KABUL (The Killid) – The 2019 Presidential Elections’ Budget has been approved, the Independent Election Commission said in a statement.
According to the statement released Monday, the IEC expressed gratitude to the Afghan government and International communities in the regard.
The IEC has estimated elections will cost $149 million – the Afghan government will pay $90 million of the amount while the remaining $59...
Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it is open to negotiations with Iran on a more far-reaching agreement on nuclear and security issues; but Iran has made...
Afghan refugees who returned to Afghanistan between 2014 and 2017 tend to be worse off financially and face multiple economic difficulties compared to refugees who stayed in Pakistan, the World Bank and UNHCR in Afghanistan said in a report released Sunday.
The report entitled “Living Conditions and Settlement Decisions of Recent Afghan Returnees” is the first joint report resulting from the collaboration between...
BALKH (The Killid) – At least two children were killed as a roadside mine went off at Khan Abad of Char Bolak district in Northern province of Afghanistan, local authorities said.
Mohammad Hanif Razae, Spokesman for the 209th Shaheen Corps, told The Killid, “this mine was planted on a roadside by anti-government militants, and yesterday afternoon (Sunday) it exploded at a time two...
URUZGAN (The Killid) – Afghan security forces arrested a suspected militant who was facilitating weapons and ammunitions supply to Taliban militants in Uruzgan province, Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
According to the statement released Monday, the forces arrested Hekmatullah (who goes with a single name), the weapons facilitator of Taliban in Tarin Kot city of Uruzgan Sunday evening.
Hekmatullah was attempting to...
Two more F-35 stealth fighter jets landed in southern Israel Sunday, the army said, expanding Israel’s fleet of the state-of-the-art aircraft to over a dozen.
The F-35 planes, known in Israel by their Hebrew name, the “Adir,” meaning mighty or great, landed in the Israeli Air Force’s Nevatim base, southeast of Beersheba, where they will join the Golden Eagle Squadron, Times of Israel reported.
The...
KABUL (The Killid) – The Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh – at a conference on violence against women – said Sunday the government is not successful in preventing violence against women, causing it rise every day.
According to Danesh, weakness of rule of law, corruption in law enforcement bodies and the culture of impunity are of the main causes of violence against women in...
HERAT (The Killid) – A gunman stormed civilians and wounded two people in the Western province, local authorities said.
Abdual Ahad Wali Zada, Spokesman for the local police, told The Killid, “around 9:30am today (Sunday), an armed man opened fire against civilians at Darb Malak, injuring at least two.”
According to Wali Zada, the perpetrator has been arrested by the local police, and admitted...
BAGHLAN (The Killid) – At least five Afghan national police were killed, as a roadside mine went off in North of the country, local authorities confirmed, two further wounded.
Ahamad Jawed Besharat, Spokesman for the local police, told The Killid, “the incident occurred yesterday afternoon (Saturday), while Afghan national police members were crossing the road.”
According to Besharat, the explosion come at a time...
