KABUL (PAN): Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak on Saturday urged the international community to provide his ministry $3 billion in aid for the construction of 8000 schools, as three million children would be enrolled over next two years.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The story of seven women, who survived threats to their lives while campaigning for women's rights, was narrated at a gathering held in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): An Afghan judicial delegation, led-by Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, visited the deputy head of Iran’s judicial department during its trip to Iran, an official said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday dispatched essential materials to nine northern provinces for the distribution of new voter cards ahead of the April 2014 presidential and provincial elections, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday said several articles of the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law ran counter to the Afghan constitution and Shariah.
