KABUL (Pajhwok): Currently, only two in five Afghan children are vaccinated, but this rate would go up if women were more economically stable and educated, finds a survey. The Afghanistan Demographic and Health Survey was conducted in 33 provinces...

KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 3,285 people have been killed and wounded in 193 attacks across Afghanistan last month, showing a 35 percent increase in assaults and 83 percent hike in causalities, compared to September. Based on several reports...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s opium production rose by 43 per cent to 4,800 metric tons and cultivation by 10 per cent during the current year, compared with 2015 levels, However, eradication of the illicit crop significantly dropped by 91 percent Reveals the latest United Nations survey.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 2,000 people were killed and wounded across the country in September, a 25 percent decline in violence and a 35 percent cut in causalities from August. According to Pajhwok reports based on different sources, 143 clashes and...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The death toll from this year’s terrorist attacks in Kabul has reached 328, with another 957 people suffering injuries after Monday terror strikes by militants. A day earlier, 35 people were killed and nearly 100 others wounded in...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The group attack on the American University of Afghanistan killed and wounded 58 people, mostly students, taking the casualty toll to 1,137 in 23 attacks in Kabul this year. A three-member suicide squad stormed the American...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Municipalities across the country do not have any mechanism subjecting them to accountability by urban residents who have no idea of their annual budgets, a new cluster survey finds.

KABUL (Pajhwok): As many as 262 people lost their lives and another 799 sustained injuries in 17 bomb explosions and suicide attacks in capital Kabul during the past seven months, the with deadliest one taking place yesterday. Two suicide bombers...

KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 50 percent of Afghans are forced to pay bribe to have their problems resolved in the government offices, finds the second survey on corruption conducted by Pajhwok Afghan News and the European Union Delegation in Afghanistan...