An investigation reveals massive corruption in contracts awarded by the education department in Kabul province. The stain of corruption is evident in a close inspection of documents in the possession of Killid. On Aug 6, 2013, the education department signed an agreement with 1TV, a channel, leasing out a hall in the former’s premises for 5,000 USD. Government officials claim the money is not...
An acute shortage of permanent teachers plagues universities in the western zone that meet the educational needs of 16,000 students. More than 260 posts are lying vacant in Herat, Ghor, Badghi and Farah provinces. University authorities say this is largely because a total of 138 lecturers have gone abroad for higher studies – 70 from Herat University, 17 from Ghor, 26 from Badghis and...
At least two doctors have been killed, seven kidnapped and 40 others threatened over the past six months in Nangarhar province. During a sit-in in Jalalabad, the doctors warned of stopping work if the provincial administration failed to ensure their security within 10 days. The called on security organs to take effective steps to provide security of them. Dr. Nawroz Shinwari, Nangarhar Doctors’ Association Head,...
South Korea has stopped broadcasting propaganda via loudspeakers along the border with North Korea, ahead of top-level talks later this week. The South has dozens of loudspeakers along the border area, which blast everything from K-pop music to critical news reports of the North. The broadcasts can be heard by the North's troops stationed along the border and civilians in the area. Seoul said turning them...
Security officials in Nangarhar said that 17 Daesh militants were killed in Afghan security forces’ cannon strikes in Haska Mina district. Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Nangarhar police, told Killid that Afghan forces targeted Daesh hideouts in Gorgai area of the district last night. He added that six Daesh centres, nine tunnels, and some weapons and ammunition of Daesh militants were destroyed during the cannon...
Local officials in Nangarhar province said that Daesh militants beheaded three brothers in Chaparhar district. Ataullah Khogyani, provincial governor’s spokesman, told Killid that Daesh militants stormed a residential house in Trelai area of the district late last night, killing all the three brothers. Daesh militants are yet to comment. ...
At least six Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and seven policemen were killed in Taliban attack on several check posts in Qads district last night. Abdullah Afzali, deputy provincial council head, told Killid that Taliban militants attacked the district from three directions, killing 13 Afghan security members. Afzali said that Taliban militants totally overran Langar area of Qads district and killed one policeman. He added that...
The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday night condemned the attack on a population registration center in Kabul city that killed 57 people. Guterres said in a statement that the culprits must be brought to justice. "They must not be allowed to succeed in deterring Afghan citizens from carrying out their constitutional right to take part in forthcoming elections." He extended condolences to the families and...
In a second bombing in Afghanistan on Sunday, insurgents placed an IED close to a voter registration center in Pul-e-Khumri city in Baghlan, killing at least six people. The explosion happened shortly after 12 noon. Baghlan officials also confirmed at least five people were wounded in the explosion. According to them all victims were members of one family and women and children were among the dead...
At least 31 people have been killed and 55 injured in an explosion occurred in Dasht-e-Barchi in PD6th in Kabul city. Wahid Majroh, spokesman for Ministry of Public Health , said six people have been killed and 23 injured. The blast happened today at an ID distribution centre around 9:55 am. Kabul's acting police chief, Mohammad Daoud Amin, said a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in...