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Taliban Positive on Women’s Rights, Girls’ Edu
May 05, 2015
KABUL - The two-day talks between Afghan government officials and Taliban representatives in Qatar concluded on Sunday without reaching any agreement but both the parties expressed their views ...
Doha Confirms Hosting Peace Talks Between Afghan Govt. and Taliban
May 04, 2015
DOHA - Yousif Al Sada, Director of the Asian Department at the Foreign Ministry of Qatar late Sunday confirmed that Doha is hosting peace talks between Afghan officials and Taliban ...
MoPH to Take Practical Steps in Health Stuffs Quality: Masoud
May 04, 2015
KABUL - A session of high committee for overseeing imported and produced health stuffs was held under the chairmanship of Ahmad Zia Masoud, presidential advisor on reforms affairs and ...
Ghani Urges Afghans to Put Aside Past Differences
May 03, 2015
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday urged the Afghans to put aside their past differences and work for the country’s prosperity under the ...
Anti-Torture Program to be Launched Soon: Danesh
May 03, 2015
KABUL - Second Vice President, Sarwar Danesh in a meeting with members of a body fighting against torturing detainees, here yesterday said that the government in cooperation with ...
Ghani Speaks of Giving Taliban a Role in Afghan Politics
May 02, 2015
NEW DELHI - President Ashraf Ghani said in India on Thursday that despite the Taliban and other insurgent groups being anti-government, they still had a right to be part of ...
Daesh Threatens Security of Whole Region: Ghani
April 30, 2015
KABUL - Addressing a group of Indian and Afghan journalists in New Delhi on Wednesday Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that he has held inclusive discussions with Indian officials on ...
Peace in Afghanistan a Significant Goal: Ghani
April 29, 2015
NEW DELHI - President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said peace was Afghanistan’s significant goal since the shadow of terrorism haunted Afghan children and ...
Senators Blast Government over Insecurity in North
April 27, 2015
KABUL - Expressing deep concern over increased insurgency in northern Afghanistan since the start of the Taliban's spring offensive, members of Meshrano Jirga ...
China Supports Afghan-Lead and Afghan-Owned Peace Process
April 26, 2015
KABUL - A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hong Lei said at a press briefing on Friday that his country supports the 'Afghan-Lead And Afghan-Owned Peace ...
Investigative Journalism under Dire Threat: CEO
April 26, 2015
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday expressed shock over persistent threats from government officials to journalists, saying investigative journalism was on ...
President Underlines Greater National Unity
April 25, 2015
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday underlined greater national unity keeping in view the current security situation in the ...
Security Forces Launch Operation to Rescue 31 Hostages
April 25, 2015
KABUL - A joint military and police operation has been launched to track and rescue 31 hostages held for nearly two months in southern Zabul, local officials told ...
President, CEO Agree to Appoint New Head of ERC
April 23, 2015
KABUL - The Office of Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has said that the CEO and President Ashraf Ghani have agreed to select a new chairperson for the Electoral Reform Commission ...
16 Cabinet Ministers Sworn in
April 22, 2015
KABUL - Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday officiated at the swearing in ceremony of 16 new cabinet ministers who recently won votes of confidence from the Lower ...
$6 Million Spent So far to Track 31 Hostages: Ghani
April 22, 2015
KABUL - While on a two-day state visit to Iran, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told students that the release of 31 hostages is one of his priorities and so far $6 million has been ...
Ayatollah Urges Close Ties Between Iran, Afghanistan
April 21, 2015
TEHRAN - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has stressed the need for determination to boost cooperation and rapport between ...
Ghani Urges Iran’s Private Sector to Invest in Afghanistan
April 21, 2015
TERHRAN - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani – who is on a two-day official visit to Iran - on Monday urged Iran's private sector to invest in ...
Tehran and Kabul Agreed to Share Intelligence on Terrorism
April 20, 2015
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during his visit to Iran pledged he would not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used against other counties for insurgent or any other violent ...
Reforms Needed to Ensure Justice for Women Victims of Violence: UN
April 20, 2015
KABUL/GENEVA - Access to justice for women victims of violence in Afghanistan needs to be strengthened, a new UN report has urged. The report states that while there is a legal ...
MPs Approve All 16 Nominees, Leaving Only Defense Open
April 19, 2015
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Saturday approved all 16 cabinet nominees who were introduced by the government in the second round of voting – since the ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan Face Threats from Non-state Actor
April 19, 2015
KABUL - Chief of Army Staff General Sher Muhammad Karimi has warned that the world specifically Afghanistan and Pakistan face the greater threats in dangers from individuals and groups that ...
Int’l Forces in Afghanistan Failed to Unroot Terrorism: Moscow
April 18, 2015
Drug trafficking has increased in Afghanistan despite NATO attempts, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ...
Big Military Operation in Badakhshan Soon: MoI
April 18, 2015
KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Friday said that cleanup offensive would be initiated in the restive Juram and Warduj districts of northeastern Badakhshan province to purge the ...
Rula Ghani among “100 Most Influential People”
April 18, 2015
KABUL - The Time Magazine has released its list of 100 most influential people, in which, Afghanistan's First Lady Rula Ghani is also named as one of the most influential figures in ...
Zakhelwal Named as Suspect in MoD Fuel Contract Investigation
April 18, 2015
KABUL - Sixty-three individuals, including President Ashraf Ghani's economic advisor, Hazarat Omar Zakhelwal, have been accused of involvement in the Ministry of Defense (MoD) ...
Ghani, Khattak Discuss Peace Process, Refugees
April 16, 2015
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani and Pervez Khattak, chief minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Wednesday held detailed deliberations on issues ranging from ...
ISIS in Afghanistan “Psychological Warfare”: Amrullah
April 16, 2015
KABUL - The former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency – Amrullah Saleh says that Islamic State is not a reality and it ...
Lawmakers Ask President, CEO to Resign
April 15, 2015
KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga members on Tuesday said government officials had committed negligence during Friday’s attacks on Afghan army posts in Badakhshan province, asking President ...
CEO Stresses Coordination to Counter Narcotics Menace
April 14, 2015
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said narcotics had a role to fuel insecurity in the country and close coordination among institutions was needed to ...
MoD Contract Corruption Exceeds $200mln
April 14, 2015
KABUL - Officials from the Fuel Importing Companies Organization on Sunday claimed that documents indicate the alleged Ministry of Defense contract scandal involves far more ...
5 More Cabinet Picks Present Future Plans to WJ
April 14, 2015
KABUL - Five ministers-designate presented their plans and strategies to the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or lower house of parliament on ...
Protest Held for Swift Recovery of Kidnapped Passengers
April 14, 2015
KABUL - Some university students in capital Kabul on Monday staged a protest in front of parliament house demanding swift recovery of 31 abducted ...
Tajik, Turkmen Leaders Call for Speeding up Construction of TAT Railway
April 14, 2015
DUSHANBE - Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov met on the sidelines of the 7th World Water Forum in Daegu, South Korea, on Sunday, the ...
MPs Blast Govt. Leaders over Growing Insecurity
April 13, 2015
KABUL - The spokesman for Ministry of Interior on Sunday said Daesh or the Islamic State group could not find a foothold in Afghanistan, assuring that the country’s security forces ...