who converted to Islam in eastern Nangahar province, is on the verge of destruction, officials said on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan Ulema Council (AUC) and some analysts on Saturday lashed out at recent comments of a top Pakistani religious scholar who called suicide attacks permissible in the war-devastated country.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Young Afghan boys, Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz, received a hero’s welcome at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department on their arrival from Los Angele, where they attended the Oscar award ceremony.
QALAT (PAN): A senior information and culture official on Monday warned around 18 ancient sites, mostly shrines of saints, were on the verge of irreparable loss and destruction in southern Zabul province.
KABUL (PAN): Nearly 900 girls participated in an Islamic knowledge competition organised by the women’s wing of the Jamiat-i-Islah in Kabul on Friday, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): A rally of around 200 people, most of them women, on Thursday asked the government to take immediate steps to stem growing incidents of violence against women and girls in the country.
WASHINGTON (PAN): A visiting group of young Afghan musicians has completed its Washington-leg of the US tour, making a historic enthralling performance at a jam-packed prestigious Kennedy Center, besides entertaining audience at the Capitol Hill and the World Bank since arriving here on Sunday.
