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KABUL (AIP): Counting of votes has been started after polling was held for the election of speakership of the Woelsi Jirgan (National Assembly) on Wednesday.Ustad Abdur Rab Rasool Syaf, Muhammad Younas Qanooni, Safia Sidiqi, Qadria Yazdan Parast, Syed Ishaq Gillani, Noorul Haq Alumi and Shukrial Bar...
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KABUL (AIP): Muhammad Younus Qanooni emerged victorious in the run-off election for the speakership of Woelsi Jirga here on Wednesday by defeating Ustad Abdur Rab Rasool Syaf.A neck-and-neck contest held between Younus Qanoon and Ustad Abdur Rab Rasool in the second round. Muhammad Youun Qanooni bag...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A suicide bomber attacked troops of International Security Assistance Force in Herat province on Tuesday.
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KABUL (AIP): Chairman of National Reconciliation Commission and former jehadi leader, Professor Sibghatullah Mujadid was elected chairman of Senate (Masharano Jirga) on Tuesday. Three candidates including Professor Sibghatullah Mujadid, former director of Hewad university in Peshawar, Doctor Bakhtar...
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KABUL (AIP): Shia leader Haji Muhammad Mohaqiq assures support to Abdur Rab Rasool in the election of speaker of Wolesi Jiraga which is expected to be held tomorrow.Source closed to Shia leader Haji Hohaqiq said that Shia leader withdrew in support of Ustad Abdur Rab Rasool Syaf in the election of s...
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KABUL (AIP): Father of the Nation and former king, Muhammad Zaher Shah addressed the inaugural session of Afghan Parliament and stressed members of the parliament to work for national unity.Former king of Afghanistan, Muhammad Zaher Shah who was given the title of Father of the Nation by the new con...
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KANDAHAR (AIP): A traffic accident on Kabul-Kandahar highway left five people dead and nine others wounded in Zabul on Tuesday evening, police source said.An official of Kabul-Kandahar highway, Muhammad Nabi Mullakhel while confirming the incident told Afghan Islamic Press that a passenger bus which...
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KABUL (AIP): Atleast one person was killed in a bomb explosion at the shrine of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of Balkh province on Wednesday, eyewitness said.An eyewitness said that a person sat on a chair was killed in the blast and it is believed that he was carrying the explosive material...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A power full earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan in the wee hours of Tuesday.The powerful quake occurred at 1:18 AM (PST) and its intensity was 6.7 on rector scale. The quake shacked several parts of Afghanistan including capital Kabul and Jalalabad. The tremor awake...
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JALALABAD (AIP): A woman was injured when the roof of her house collapsed in earthquake, occurred in the wee hours of Tuesday in Ningarhar province, sources said.