KABUL (Pajhwok): The suspension of trade ties between Pakistan and India will take a toll on Afghanistan , the chamber of commerce said on Friday. In reaction to the Modi government’s decision on ending the special status of India-administered...

ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Police in eastern Kunar province have stepped up measures to provide security to presidential candidates during the campaign period and on voting day. All security measures have been put in place for the protection of election...

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Police commanders keeping boys during duty time in central Uruzgan province have been shown the door, an official said on Monday. Provincial police chief Col. Khitab Khanjari told Pajhwok Afghan News in an exclusive interview he...

DOHA (Pajhwok): Afghanistan ’s new Ambassador to Qatar Abdul Hakim Dalili says he will encourage Qatari entrepreneurs to invest in Afghanistan, to boost bilateral relations and pave the way for direct flights between the two countries. During an...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Fazal Ghani Bashardost, a 45-year old blind man in eastern Nangarhar province, says he lost his eye-sight 29 years back but never gave up hope and gained his bachelor’s degree and is currently training other blinds. The resident...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Former finance minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Saturday said the two-day intra-Afghan dialogue in Qatar was aimed at paving the ground for direct talks between the government and Taliban . Talking to Pajhwok on a Doha-bound flight...

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): The Public Works Department head for southern Helmand province on Sunday accused Taliban militants of destroying and blocking roads against people in the province, an allegation the rebels rejected Ahlullah Obaidi, the Public...

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Local officials say survey, design and land acquisition for Dahla Dam’s expansion – the second largest in Afghanistan – in southern Kandahar province have been completed and practical work on the project would begin soon...

KABUL (Pajhwok): A presidential runner says nobody reserves the right to monopolise national issues, accusing President Ashraf Ghani of using the Consultative Peace Jirga as an election campaign tool. Enayatullah Hafeez, the candidate, was born in...