Hundreds of Sheberghan City residents and General Dostom’s supporters launched a rally against the Jawzjan Provincial governor and demanded his dismissal. During the rally, the protesters said, “If the government will not respond positively to our demands, we will carry the rally until the time that a new individual is appointed as Jawzjan’s provincial Governor.” Continue

Sixteen local government and private media institutions and NGO’s that have been guided by the Journalism Faculty of Kabul University established the Afghanistan Journalist Federation of Afghanistan on Tuesday in Kabul. The officials in the federation have said that the object of their federation is to support the rights of correspondents and prevent them from Continue

The Jawzjan Governor has said that General Dostum is trying to disrupt security by distributing illegal weapons to his followers in the Northern provinces. Governor Mohammad Alim Sahei said General Dostum and his followers are trying to destabilize the current local government of Jawzjan. Though Mr. Alim says he has concerns about his own safety Continue

The Cycling Federation of Afghanistan reports of strong preparations for the third Asian Cup due to be held next month in India. The federation chief said the competition will be attended by 42 Asian countries, and five players from Afghanistan will participate in the competition to represent their country. He said the training camp has Continue

The Asian beach soccer world cup competition would begin on 22 of Jan 2013 and end on 26th of Jan 2013 in Qatar 16 best Asian teams would attend the competition. The Afghan Beach soccer team would compete against Qatar, Oman and Australian in the first round. The head of Beach Soccer committee Rohullah Rastgaar Continue

After 12 rounds of second season of Volleyball championships for Youth and Police soldiers, the competition ended with a victory for a team from the division of Ministry of Interior affairs on Sunday. In the final round of the competition the two teams from the division of Ministry of Interior Affairs and the 202th Shamshad Continue

Bayat Foundation officials continuing assistance to the poor people, this time visited the children with Leukemia diseases in Indira Ghandi children hospital in Kabul and promised for help. The chairman of Bayat Foundation, Engineer Ehsanullah Bayat, visiting the child patients, assumed the full treatment of the children having Leukemia (blood-cancer) disease in Indira Ghandi Hospital, Continue

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) pledged to donate $6.1 million dollars to the Afghan Public Health Ministry to increase the capabilities of Afghan midwives. “The pledged amount will be used to further reduce maternal and child mortality rates in the country.  Although 90% of the Afghan people are aware about the benefits of family Continue

Afghan government asked all armed oppositions not to interrupt health services across Afghanistan.  The officials also called international community for further cooperation and support for better health services in Afghanistan. Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili in said health sectors is one the important sectors and called on anti-government militants not to interrupt health services.   Continue