KABUL (PAN): A notorious Taliban leader named Hamid Gul was killed during a joint Afghan-coalition security operation in the Chahar Darah district of northern Kunduz province on Thursday, the alliance said on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): In an open letter, 270 noted poets from 88 countries have asked world leaders, including US president Barack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to take steps to ensure the Hazara minority community in Pakistan and Afghanistan was no longer subjected to genocidal acts.
FAIZABAD (PAN): An overnight massive landslide destroyed at least 20 homes, leaving as many residents injured in the Yawan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Tuesday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): At least 20 shops were completely gutted after a fire broke out at a marketplace in the provincial capital of northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday, causing massive losses to traders, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Human rights situation in Afghanistan remained poor, with deterioration in some areas, amid growing concerns for the future, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its World Report 2013.
KABUL (PAN): US Ambassador James B. Cunningham on Thursday said the US-funded international center for Afghan women’s economic development would be open this spring.
KABUL (PAN): US Ambassador James B. Cunningham on Thursday said the US-funded international center for Afghan women’s economic development would be open this spring.
KABUL (PAN): The State Department on Tuesday warned US citizens against travel to Afghanistan, saying security threat to Americans in that country remains critical.
KABUL (PAN): An education official and three rebels were killed and three others injured in separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country, officials said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): Thirty-three insurgents were killed in airstrikes in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal badlands near the Afghanistan border, a media report said on Tuesday.
