KABUL (PAN): The first hajj flight taking 230 pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for this year’s pilgrimage is scheduled to take off from the Kabul International Airport at 4am on Wednesday, an official said on Tuesday.
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Hundreds of university students in northern Kunduz province on Tuesday staged a rally against a profane movie insulting Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (PBUH).
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Journalists in northern Balkh province on Monday accused the Ministry of Information and Culture of trying to censor some media outlets. They also expressed grief over the death of five colleagues in a road tragedy in southern Ghazni province.
KABUL (PAN): Prominent Afghan women activists and rights defenders on Monday joined the UN mission to commemorate the “Global Open Day on Women, Peace and Security” in Kabul.
KABUL (PAN): The 11th death anniversary of national hero Ahmad Shah Massoud was observed with the laying of a floral wreath on his monument in Kabul on Saturday, officials said.
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Local officials have asked Uzbek warlord Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum to hand over the five historical objects kept at his guest house in Shiberghan, the provincial capital, to the government.
LASHKARGAH (PAN): Journalists in southern Helmand province on Wednesday denounced as baseless recent remarks by a lawmaker who accused them of hiding facts.
