KABUL (Pajhwok): The Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced squads for the upcoming Afghanistan series. The Windies will play three T20s, three ODIs and a Test in the Dehradun city of India between November 5 and December 1. Keiron Pollard returns...

KABUL (Pajhwok): US Acting Assistance Secretary for South and Central Affairs Alice Wells has supported the Afghan election bodies for their efforts to independently lead a credible electoral process. Wells tweeted: “During my meeting with IEC and...

KABUL /MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): At least seven people, including four pilots, were killed as an Afghan National Army (ANA) helicopter crashed in northern Balkh province.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Two people were killed and 26 others wounded as a car bomb exploded in front of the Alishang district office complex in eastern Laghman province on Wednesday morning, an official said. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the governor’s...

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A woman, who started embroidery 14 years ago in central Bamyan province, has now hired 50 other women . She says women can be good capitalists.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The government will pay $4.9 million to telecom companies for 49 towers destroyed by Taliban militants during last month’s presidential election, the Meshrano Jirga was told on Tuesday. The upper house on Tuesday summoned Acting...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Council of Presidential Candidates on Tuesday asked the Independent Election Commission ( IEC ) to consider transparency instead of speed in its work in order the September 28 presidential election avoided a repeat of 2014...

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan has offered to help Afghan legislators and parliamentary staff enhance their capacity. The offer was held out by National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser during a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Rahman Rahmani. The...

KABUL (Pajhwok): As the Afghans went to polling stations to elect their future president last month, 85 were killed and 373 injured in Taliban ’s deliberate campaign of violence and intimidation to disrupt the vote, a report said on Tuesday. The...