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Akbar Agha Pushes Peace Building Efforts among Clerics, Tribal Elders

Akbar Agha Pushes Peace Building Efforts among Clerics, Tribal Elders

August 02, 2015

>KABUL - Sayed Mohammad Akbar Agha, the former leader of the Taliban's Jaish-al-Muslimeen (Army of Muslims) and the current chairman of the Shurae-Aali Rah-e-Nejat (High Council of ....

ERC Meets with Experts, Stakeholders for Guidance on Reform

ERC Meets with Experts, Stakeholders for Guidance  on Reform

August 01, 2015

KABUL - The newly established Electoral Reform Commission (ERC) kicked off its reform agenda this week by engaging members of the international community, women rights advocacy groups and ...

MoD Prevents Collapse of 41 Districts in Past Four Months

MoD Prevents  Collapse of 41 Districts  in Past Four Months

August 01, 2015

KABUL - The Ministry of Defense's Operations Director General Afzal Aman said on Thursday that due to the dedication of the ministry and troops they have prevented the collapse of 41 ...

Peace Talks a Moment of Opportunity for Taliban: US

Peace Talks a Moment of  Opportunity for Taliban: US

August 01, 2015

WASHINGTON - The peace talks is a moment of opportunity for the Taliban, the US said....

US Senate Panel Passes Afghan Accountability Act

US Senate Panel Passes  Afghan Accountability Act

August 01, 2015

WASHINGTON - A key Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill seeking to promote increased accountability for American assistance in Afghanistan and calling on the secretary...

Proscribed Haqqani Network Chief Jalaludin is Dead Also: Taliban

Proscribed Haqqani  Network Chief Jalaludin is Dead Also: Taliban

August 01, 2015

KABUL - A day after confirmation of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s death, chief of the Haqqani militant network and father of Sirajuddin Haqqani, Jalaludin Haqqani, died almost a ...

Mullah Omar’s Death Won’t Derail Peace Talks: Officials

Mullah Omar’s Death Won’t  Derail Peace Talks: Officials

August 01, 2015

KABUL - Members of the Afghan government's delegation for peace negotiations with the Taliban on Friday reassured that the death of Mullah Omar would not negatively impact the talks, a ....

AISA Chides Govt. for Poor Economic Development Strategy

AISA Chides Govt. for Poor Economic Development Strategy

July 30, 2015

KABUL - The Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Wednesday announced foreign investment declined by 30 percent and accused government for having no proper strategy for economic...

Govt., Taliban Delegations to Again Meet in Murree on Friday

Govt., Taliban  Delegations to Again Meet in Murree on Friday

July 30, 2015

KABUL - Reports suggest that the Afghan government and Taliban delegations are again meeting in the Murree exurb of Islamabad for peace talks on....

Reports about Omar’s Death Being Probed: President Palace

Reports about Omar’s Death  Being Probed: President Palace

July 30, 2015

KABUL - Following rumours about Taliban’s supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death, the Presidential Palace said on Wednesday the reports would be investigated ...

Aziz Reiterates Constructive Engagement with Afghanistan

Aziz Reiterates  Constructive Engagement with Afghanistan

July 30, 2015

KABUL - Highlighting Islamabad's efforts to fight terrorism and extremism, a top Pakistani diplomat has reiterated his government’s commitment to taking forward the process of ...

Presidential Palace Employees Have Gone Unpaid for Months

Presidential Palace Employees Have Gone Unpaid for Months

July 30, 2015

KABUL - Sources inside the Presidential Palace's Administrative Affairs Office have reported that a large number of employees in the executive branch have not been paid their ...

No Letup in Violence Even after Pakistan-Backed Talks: Faisal

No Letup in Violence Even after  Pakistan-Backed Talks: Faisal

July 29, 2015

KABUL - Javed Faisal, spokesman for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah, on Tuesday said Afghanistan expected sharp decline after first round of direct talks with ...

Pakistan Gets $336m to Support Forces in Afghanistan

Pakistan Gets $336m to Support Forces in Afghanistan

July 29, 2015

KARACHI - Pakistan on Tuesday received some $336 million from the United States for its ongoing role in combating a Taliban insurgency in neighbouring...

Electoral Reform Suggestions to be Presented Soon: Tawhidi

Electoral Reform Suggestions  to be Presented Soon: Tawhidi

July 29, 2015

KABUL - The Electoral Reforms Commission (ERC) on Tuesday reassured to evaluate all conditions for which election commissioners got nominated and would incorporate changes to the ...

Taliban Militants Seize 80 Villages in Northern Afghanistan

Taliban Militants Seize 80  Villages in Northern Afghanistan

July 29, 2015

According to reports, Taliban insurgents occupied over 80 villages in northern...

Scores of Rebels Perish in Clearing Operations

Scores of Rebels Perish  in Clearing Operations

July 29, 2015

KABUL - Ten security personnel and 67 militants have been killed and 36 others wounded in the past two days in different incidents of violence across the country, the Ministry of ...

‘Stop Creating Anti-Taliban Militias Amid Peace Talks’

‘Stop Creating Anti-Taliban Militias Amid Peace Talks’

July 29, 2015

KHOST CITY - Religious scholars and tribal elders in southeastern Khost province on Tuesday said “illegal distribution” of weapons to residents in Northern ...

ERC Recommends Short-Term Electoral Reforms to Expedite Process

ERC Recommends Short-Term  Electoral Reforms to Expedite Process

July 28, 2015

KABUL - The Electoral Reform Commission (ERC) on Monday recommended that the National Unity Government consider implementing a number of near-term electoral reforms in the next...

Haleem Sworn in as Chief Justice

Haleem Sworn in  as Chief Justice

July 28, 2015

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Monday officially announced the appointment of Sayed Yousaf Haleem as the Chief Justice of Afghanistan after legislators endorsed his appointment by casting ..

Saudi Arabia Hosts Clandestine Taliban-Govt Talks

Saudi Arabia Hosts Clandestine Taliban-Govt Talks

July 28, 2015

KABUL - Following crucial face-to-face talks in Murree, a tourists resort close to Islamabad, a clandestine meeting was held between a two-member Taliban delegation and Afghan ...

Part of Kohistanat District Falls, ALP Men Defect to Taliban

Part of Kohistanat District Falls, ALP Men Defect to Taliban

July 28, 2015

SUR-I-PUL - A part of the Kohistanat district in northern Sur-i-Pul province fell to Taliban after Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander joined militants along with his colleagues, a ...

Masooma Muradi : All Resources to be Used for Daikundi Development

Masooma Muradi : All Resources to be Used for Daikundi Development

July 28, 2015

BAMYAN CITY - The female governor for central Daikundi province on Monday pledged to work out a comprehensive strategy to resolve problems and challenges facing different sectors with ...

Thousands of Students to be Enrolled for Higher Education

Thousands of Students to be Enrolled for Higher Education

July 28, 2015

KABUL - The Ministry of Information and Culture on Monday signed contracts with a number of private higher education institutes to help around 10,000 school graduates to pursue ...

Reforms for Parliamentary Vote Expected Within Two Months :Electoral Reform Commission

Reforms for Parliamentary Vote  Expected Within Two Months :Electoral Reform Commission

July 27, 2015

KABUL - The Electoral Reform Commission (ERC) on Sunday announced that preliminary reforms needed to pave the way for a new round of parliamentary elections will be in place within two ...

Taliban Set Free 120 Policemen in Badakhshan

Taliban Set  Free 120 Policemen  in Badakhshan

July 27, 2015

FAIZABAD - Taliban on Sunday said they have set free 120 policemen they detained in Warduj district of northeastern Badakhshan ....

Next Round of Peace Talks Scheduled for Pakistan Not China : Source

Next Round of Peace Talks  Scheduled for Pakistan Not China : Source

July 27, 2015

KABUL - A senior Pakistani security official has said that the next round of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban will be held on July 31 in Pakistan. The source...

MoD to Launch Large Military Operation in North

MoD to Launch Large  Military Operation in North

July 27, 2015

KABUL - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday announced that the Afghan security forces will soon launch a large scale military operations in northern Afghanistan in the hope of ....

Logar Airstrike Victims to be Conferred with Medals

Logar Airstrike  Victims to be Conferred with Medals

July 27, 2015

KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday pledged to confer with highest state medals on security officials died in Logar...

Afghanistan Poses no Threat to Neighboring Countries: US

Afghanistan Poses no Threat to Neighboring Countries: US

July 26, 2015

Richard Hoagland said Washington would not open a military base in Central Asia as US military presence is not required in the...

MoPH Kicks off National Measles Vaccination Campaign

MoPH Kicks off  National Measles  Vaccination Campaign

July 26, 2015

KABUL - Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) officials on Saturday launched a nation-wide measles vaccination campaign that will see at least 5.5 million children being immunized ...

Dostum Calls Taliban the Enemy Not ‘Brothers’

Dostum Calls Taliban the Enemy Not ‘Brothers’

July 26, 2015

KABUL - The first Vice-President General Abdul Rashid Dostum on Saturday said that the Taliban are enemies of Afghans, and that he will never call them ...

Pakistan Vows to Eliminate or Expel Taliban

Pakistan Vows to Eliminate or Expel Taliban

July 26, 2015

WASHINGTON - Happy with the recent intelligence-sharing agreement with Afghanistan and significant improvement in relationship between Islamabad and Kabul, a top Pakistani ...

Artifacts Unearthed at Ainak Copper Mine Project at Risk :National Museum

Artifacts Unearthed  at Ainak Copper Mine Project at Risk :National Museum

July 26, 2015

KABUL - Artifacts Unearthed at Ainak Copper Mine Project at Risk: National MuseumMohammad Yahya Mohibzada, the acting chairman of Afghanistan's National Museum on Saturday reported ...

MoI to Help Families of Dead Policemen:Ulumi

MoI to Help Families of Dead Policemen:Ulumi

July 26, 2015

KABUL - He held out the assurance at a ceremony, at where cash was provided to relatives of three policemen killed by unidentified gunmen in northern Baghlan province two week...