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Saleh: Daesh-Taliban Threatened to Turn Kabul into Shia Slaughterhouse
December 13,2020
KABUL - Amrullah Saleh, the first vice president, says the Taliban-Islamic State has warned that if one of their members is executed, they will turn Kabul into Shia massacre ground...
Murtazawi Calls for Responsible Reporting after Saleh’s Disturbing Message
December 13,2020
KABUL - Shah Hussain Murtazawi, Senior Advisor in the Office of the President of Afghanistan, on Saturday called for calm and responsible reporting after First Vice President Amrullah ...
Doha: Negotiating Teams to Take 20-Day Break
December 13,2020
KABUL - Peace negotiating teams of the government and Taliban are set to take a three-week break, a well-placed source said on Saturday...
UN Adopts Resolution on Afghanistan, Calls for End to Violence
December 12,2020
The United Nations General Assembly’s resolution on the situation in Afghanistan was adopted on Friday by a majority of 131 votes, supporting an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan ...
Known Writer, Novelist Rahnaward Zaryab Passes Away
December 12,2020
KABUL - Well-known writer, novelist, journalist and literary scholar Rahnaward Zaryab passed away at the age of 77 years old at a hospital in Kabul early Friday morning ...
Ghani Stresses Rapid NFP Implementation
December 12,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has said implementation of the National Food Package (NFP) should be accelerated on the account of the second wave of coronavirus in the country ...
MPs Criticize Govt’s Development Office for Ignoring Parliament
December 12,2020
KABUL - Lawmakers in the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament, on Thursday blasted the Operation and Support Office of the President for National Development ...
Regional Countries Discuss Reconciliation in Afghanistan
December 12,2020
KABUL - Top diplomats from China and six Central Asian countries have met virtually for their first dialogue on trade and connectivity...
Chinese Envoy Asks for Int’l Efforts to Boost Afghan Peace Process
December 12,2020
UNITED NATIONS - A Chinese envoy on Thursday asked for international efforts to boost the Afghan peace process and to help improve security in the country...
Afghan, Iranian Leaders Hail ‘Historic’ Khaf-Herat Railway
December 12,2020
KABUL - While already in use, the Herat-Khaf railway--a major joint infrastructural project between Afghanistan and Iran--officially opened on Thursday. . .
MoPH Urges Public to Respect COVID-19 Health Guidelines
December 12,2020
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has suggested that the Afghan government ask 50 percent of the government servants to work from home if the second wave of COVID-19 ...
Report Blames Trump’s Administration for 330% Increase in Civilian Casualties
December 09,2020
KABUL - Outgoing President Donald Trump’s decision in 2017 to loosen military rules of engagement in Afghanistan that were meant to protect civilians was followed by a sharp increase in civilian ...
Abdullah Gives Peace Talks Update, Says Teams to Continue Discussions
December 09,2020
KABUL - Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation said the Afghan Republic’s talks team and the Taliban met on Monday and discussed the agenda to take ...
Closing Schools Wrong Response to Covid-19: UNICEF
December 09,2020
KABUL - UN’s children body UNICEF on Tuesday said closing schools was a wrong response to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, saying 7.5 million children in Afghanistan missed out on schooling ...
Findings of Probe into Code 91 Expenditure Are Untrue: Govt
December 09,2020
KABUL - Presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in response to accusations of government’s misappropriation of funds regarding Code 91 that the claims made by Etilaatroz newspaper ...
Afghan Women’s Cricket Team Set to Start Training This Month
December 09,2020
KABUL - The Afghan women’s cricket team, which was officially relaunched last month, is scheduled to have their first overseas training camp later this month, likely in a Gulf ...
$100M Loss Recorded in Aviation Income
December 09,2020
KABUL - Coronavirus pandemic has caused an estimated $100 million loss to the Civil Aviation Authority and two local airline companies....
Afghan Parliament to Shift to Electronic Voting, Attendance System
December 09,2020
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Afghan parliament is pushing on efforts to shift from paper to electronic voting, including electronic attendance system for the members, said the Wolesi Jirga Secretariat on ...
Taliban Expect Release of Their Prisoners by Mid-December: Wilson
December 07,2020
KABUL - US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson in a chat with reporters on Sunday said that the Taliban is expecting the release of thousands of their prisoners under their ...
Avoid Impracticable Demands, Govt Tells Taliban
December 07,2020
KABUL - The State Ministry for Peace Affairs on Sunday asked neighboring countries to put pressure on the Taliban to shun demands that were not feasible....
Operations in Afghanistan Under-Funded: ICRC
December 07,2020
KABUL - The International Committee of the Red Cross says its operations in Afghanistan and Iraq are under-funded.
The funding crisis has been triggered ...
Georgians Bound to Afghanistan While U.S. Troops Gear Up for Withdrawal
December 07,2020
KABUL - Salome Zurabishvili, Georgian President told media, their 100 peacekeeping members are bound for Afghanistan ...
Female Deputies Appointed for 8 Provinces
December 07,2020
KABUL - The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (ICRC) said at least eight women have been appointed as social deputies in eight different provinces upon an official decree by the Presidential ...
Political Leaders Attend First Meeting of Reconciliation Council
December 06,2020
KABUL - Afghan political leaders Saturday attended the first meeting of the High Council for National Reconciliation where they stressed the need for unity and consensus among political leaders...
Ceasefire Will be on Agenda in Talks: Taliban Spokesman
December 06,2020
DOHA - Amid a breakthrough in Doha talks, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem on Friday said ceasefire will be on the agenda among other topics in the negotiations...
Taliban Warns U.S Over Violating Peace Agreement
December 06,2020
DOHA - Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Taliban, said US forces attacked the group’s positions in Helmand province last night in violation of the Doha peace agreement ...
NATO Vows Medical Supplies for ANDSF
December 06,2020
KABUL - NATO has promised providing more than 1,000 tonnes of medical supplies to support the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)...
Afghan Supreme Court Judge Killed in Kabul Shooting: Local Media
December 06,2020
KABUL - A judge of the Afghan Supreme Court has been assassinated in the country’s capital, a local TV channel reported Saturday.
Abdul Jamil was shot dead after Friday ...
Pakistan Says Fence Along Durand Line Is Almost Complete
December 06,2020
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s military has said it’s 2,600km fence along the porous border with Afghanistan will be completed within the next two months...
Presidential Palace Rejects 4 ‘Reconciliation Council’ Members
December 06,2020
KABUL - A source in the High Council for National reconciliation told Khaama Press that the listed names of Rahmatullah Nabil, Seyed Ishaq Gilani, Farkhondeh Zahra Naderi ...
Poor Nations Hit Hard by Coronavirus: Ghani
December 05,2020
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that coronavirus has exacerbated existing gaps and inequalities across the developed and developing nations...
Pompeo Greets Both Negotiating Teams on Progress
December 05,2020
KABUL - The Trump administration has hailed Wednesday the Kabul-Taliban agreement on rules and procedures for intra-Afghan peace talks as a ...
Ghani, Foreign Envoys Discuss Progress in Talks
December 05,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has discussed recent developments in the peace process with EU and NATO ambassadors, Presidential Palace said on Thursday. ...
Talks on Peace Negotiation’s Agenda to Begin
December 05,2020
KABUL - A member of the government negotiating team in Qatar has said that talks on the agenda of peace talks may begin on Saturday.
Wishing not to be named, the team member ...
Schools Conduct Exams on Taliban Orders
December 05,2020
GHAZNI CITY - Taliban militants have given school students mid-term exams in several districts of southern Ghazni province in violation of the government’s decision on shutting ...