Naheed Bashardost
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KABUL (Pajhwok): A new survey released on Monday said the presence of women journalists in Afghanistan has decreased due to insecurity.
Conducted by the Center for the Protection of Afghan Women Journalist (CPAWJ), the survey was presented at an... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said that the insurgent groups this year intensified their activities in an attempt to transfer their centres from Pakistan to Afghanistan; however, they were frustrated.
Maj. Gen.... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Painting arts of women, depicting the bad situation of women in Afghanistan, were put on display in capital Kabul on Saturday.
Shakila Shaqaiq Payez, head of Change for Afghan Women organization, who organized the exhibition,... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Second Vice President Sarwar Danish on Saturday said widespread corruption in government departments and the fear of being exposed were among obstacles to the access to information.
Danish was addressing ‘Second Media National... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of educators, marking Teachers Day in Kabul on Thursday, hit out at the government for failing to keep its promises to resolve their problems, particularly about pay raise and residential plots.
Sabira, a teacher at... read more
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan Women Network (AWN) on Thursday accused two private television channels of ‘insulting’ women in their comedy shows, calling it ‘unacceptable.’
Robina Hamdard, advocacy section head at AWN, told a press conference in... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Second Vice President Sarwar Danish on Tuesday said tourism has improved in Afghanistan, calling the industry as effective for economic development and consolidation of national unity in the country.
Danish told a gathering... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Three hundred Afghan students would travel to Russia for higher education this year against scholarships awarded by the Russian government, the country’s ambassador in Kabul said on Wednesday.
Alexander Mantitski told a... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): A senior Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) official on Wednesday warned media outlets of legal action and closure over failing to pay taxes in-time.
Sayed Aqa Hussain Fazel Sancharaki, MoIC deputy publications head, told... read more

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan officials, lecturers, students and culturists on Tuesday held a gathering in Kabul to mourn the death of Nancy Dupree, an American historian who spent decades preserving Afghanistan’s heritage.
Dupree passed away... read more