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We are the Owners of a Great Civilization: Karzai
March 29, 2014
KABUL - During a special international Nowruz festival in Kabul on Thursday, President Hamid Karzai touched base with top leaders of nine participating countries from around the region ...
Afghanistan will Continue to Enhance Ties with China: Karzai
March 29, 2014
KABUL- Cooperation between Afghanistan and China will continue, President Hamid Karzai said. Speaking highly of China, President Karzai said ties between ...
Survey Reveals Majority of Afghans Support Elections
March 29, 2014
KABUL - A survey conducted by the Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Friday indicates roughly 92 percent of Afghans support the holding of presidential ...
Quadruple Summit Vows Joint Peace Push
March 29, 2014
KABUL - At a quadruple summit in Kabul, leaders from four regional countries on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to constructive relations based on principles ...
MPs Approve Qanuni As First Vice President
March 26, 2014
KABUL – Members of Parliament (MPs) approved on Tuesday Younus Qanuni, a former House Speaker, as first vice president to replace Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died of a heart ...
Taliban Attack Regional IEC Office
March 26, 2014
KABUL - Five Taliban insurgents attacked a regional Independent Election Commission (IEC)'s office, situated near Afghan National Army recruitment center on Tuesday, leaving ...
Last Year Bloodiest for ANSF: Azimi
March 26, 2014
KABUL - Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) suffered many fatalities during the last solar year, when militant attacks drastically surged, the Ministry of Defence spokesman ...
MPs Criticize Karzai’s Stance on Crimea and Russia
March 26, 2014
KABUL – Members of Wolesi Jirga on Tuesday asked President Karzai to avoid engaging in political affairs of other countries because of the ongoing sensitive political scenario ...
IEC Calls Lack of Security A Major Threat to Elections
March 25, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission on Monday said that lack of security may undermine voting in regions of Afghanistan urging supervision during elections to ensure ...
IEC Concerned at Govt. Officials’ Interference
March 25, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday voiced concern over government officials’ participation in the election campaign, saying necessary materials could ...
MPs Ask Govt. to Get Tough with Taliban
March 25, 2014
KABUL – The Wolesi Jirga, asking the government to get tough with the Taliban, on Monday decided to summon high security officials over the rapidly deteriorating law and order ...
Foreign Election Observers Leave Afghanistan After Attach on KSH
March 25, 2014
KABUL - Several foreign election observers were pulled out of Afghanistan following a deadly Taliban attack on Kabul Serena Hotel (KSH) last week. The foreign election observers ...
US Lawmakers Meet with Karzai Over BSA
March 24, 2014
KABUL - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has met with President Hamid Karzai to discuss a still unsigned bilateral security agreement which will determine the scope of activity ...
Senators Concerned at Growing Insecurity
March 24, 2014
KABUL Meshrano Jirga members on Sunday voiced their concern over the current security situation in the context of next month’s elections, asking the relevant organs to adopt ...
ANSF Capable Enough to Defend National Sovereignty: Khalili
March 24, 2014
KABUL - The second Vice-President, Mohammad Karim Khalili on Sunday, in his remarks at the graduation ceremony of cadets in national military academy, has said that the Afghan National ...
Pakistan Ups Afghan Uplift Funding
March 24, 2014
KABUL - Pakistan Day was celebrated at Pakistan Embassy, Kabul, with zeal and fervor to commemorate the passage of historical Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, which laid ...
Flag-Hoisting Ceremony Held in Mazar-I-Sharif
March 23, 2014
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - The traditional flag-hoisting (Janda Bala) ceremony, marking the new solar year, was held in Mazar-i-Sharif, the centre of Nawroz festivities ...
Crisis If Vote Rigged, Warns Balkh Governor
March 23, 2014
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - The governor of northern Balkh province on Friday warned of a grave political crisis if next month’s presidential and provincial elections were ...
Journalists Boycott Taliban Coverage for 15 Days
March 23, 2014
KABUL - Denouncing the death of their colleague in the Serena Hotel attack, Afghan journalists have boycotted Taliban’s news coverage for a period of 15 days ...
Afghans to Have Successful Elections: Karzai
March 23, 2014
KABUL - Congratulating the nation on the eve of the Nawroz festival, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday urged the Afghans to go to polling stations and cast their votes in the historic ...
Riggings will Undermine ANSF Capability: IEC
March 20, 2014
KABUL - Head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Ahmad Yousaf Nuristani, on Wednesday expressed apprehensions over possible electoral fraud enabled by security threats ...
Khalili Assures of Free-Interference Presidential Poll
March 20, 2014
KABUL - Second-Vice President, Mohammad Karim Khalili in meeting with Turkish new ambassador to Afghanistan discussed bilateral relations with a confirmation of holding a fair process ...
Govt. Urged to Protect Journalists during Polls
March 20, 2014
KABUL - Concerned about growing violence against journalists, a media advocacy group on Wednesday asked the government to provide security to the community, especially during the ...
US Has Spent $53b Funding ANSF
March 20, 2014
KABUL - The United States has spent around $53 billion funding the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), in addition to providing the Afghan National Army (ANA) with 160 aircrafts ...
Elections Success to Reinforce Afghanistan’s Political Stability: Kubiš
March 19, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan's institutional and political stability are highly dependent on the success of the April elections, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Ján Kubiš ...
UNAMA Highlights Need for Elections Free From Fraud
March 19, 2014
KABUL - With less than three weeks to go before Afghans vote for a new President and Provincial Councils, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) highlights the need ...
Daudzai Promises Peaceful Elections
March 19, 2014
KABUL - Interior Minister Omar Daudzai on Tuesday promised the April 5 elections would be peaceful because his ministry had complete faith in the ability of Afghan security forces ...
China Urges Int’l Support for Afghanistan’s Transition
March 19, 2014
UNITED NATIONS - A Chinese envoy called on the international community to continue its support to Afghanistan's ongoing transition as well as an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned ...
MPs Fail to Elect 1st Deputy Speaker, Secretary
March 18, 2014
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga -- or lower house of parliament -- on Monday again failed to elect its first deputy speaker and secretary, adjourning the voting to Tuesday ...
JIP Recommends Qanooni for Vice Presidency
March 18, 2014
KABUL - An official from the Jamiat-e-Islami Party (JIP), the Islamic Society Party, on Monday confirmed that Mohammad Younas Qanoni's name will be officially referred to the president ...
U.S. to Give Millions Worth of Military Equipment to Pakistan
March 18, 2014
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is looking into a new option for getting rid of $7 billion worth of armored vehicles and military equipments in Afghanistan. U.S. officials have reported of giving ...
Kabul Polytechnic University Students Build Robots
March 18, 2014
KABUL - Two students of Kabul Polytechnic University have built robots having the capacity to control and identify things in a distance and were able to identify their environment ...
Officials Dismissed if They Aid Campaigns: Nuristani
March 17, 2014
KABUL - Government officials will be promptly dismissed from their posts if they take part in the campaign activities of any particular candidate in the presidential or provincial council ...
WJ Elects Assistant Secretary, Deputy Speaker
March 17, 2014
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or the lower house of parliament on Sunday elected Saleh Mohammad Saljooqi as second deputy speaker and Irfanullah Irfan as assistant secretary ...
Wardak Withdraws from Election Race
March 17, 2014
KABUL - General Abdul Rahim Wadak at a press conference in Kabul on Sunday announced his withdrawal from the April presidential election race. He has not yet declared support ...