KABUL CITY (PAN): The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) plans to distribute food items to 2,000 flood affected families across the country and another 20,000 victims would receive non-food items, an official said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Thursday said based on the decision of the National Security Council (NSC), the 20th anniversary of Mujahideens’ Victory Day -- which marks Soviet occupation troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan -- would be celebrated in a simple ceremony.
KABUL (PAN): The attackers, who targeted several government institutions and foreign embassies in Kabul, wore all-covering burqas to enter an under-construction building, eyewitnesses said on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): Afghan human rights activists staged a protest in central Kabul Province, on Saturday, demanding authorities to punish the killers of five women over the past month.
KABUL (PAN): As part of the second phase of transition, the security responsibility for the Sarobi district of central Kabul province was transferred to Afghan forces on Thursday, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan’s national cricket squad returned home on Saturday from the United Arab Emirates after qualifying for the T-twenty World Cup, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): A man was killed as a result of dispute over a pigeon in the Qala-i-Zaman Khan area of central Kabul province, an official said on Wednesday.
KABUL CITY (PAN): A defence ministry official on Tuesday dismissed as confusing media reports that nearly a dozen suicide bombers had been arrested close to the ministry’s building.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga (lower house of Parliament) on Monday failed due to a lack of quorum to approve a draft law on powers and responsibilities of the judiciary.
KABUL (PAN): Afghan National Army (ANA) Commando Unit will be equipped with hi-tech helicopters, fitted with night-vision scopes, to help it carry out difficult operations in the dark.
