The Afghan caretaker government’s Ministry of Education has identified and annulled 700 “ghost schools” across the country, the spokesman for the ministry, Mansour Ahmad Hamza, said. “The Ministry of Education has culled up to 700 ‘ghost schools’ from official lists since the government took power more than two years ago,” the local Television channel Tolonews. […]
Afghanistan received $40 million in cash as part of humanitarian aid on Monday, the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country’s central bank, said. The new round of aid has been deposited in a commercial bank, DAB said in a statement released. This is the second batch of $40 million sent to Afghanistan over the past […]
A blast rocked a mosque near the office of the Hezb-e-Islami party killing one person and injuring two others in Kabul on Friday. The Hezb-e-Islami party is associated with former Afghan Prime Minister, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Local TV channel Tolo News TV reported the incident on Friday. “Hekmatyar is unhurt,” the TV channel quoted Obaidullah Bahir, […]