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.
GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Residents of southern Ghazni province want the Afghan government and the international community to address their pressing problems, including insecurity, joblessness, promotion of quality education, enforcement of women’s rights and sending them abroad for higher studies.
JALALABAD (PAN): A high school in eastern Nangarhar and a park in central Maidan Wardak province were on Saturday named after Mohammad Qasim Khan, a border police officer who was killed during a skirmish with Pakistani forces earlier this month.
KABUL (PAN): Hundreds of people continued protests across Afghanistan for the sixth straight day on Wednesday against Pakistani attacks on Afghan border posts.
KABUL (PAN): The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday asked Afghan authorities to investigate the arrests and possible torture of peaceful protesters by security forces in Kabul, saying the abuses appeared intended to silence public dissent against the government.
KHOST CITY (PAN): Family members of Muhammad Qasim, a soldier killed in a clash with Pakistani forces in eastern Nangarhar province, received cash support from tribesmen in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): An Afghan woman is among four winners of this year’s Courage in Journalism Awards announced by a Washington-based media organisation on Friday.
KABUL (PAN): A senior journalist and director of the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), Mohammad Yaqoob Sharafat, died in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday.
