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Ghani Reviewing Cases of Death Row Prisoners
April 30, 2016
KABUL - After branding militants as terrorists, President Ashraf Ghani has begun reviewing cases of death row insurgents, the Presidential Palace said on Thursday...
EU to Support Afghan Priorities at Brussels Summit
April 30, 2016
KABUL - The European Union (EU) has said it is committed to supporting the Afghan government’s economic programmes and priorities to be presented at the NATO summit ...
Ghani Calls on Leaders to Foster Unity
April 30, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Friday, in video conference with provincial council heads, said that Afghanistan now has a clear definition of the enemy and that government leaders...
Afghan Forces Retake Taliban-Held Chahar Dara District
April 30, 2016
KABUL - Afghan government forces have entered the Chahar dara district of the volatile province of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan and have retaken the district after...
Khalilzad Lends His Weight to Front-Line Presidential Runner Trump
April 30, 2016
WASHINGTON - Afghan American Zalmay Khalilzad, who is the highest ever ranking Muslim in any presidential administration, on Wednesday introduced Donald Trump, the GOP...
US Disciplines 16 over Afghanistan Hospital Bombing
April 30, 2016
KABUL - The Pentagon has disciplined 16 military personnel, including a two-star general, for their role in last year's mistaken airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan...
ANSF Still Waging Jihad, Defending Afghanistan, Region, World against Terror: Ghani
April 28, 2016
KABUL - The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are still waging Jihad as they defend the country, region and the world against the menace of terror, President Mohammad...
Tehran, Kabul, New Delhi to Finalize Chabahar Deal Soon: Deputy FM
April 28, 2016
KABUL - Deputy Foreign Minister (FM) Hekmat Karzai said Tehran, Kabul, and New Delhi are going to finalize the deal on the development of Iran’s Chabahar port very...
Mujahiddin Victory is Pride for Afghans
April 28, 2016
KABUL - The participants of the 24th anniversary of Mujahiddin Victory insisted on national unity, and said the victory over communist regime was in fact the victory of all...
Walk the Talk on Terrorism, Senators Ask President Ghani
April 28, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday denounced the killers of Afghan security forces and civilians as terrorists who, if detained, would be sentenced to death...
Pakistan 'Making Efforts' to Bring Taliban to Talks with Afghanistan: Asif
April 28, 2016
MOSCOW - Pakistan is making sincere efforts in bringing the Taliban militant group to the negotiations table with the Afghan government to achieve lasting peace in the...
US Should Cooperate with Russia, India, China to Defeat Terrorism: Karzai
April 28, 2016
MOSCOW - The United States should cooperate with Russia, China and India in order to defeat international terrorism, former President Hamid Karzai told the RT broadcaster on Wednesday...
Ghani Demands Removal of Taliban from Pakistan
April 26, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Monday demanded neighboring Pakistan evict fugitive Taliban leaders from its soil and hand them over to Kabul for trial.In a hard-hitting...
Ibrahimi Want Govt. to Take the Fight to Terrorists
April 26, 2016
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga speaker on Monday said inviting reconcilable militants to peace talks and fighting against terrorists were the main demands of parliamentarians...
Czech Republic to Open Consulate in Mazar-I-Sharif: PM
April 26, 2016
KABUL - Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, who is in Kabul, has said his country has decided to expand relations with Afghanistan, establish a consulate in...
Afghanistan Facing Worst Humanitarian Crisis Since War Began: Red Cross
April 26, 2016
KABUL - The crisis in Afghanistan has escalated to a new level of urgency, the outgoing head of the International Red Cross said Sunday, citing a record number of civilian...
ISIL Plans to Attack Central Asia, Russia: Kabulov
April 26, 2016
KABUL - Russian presidential representative to Afghanistan expressed his deep concerns regarding the expanding ISIL activities in Afghanistan. The number of the...
Afghan, Turkmen FMs Stress Enhanced Bilateral Ties
April 26, 2016
KABUL - Turkmenistan on Monday expressed its readiness to enhance bilateral cooperation with Afghanistan in various spheres including trade and education. This was...
Politicians Influence Police Appointments: Jahid
April 25, 2016
KABUL - Interior Minister Taj Mohammad Jahid on Sunday said political elites’ meddling in police postings and transfers was behind the force’s incompetence...
Ghani Expected to Outline 5-Year War Strategy in Parliament
April 25, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani is set to deliver a key speech in a joint session of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) and Meshrano Jirga (Upper House of Parliament)...
Chief Justice Seeks Women Judges’ Anti-Graft Support
April 25, 2016
KABUL - The Chief Justice of Afghanistan, Sayed Yousuf Halim, has appealed to women judges to help fight corruption in the country. During his inauguration, President Ashraf Ghani...
Senate Summons Jahid, Andarabi over Kabul Attack
April 25, 2016
KABUL - The Minister of Interior, Taj Mohammad Jahid, and acting chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Massoud Andarabi, were summoned to the Meshrano Jirga...
UNDP to Launch Report on Population Trends on 26th
April 25, 2016
KABUL - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Sunday it would launch its new Asia Pacific Human Development Report in Dhaka on Tuesday. The report, entitled...
Civil Society Calls for Checking Fundamentalism in Seminaries
April 25, 2016
KABUL - The Afghanistan Youth Civil and Cultural Society (AYCCS) have expressed deep concerns over the lack of attention by the government towards the internal administration...
Wolesi Jirga Sent Presidential Decree on Electoral Bodies
April 24, 2016
KABUL - State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ghulam Nabi Farahi said the presidential legislative decree on composition, powers and duties of election commissions was sent...
Pakistan 'Assures' Talks with Taliban will Resume in a Month
April 24, 2016
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has assured neighboring Afghanistan that peace talks with the Taliban “will resume in a month” to find a peaceful end to the Afghan conflict...
Name Picks for Defence Minister, Spymaster, Ghani Asked
April 24, 2016
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga speaker on Saturday welcomed the government’s decision to consult parliamentarians on the current situation, but asked the president to...
Khalilzad Reflects on Missed Opportunities
April 24, 2016
KABUL - The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says one of the biggest problems facing Afghanistan continues to be its poor relationship with its...
Govt. Unable to Reclaim its Usurped Land: Zahir
April 24, 2016
KABUL - The Environment Protection Agency, Shahzada Mustafa Zahir, on Saturday said the Afghan government has been unable to reclaim its usurped land from land mafia in different parts...
Expanding Iran Ties, Afghan Priority: Ibrahimi
April 24, 2016
MOSCOW - Clear historical and Islamic realities call for enhanced ties between Iran and Afghanistan, says the Afghan parliament speaker. 'Achieving such a goal is a priority for Kabul,'...
171 Countries Gather to Sign Paris Pact, Record Day One Signatures
April 23, 2016
UNITED NATIONS - Leaders from 171 countries gathered on Friday to sign the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, which is the first step toward the pact's entry into force...
Govt. Vows Tit-For-Tat Response to Taliban Raids
April 23, 2016
KABUL - Officials on Thursday said the Afghan government would respond ‘tit-for-tat’ to Taliban’s attacks and would show no mercy to them in future...
Billions of Dollars Lost to Illicit Financial Flows: IWA
April 23, 2016
KABUL - Illicit financial flows have affected the country’s stability, security and economic development, paving the ground for terrorist activities, Integrity Watch...
Iran, Afghanistan Agree to Implement Alternative Livelihood Scheme
April 23, 2016
TEHRAN- Iran and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed on implementing pilot project of alternative livelihood scheme in one of the border provinces to fight against narcotic drugs...
Stay the Course in Afghanistan, Khalilzad Advises US
April 23, 2016
WASHINGTON - America’s initial assessment of Afghanistan when the Soviet forces invaded the country went wrong, former US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said Wednesday...