KUNDUZ CITY (PAN): Hundreds of doctors and health workers staged a hunger strike against non-payment of salaries over the past four months in northern Kunduz province on Saturday, officials said.
ASADABAD/HERAT CITY (PAN): A Taliban commander was killed during an airstrike by Afghan and international soldiers in eastern Kunar province, the alliance said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): The United Kingdom on Thursday pledged 9.23 million pounds in aid to the demining programme in Herat, saying the western province would be cleared of mines and other unexploded ordnances in next five years.
KABUL (PAN): More than a hundred intellectuals gathered at the first Fulbright Alumni Conference in Kabul on Thursday to explore challenges and opportunities during the decade of development from 2014 to 24.
KABUL (PAN): An earthquake -- measuring 5.4 on the open-ended Richter scale -- jolted Afghanistan on Thursday, but the Geological Survey Department at the Ministry of Mines said they were unaware.
KABUL (PAN): A high-level delegation has arrived in Farah City to investigate a deadly assault on a crowded courthouse and assist the victims’ families, President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): The United States on Thursday strongly condemned the suicide attack on the Appeal Court and Prosecutor’s Office in Farah City, where more than 50 people were killed and 100 others wounded.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement linked to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change -- a move that makes it the 192nd country or regional economic integration organisation to sign to the treaty.
KABUL (PAN): Estonia on Wednesday assured Afghanistan of continued cooperation in areas of security and economic development, the foreign ministry in Kabul said.
