HEART CITY (Pajhwok): A number of residents and civil society activists of western Herat province condemned the kidnapping and killing of a little girl, Mahsa and demanded execution of the perpetrators involved in her killing. Mahsa, a six-year-old...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Afghan traders on Sunday ended their protest conditionally and reopened the Torkham border port gate for traffic. On February 21, a number of Afghan traders shut the Torkham gate against exports after their spare parts loaded...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Over a hundred supporters of unsuccessful candidates staged a rally at the Pashtunistan Watt in downtown Kabul, blocking traffic for about six hours before they were dispersed by spraying water. The protestors were demanding...

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province on Wednesday protested against the new district mayor and blocked the Kabul -Kunduz highway against traffic. One of the protestors, Haji Sher Khan, told...

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Residents of two districts of northern Baghlan province on Saturday asked the election commission not to invalidate their votes in the Wolesi Jirga elections. Hundreds of people coming all the way from Khost and Baghlan-i-...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Dozens of people on Sunday protested in front of a German forces camp in this capital city of northern Balkh province against cancellation of their contracts before the end date and not sending them abroad. Around 150...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission ( IEC ) has slammed the closure of its provincial offices as an act against the law and national interest, urging the government to move against rampaging demonstrators. On Saturday, protesters...

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Local officials said many people were killed or wounded in a suicide attack on protestors in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday. The governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News the bombing took place in...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Supporters of disqualified candidates continued their protest in front of the election commission office for a fourth day on Thursday in Kabul, calling for the decision to be reversed. The protest began four days ago when the...