EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Road works under the Taliban
Deputy editor of 5Pillars, Dilly Hussain, spoke with the Deputy Minister of Public Works for Afghanistan, Abdul Karim Fateh, about infrastructure development in the...
Pakistani military kills eight in airstrikes on Afghanistan
Pakistani military aircraft struck homes in two provinces of Afghanistan in pre-dawn attacks on Monday, Afghan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
Kabul said its forces retaliated...
300,000 refugees and migrants cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan
“Every day more than a thousand trucks are coming.”
An estimated 300,000 people have crossed into Afghanistan since Islamabad’s Nov 1st deadline for 1.7 million...
Afghanistan calls for international aid to help with huge refugee influx
The Afghan authorities are seeking international aid to manage the huge refugee influx as neighbouring Pakistan is expelling hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals.
“We call on...
Afghanistan’s currency is best performing in the world
Afghanistan's national currency - the Afghani - is the world's best performing currency this financial quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The Afghani...
Afghanistan cracks down on opium production
Afghan farmers, who once cultivated opium poppies, are now harvesting roses.
In the Dara-I-Nur district of Nangarhar, approximately 700 to 800 farmers have embraced the...
OIC reminds Afghanistan that education is ‘Islamic obligation for women’
A delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reminded Afghanistan’s government on that education is an “Islamic obligation for...
Afghanistan urges ‘patience’ on female education
Calling education a “shared need of Muslims,” the Afghan administration has urged “patience” on the issue of girl’s education in the country.
“Girls’ education is...
Afghanistan rejects UN report on killing, torture of collaborators
The Afghan government has blasted a United Nations report that alleged the Kabul administration has killed and tortured 800 people since its takeover in...
Sorcerer sentenced to eight years jail in Afghanistan
A sorcerer has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, amid a crackdown on witchcraft by the Islamic authorities.
The spokesman for the Ministry...
