Education Minister Noorullah Muneeb said Monday (August 08) that cultural restrictions in the rural areas were the main hurdle in the way of opening schools for girls above grade six in the country.....

A government commission headed by Mullah Abdul Ghani would collect beggars from Kabul city......

Four members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in a blast in Afghanistan yesterday......

The security forces arrested five persons, including a woman on charges of moral corruption in Kunduz province the other night.....

The security forces secured the release of two captive children in Arghandab district in Kandahar province yesterday.....

The officials of the Islamic Emirate have assured foolproof security during the Ashura rituals in the country......

A commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was killed in a blast in Kunar province yesterday......

The government court had announced to lash two women and three men in Zabul province. The court verdict was implemented publicly on Sunday.....

Some Iranian diplomats were killed in Mazar-e-Sharif city about 24 years ago. At that time the area was under the control of Taliban.....

Condemning the recent attacks in Kabul, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Iran called on the Afghan government to stop such incidents......