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NAO Wants Europe to Stop Discriminating Against Afghans
April 23, 2016
KABUL - The New Attitude Organisation (NAO) on Thursday criticised West’s discriminatory attitude toward Afghan asylum seekers and asked the United Nations (UN) and...
Execute Death Row Taliban Prisoners, MPs Ask Govt.
April 21, 2016
KABUL - Some lawmakers on Thursday accused security officials of negligence in preventing Tuesday’s massive attack in Kabul and demanded reconsideration of the security...
Ghani Warns Militants of Revenge for Killing of Afghans
April 21, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani, while visiting the people injured in Tuesday’s devastating attack on an elite security agency in Kabul, has promised revenge for the killing...
UN Chief Calls for Unified Global Response to Terror Threat
April 21, 2016
WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Kabul and called for a united international effort to fight against terrorism...
Come to Negotiating Table, White House Urges Taliban
April 21, 2016
WASHINGTON - The day Kabul was rocked by a devastating terrorist attack, the White House urged the Taliban to sit across the negotiating table with the Afghan government...
Dushanbe, Kabul Discuss Regional Power Transmission Project
April 21, 2016
DUSHANBE – Tajikistan’s Frist Deputy Foreign Minister, Nizomiddin Zohidi, met with Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister for Finance and Administrative Affairs, Nasir Ahmad...
ISIS in Afghanistan Eyes Expansion to Central Asia and Russia: Kabulov
April 21, 2016
KABUL - The Russian Presidential Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group in Afghanistan...
28 Dead, 327 Wounded in Kabul Suicide Attack
April 20, 2016
KABUL - At least 28 people were killed and 327 others wounded in a coordinated attack on the VIP protection unit in Kabul on Tuesday morning. A heavy explosion occurred in front...
Ghani Says ‘will Never Make Peace with Regional and International Terrorists’
April 20, 2016
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Afghan government will never make peace with the regional and international terrorists. During a meeting in ARG...
Abdullah Asks Politicians to Wage Joint War on Enemy
April 20, 2016
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday asked political leaders to wage a joint campaign against insurgents who carried out a coordinated attack...
Moscow Fears Taliban May Take Large Regions of Afghanistan: Envoy
April 20, 2016
MOSCOW - Moscow has noted that the Taliban have intensified their activities in Afghanistan this year and danger exists that large regions may be taken, Russian Presidential Envoy...
Afghanistan Decides to Boycott QCG Future Meetings
April 20, 2016
KABUL - Some lawmakers on Tuesday said President Ashraf Ghani had decided to boycott future meetings of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) and expressed optimism...
Afghanistan Struggles with Taliban Springtime Push
April 19, 2016
KABUL - The United Nations warned Monday that growing attacks as well as the misuse of medical and education facilities by all parties to the Afghan conflict have reduced...
Afghan Army Captures Key Taliban Leader
April 19, 2016
KABUL - The Afghan army detained a Taliban local leader after a special operation in the country's southern province of Kandahar overnight, the Defense Ministry said on Monday...
School Buildings Incomplete as Contractors Flee
April 19, 2016
MAHMOOD RAQI - Education officials in central Kapisa province have alleged some school buildings remained incomplete as contractors have left the province. Deputy Director of Education...
Czechs to Keep Soldiers in Afghanistan till at Least 2018
April 19, 2016
PRAGUE - The Czech government has approved a plan to keep troops in Afghanistan and Mali until at least 2018. Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka says the government has...
Insecurity Hampers Anti-Polio Drive in 3 Nangarhar Districts
April 19, 2016
JALALABAD - As many as 13,000 children in three insecure district of eastern Nangarhar province have been deprived of polio vaccination, an official said on Monday...
Poppy Nearing Maturity in Balkh but Authorities Silent
April 19, 2016
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Poppy crop grown in some districts of northern Balkh province has produced flowers, but the authorities are silent on it. Just before reaching maturity...
Afghan Child Casualties Soar as Urban Warfare Intensifies: UN
April 18, 2016
KABUL - Urban warfare has caused a spike in deaths and injuries among women and children in Afghanistan this year as the Taliban intensifies their campaign against the Kabul ...
HPC Optimistic Over Peace Talks with Hizb-E-Islami
April 18, 2016
KABUL - The High Peace Council (HPC) on Sunday said that after another round or two of talks, peace negotiations with Hizb-e-Islami, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, could yield...
500 Judges either Sacked or Transferred: Govt.
April 18, 2016
KABUL - More than 500 judges have either been terminated or transferred by the president as proposed by the chief justice, the president’s office said on Saturday...
ANSF Committed to Human Rights Laws: Govt.
April 18, 2016
KABUL - Reacting to a UN report that held pro-government forces responsible for 127 civilian deaths during the first quarter of 2016, the Afghan government on Sunday said...
Afghan Refugees Outpace those Returning: UN
April 18, 2016
KABUL - The slow trickle of Afghan refugees returning home is at historic lows, dwarfed by the hundreds of thousands being displaced by ongoing fighting and economic...
Ready to Fight Alongside Afghan Forces: Muslimyar
April 18, 2016
KABUL - Meshrano Jirga chairman, Fazl Hadi Muslimyar, on Sunday asked the government to intensify operations against militants who were not willing to take the path of peace...
Ghani Tells Governors Keep Security as Top Priority
April 17, 2016
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday instructed governors to take steps for security issues, good governance, economic development programmes and better service delivery...
Illegal Mining Continues to Rise in Afghanistan: Official
April 17, 2016
KABUL - Minister of Mines and Petroleum Dawoud Shah Saba has expressed deep concerns over the practice of illegal mining in various regions across the country...
Girls’ University Migration to Create Problems: Momand
April 17, 2016
KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday asked the higher education minister to allow migration of female students from one university to another, but the minister said...
Abdullah Terms Uproar over Continuation of NUG's Tenure as Personal
April 17, 2016
KABUL - The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah, said that those who no longer have the facilities they used to have, are unhappy with the continuation of the...
DPG Urges Extended Regional Cooperation
April 17, 2016
KABUL - The Delhi Policy Group (DPG) in a new report has said that regional nations must accelerate efforts to improve the balance of trade with Afghanistan and help the country...
Iran Calls on EU to Help Settle Afghan Refugees' Problems Forever
April 17, 2016
TEHRAN - Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli underlined Tehran's determination to find a permanent solution to the problems of the Afghan refugees, and called...
Corruption Needs End to Impunity: Mellbin
April 16, 2016
KABUL - Corruption has become an integral part of Afghanistan’s political system and the huge challenge could be overcome by doing away with the culture...
Obama Authorises Pentagon to Target ISIL in Khorasan: Rice
April 16, 2016
WASHINGTON - The US President Barack Obama has authorised his military leadership to target Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL) in Khorasan region, national security...
Iran Always on the Side of Afghan Nation, Government: Rouhani
April 16, 2016
ISTANBUL - President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that Iran will always side with Afghan nation and government. Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with Chief Executive...
Al Qaeda Re-Emerges as Challenge for U.S., NATO in Afghanistan
April 16, 2016
KABUL - Leadership turmoil within the Taliban since the death of the militant group's founder has fueled closer links with foreign groups like al Qaeda, the new commander of...
Slain Policemen’s Families Given Apartment Keys
April 16, 2016
KABUL - The keys of 59 residential apartments were handed over on Thursday to families of slain police officials in the central capital Kabul. Construction of the buildings...