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Kabul clerics demand ceasefire during Ramadan

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 24, 2019 - 18:33
KABUL (Pajhwok): Islamic scholars of capital Kabul on Wednesday announced their support for the Consultative Loya Jirga on peace and asked the government and the Taliban to declare a bilateral ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan . Mohammad...
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Rest of WJ election results, except Kabul, this week

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Pajhwok Report
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Apr 21, 2019 - 18:03
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission ( IEC ) on Sunday said the Wolesi Jirga election final results from southern Kandahar province would be announced today and from the remaining five provinces, Kabul, until the end of this week...
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Some of food items, fuel rates up in Kabul

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Apr 20, 2019 - 17:25
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of diesel, petrol, sugar and ghee have increased during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Abdul Hadi, a worker at Wazirabad Fuel Station in Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the price of...
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Kabul, Bucharest confer on issues of common interest

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Pajhwok
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Apr 17, 2019 - 12:33
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan and Romania have exchanged views on a wide range of issues of bilateral interest, a media report said on Wednesday. Political consultations between the two countries, due to be held in near future and increase the number...
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19 Taliban including 3 commanders held in Kandahar

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احمد صهيب
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Apr 13, 2019 - 20:07
KABUL (Pajhwok): The spy service on Saturday said 19 Taliban militants, including three commanders, have been arrested in southern Kandahar province. The National Directorate of Security office in Kabul in a statement said its special forces...
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Paktia public rep’s son rescued from kidnappers: MoI

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Nasir ahmad sadiqi
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Apr 13, 2019 - 18:49
KABUL (Pajhwok): Kidnapped in Kabul, the son of a provincial council member of southeastern Paktia province has been rescued from his captors, the Ministry of Interior said on Saturday.
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Petrol, flour, sugar, oil prices increase in Kabul

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Apr 13, 2019 - 18:22
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of petrol, flour, sugar and ghee have increased during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Abdul Hadi, a worker at Wazirabad Fuel Station in Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the price of...
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Kabul welcomes EU support for Afghan-owned peace process

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Nizamuddin Hameedi
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Apr 09, 2019 - 14:39
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday welcomed a pledge from the Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union (EU) to support the peace process in Afghanistan . “The Foreign Ministry appreciates the EU commitment and long...
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Invalid Kabul, Takhar votes: Protesting candidates

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Azizullah Hamdard
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Apr 07, 2019 - 23:18
KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of protesting Wolesi Jirga candidates belonging to Kabul and Takhar province on Sunday demanded invalidation of votes cast in the two provinces and reelections. Forty protesting Wolesi Jirga candidates told a joint a press...
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Gold, petrol prices soar in Kabul

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Apr 07, 2019 - 14:28
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of gold and petrol have increased while that of flour decreased during the outgoing week in the capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Abdul Hadi, a worker at Wazirabad Fuel Station in Kabul, told Pajhwok Afghan...
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Newly-established cancer diagnosis center opens in Kabul

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شعيب سلطانى
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Apr 06, 2019 - 19:31
KABUL (Pajhwok): A cancer diagnosis center, which can detect and treat another 22 types of diseases, was inaugurated in Kabul on Saturday.
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‘MSF leaves Kabul hospital after machine goes missing’

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Zarghona Salehai
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Apr 01, 2019 - 18:59
KABUL (Pajhwok): A TB detecting machine has gone missing from the Ahmad Shah Baba hospital in capital Kabul, prompting the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) organization to abandon the hospital, local residents claimed on Monday. After working for...
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Flour, sugar prices slightly up in Kabul

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Mar 30, 2019 - 15:43
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of Kazakhstani flour and sugar have slightly increased while other essential items’ rates remain steady during the outgoing week in capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Mohammad Hamanyon, head of Kabul Food...
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Kabul, Colombo mull signing prisoner-swap agreement

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Javed Hamim Kakar
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Mar 29, 2019 - 09:32
KABUL (Pajhwok): Kabul and Colombo are mulling over entering a prisoner-exchange agreement benefitting both countries, a media report says. Afghan Ambassador Ashraf Haidari and Sri Lankan Minister of Justice Thalatha Athukorale discussed the idea at...
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In fresh row with Islamabad, Kabul calls envoy

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Pajhwok
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Mar 27, 2019 - 08:54
KABUL (Pajhwok): Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks about the need for an interim set-up in Kabul have triggered a storm of protest in Afghanistan . On Tuesday, Khan told journalists in Islamabad: "The Afghan peace process can only be successful if...
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Essential items’ rates remain steady in Kabul

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Mar 23, 2019 - 18:55
KABUL (Pajhwok): The prices of essential items remain unchanged during the outgoing week in the capital Kabul, market sources said Saturday. Mohammad Hamanyon, head of Kabul Food Traders Union, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a bag of 49 kilograms of...
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Wanted criminals to be arrested soon, promises interior minister

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Mohammad Hakim Basharat
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Mar 20, 2019 - 14:00
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday promised bringing to justice those involved in organised crime and asked citizens to help police detain the outlaws. Interior Minister Masood Andarabi told a press conference in Kabul he...
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Misuse of equipment, fund dishonors US, Afghan sacrifices: Bass

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Nizamuddin Hameedi
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Mar 14, 2019 - 15:54
KABUL (Pajhwok): In a veiled reference to National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib’s recent remarks, US Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass took to the tweeter and said corruption and misuse of equipment, funds, and other support provided by the...
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2 traffic personnel injured in gas cylinder blast

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Azizullah Hamdard
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Mar 12, 2019 - 18:31
KABUL (Pajhwok): Two traffic policemen have been wounded as a result of a gas cylinder blast in capital Kabul, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday. MoI spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in Serai Mili...
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MoI reshuffles 11 Kabul district police chiefs

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Javed Hamim Kakar
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Mar 11, 2019 - 17:03
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday reshuffled heads of nearly a dozen Kabul police districts, an official said. Deputy interior minister Gen. Khoshal Sadat wrote on his tweeter account that he held a special meeting with...
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