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Pakistan won’t be Asked to Help Revive Peace Talks: CEO

Pakistan won’t be Asked to Help Revive Peace Talks: CEO

September 01, 2015

KABUL - Chief Executive Office Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said Afghanistan would not ask for Pakistan’s help for arranging the second round of talks with the...

Iran, UN Official Discuss Afghan Refugees’ Situation, Concerns

Iran, UN Official  Discuss Afghan Refugees’ Situation, Concerns

September 01, 2015

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi and Head of the Executive Committee of UNHCR Pedro Commissario Afonso exchanged views over finding new avenues to pave the ...

HPC Labels Taliban ‘War Cry’ a Political Game

HPC Labels  Taliban ‘War Cry’  a Political Game

September 01, 2015

KABUL - A senior negotiator and member of the Afghan High Council Peace (HPC), Azizullah Din Mohammad, said Sunday that the Taliban is probably willing, although hesitant, to come to ...

More Than 100 School Girls Poisoned in Herat

More Than 100 School Girls Poisoned in Herat

September 01, 2015

KABUL - Local officials said more than 100 school girls were poisoned in western Herat province early Monday.The incident took place in Herat city when the girls were at school, said ...

Disgruntled Reform Panel Members Submit own Proposals

Disgruntled Reform  Panel Members Submit  own Proposals

September 01, 2015

KABUL - Two protesting members of the Electoral Reform Commission have submitted their own set of suggestions to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), an official said...

U.S Criticizes Pakistan for Not Dealing with Haqqani

U.S Criticizes Pakistan for Not Dealing with Haqqani

September 01, 2015

KABUL - Washington once again criticized Islamabad for not taking firm action against the Haqqani Network which is accused of conducted ongoing attacks on...

100 Years of Afghan-German Ties Marked at Kabul Event

100 Years of Afghan-German Ties Marked at Kabul Event

August 31, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani, CEO Abdullah Abdullah and the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday celebrated 100-years of Afghan-German relations at an official function ...

300 Casualties Inflicted on Rebels in Musa Qala: Governor

300 Casualties  Inflicted on Rebels in Musa Qala: Governor

August 31, 2015

LASHKARGAH - Nearly 300 Taliban militants have suffered casualties during the operation for retaking control of the Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province, an official claimed ...

Dostum Clears 28 Villages of Insurgents in Kohistanat

Dostum Clears 28 Villages of  Insurgents in Kohistanat

August 31, 2015

KABUL - Twenty eight villages have been cleared of insurgents in Kohistanat district of northern Sar-e-Pul province following the First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum's arrival in ...

Rice, Sharif Confer on Afghanistan’s Stability

Rice, Sharif Confer on  Afghanistan’s Stability

August 31, 2015

ISALAMABAD - US National Security Adviser Susan Rice and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday conferred on the regional situation and measures needed for ...

240 Disabled Persons Become Homeowners in Kabul

240 Disabled Persons Become Homeowners in Kabul

August 31, 2015

KABUL - Some 240 people with disabilities were handed over ownership documents of residential apartments in Kabul on Saturday amid complaints the special people endured many ...

Huge Expenses on Afghan Peace Achieve Little Gains

Huge Expenses on Afghan Peace Achieve Little Gains

August 31, 2015

KABUL - Millions of dollars have been spent under the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP), a government peace programme, but many people are not happy with its outcome ...

Ghani Issues New Combat Orders to Curb Civilian Casualties

Ghani Issues New Combat Orders to Curb Civilian Casualties

August 30, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has issued fresh combat orders to government officials, particularly the security forces, in an effort to curb civilian casualties in the...

Ghani Not Satisfied With 4 Ministers’ Work: Source

Ghani Not Satisfied With 4 Ministers’ Work: Source

August 30, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani, not satisfied with the job of four ministers, has warned them to be fired if they fail to improve their performances, a source in the Presidential Palace ...

India Rejects to Revive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan

India Rejects to Revive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan

August 30, 2015

NEW DELHI - India has turned down another invitation from Afghanistan to hold a meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council (SPC) which may revive the Strategic Partnership ...

Carter Rules out Change in Troops’ Drawdown Plan

Carter Rules out Change in Troops’ Drawdown Plan

August 30, 2015

WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Friday ruled out any changes in the troops’ withdrawal plan in view of the recent increase in terrorist attacks in and outside...

Strongmen’s Refusal to Pay Taxes Hits Revenue Collection Drive

Strongmen’s Refusal  to Pay Taxes Hits Revenue  Collection Drive

August 30, 2015

KANDAHAR CITY - A large number of strongmen refuse to pay taxes, scuttling government efforts to collect or jack up its revenue, authorities...

Higher Education Standards Being Improved: Momand

Higher Education Standards  Being Improved: Momand

August 30, 2015

KABUL - Concerted efforts are being made to improve the quality of higher education in public and private-sector universities, the minister concerned...

Afghan-Turkmenistan Accords Signed in Kabul

Afghan-Turkmenistan  Accords Signed in Kabul

August 29, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday met with his Turkmenistan counterpart, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and with various ministers from both countries witnessed the ...

Abdullah Meets Turkmen President, Hails Bilateral Ties

Abdullah Meets  Turkmen President, Hails Bilateral Ties

August 29, 2015

KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah met with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on Thursday afternoon in...

United States :Drugs Main Source of Financing Terror in Region

United States :Drugs Main Source of  Financing Terror in Region

August 29, 2015

WASHINGTON - Acknowledging that drugs are the main source of terrorist financing in the region, the United States on Wednesday said it was also a source of stability and income for ...

Council of Jihadi Party Launched in Kabul

Council of Jihadi Party Launched in Kabul

August 29, 2015

KABUL - Afghanistan's former president Sebghatullah Mojaddedi on Thursday announced the establishment of a new political party – the Council of Jihadi – which aims to put pressure on the ...

Ghani Commends Carpet Industry’s Role in Creating Jobs

Ghani Commends Carpet  Industry’s Role in Creating Jobs

August 29, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has appreciated the role of the carpet-manufacturing sector, employing 1.6 million people, in the promotion of...

Govt. Responsible for 72% of Violence against Journalists

Govt. Responsible for 72% of Violence against Journalists

August 29, 2015

KABUL - A recent study by the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) attributes 72 percent of violence against journalists to government...

Make Real Efforts for Afghan Peace: China to Pakistan

Make Real Efforts for Afghan Peace: China to Pakistan

August 27, 2015

KABUL - China on Wednesday called on Pakistan to make real efforts as part of the Afghanistan reconciliation process China’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Deng Xijun said this during ....

Ten Afghan Women Awarded Medals of Malalai

Ten Afghan Women Awarded Medals of Malalai

August 27, 2015

KABUL - The Afghan Presidential Palace on Wednesday awarded ten women activists with the Medal of Malalai for their courageous fight for ...

Russia Ready to Supply Gunship Helicopters to Afghan Army

Russia Ready to Supply Gunship Helicopters to Afghan Army

August 27, 2015

KABUL - The Russian officials have said Moscow is prepared to supply the Afghan army with the gunship helicopters – Mi-35 attack choppers to combat...

Musa Qala Faces Collapse, Clashes Continue: Officials

Musa Qala Faces Collapse, Clashes Continue: Officials

August 27, 2015

LASHKARGAH - Musa Qala district of southern Helmand province is in danger of collapsing into the hands of the Taliban as heavy clashes continue, local officials said...

Jalrez Probe Findings be Made Public Soon, Orders NSC

Jalrez Probe Findings be Made Public Soon, Orders NSC

August 27, 2015

KABUL - The National Security Council (NSC) has ordered the authorities concerned to make public at the earliest the outcome of a pact-finding committee’s investigation into the brutal ...

Elections May be Delayed Further:Yousuf Nuristani

Elections May be Delayed Further:Yousuf Nuristani

August 27, 2015

KABUL - Yousuf Nuristani, the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), on Wednesday said that the parliamentary election is likely to be further delayed by a year ...

Secure Afghanistan Serves Regional Interests: Larijani

Secure Afghanistan Serves Regional Interests: Larijani

August 26, 2015

TEHRAN - Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani said a secure Afghanistan will serve the interests of regional ...

Peace Talks with Taliban Deadlocked:Official

Peace Talks with  Taliban Deadlocked:Official

August 26, 2015

KABUL - Despite recent optimism about a purposeful peace process with the Taliban, a senior member of the government's talk’s delegation said that negotiations were at a profound ...

US Rules out New Strategy for Afghanistan

US Rules out New  Strategy for Afghanistan

August 26, 2015

WASHINGTON - Following a series of deadly attacks in Kabul over the last few weeks, the United States on Monday ruled out coming out with a new strategy in Afghanistan, reiterating its ...

Ghazni Governor Accused of Meeting Daesh Leaders

Ghazni Governor Accused  of Meeting Daesh Leaders

August 26, 2015

KABUL - Accusing the governor of southern Ghazni province of having hands with Taliban, civil society organizations alleged that he had a meeting with Daesh leaders twice in the United ...

Over 60 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Musa Qala Clashes

Over 60 Taliban Insurgents Killed in Musa Qala Clashes

August 26, 2015

LASHKARGAH - More than 60 Taliban insurgents, including their two commanders, have been killed in clashes with security forces in Musa Qala district in southern Helmand province, officials ...