KABUL (Pajhwok): Funeral prayers for former president Sibghatullah Mujaddedi was offered at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Wednesday. President Ashraf Ghani, political figures and foreign diplomats attended the funeral. The funeral payers,...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Civil society activists and culturists in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces on Sunday offered funeral prayers in absentia for a slain Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) senior member, Arman Luni. According to reports, Luni was...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Harakat-i-Inqilab Islami party on Thursday praised the activities of several media outlets including Pajhwok Afghan News and urged them to avoid publishing ‘negative’ reports regarding the peace process. The party leader...
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Some officials, civil society activists and students in western Farah province on Thursday expressed deep concern at the dwindling culture of reading among youth, something that has spawned a variety of problems. Information...
KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Thousands of people on Monday performed the Salatul Istisqa to pray for rain in the drought hit southern Kandahar province. Hundreds of people from nearby districts also thronged the Eid Gah mosque in Kandahar City, the...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A research paper titled “Peace is Victory” about what factors led to the peace agreement between the government and the Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) has been printed. The 29-page report, authored by Mustaq Rahimi, a political...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Federation of Journalists (AFJ) on Sunday voiced concern over not discussing the freedom of speech, the most important achievement of the country, in the peace talks Officials of the journalist body told a press...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): A number of booksellers in western Herat province have expressed pleasure with the growing culture of reading among children. They say parents have been encouraging their children to enter into friendship with books, which will...
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani, signing guidelines and maps of the urban design framework, on Sunday stressed on the use of domestic materials in construction works. A statement from the Presidential Palace to Pajhwok Afghan News said the...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Police detained a private radio and television head in eastern Nangarhar province for some hours after he accused the provincial Attorney Office of releasing criminals under unclear circumstances. Attal Khan Stanikzai, head of ‘...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Second vice-president Sarwar Danish on Sunday introduced new members to the Oversight Commission on Access to Information (OCAI), saying access to information could help reduce corruption. Five new members of the OCAI, including...
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): The government of Pakistan has acknowledged losing Afghanistan ’s medical tourism to India over the last few years due to a shift in its border management policy. In a written reply to a question from minority lawmaker Mahesh...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of a workshop in Kabul on Thursday stressed the need for turning the access to information into a strong culture in Afghanistan over the next 10 years. The three-day workshop, organized by Pajhwok Afghan News and funded...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Muslims of all ages in Afghanistan and all over the world on Tuesday celebrated Eid Milad-u-Nabi (SAWW) with religious zeal and fervour.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Commission to review media violations and complaints on Sunday announced addressing 32 complaints during the first six months of the ongoing year. Hassina Safi, acting Minister of Information and Culture (MoIC) and head of the...
KABUL (Pajhwok): An Afghan pilot Abdul Rahman Rahmani has condoled the death of Maj. Brent Taylor with his wife and seven children in a letter, a media report said on Tuesday. An Afghan army officer penned an emotional letter of condolence to the...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): After almost 50 years, digging work was formally launched at historic sites in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday by Acting Information and Culture Minister Rasoul Bawari. The archaeology dig that commenced at a historic...