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IEC to Open 323 New Polling Centers
January 22, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has announced plans to open 323 new polling centers across Afghanistan in order to compensate for the 414 centers now expected to be ...
No One Has Right to Interfere in Afghan Polls: US Envoy
January 22, 2014
KHOST CITY - A US diplomat on Tuesday said no one the right to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs and the April elections, which she called an Afghan-owned and independent ...
No Foreign Meddling to Ensure Fair Vote: Karzai
January 21, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Monday said Afghanistan could hold transparent elections due on April 5 if foreign interference was not allowed in the process ...
Pakistan Wants to Facilitate Peace Efforts in Afghanistan
January 21, 2014
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Secretary of Defense Lt Gen (retd) Asif Yasin Malik has said that Pakistan wants to facilitate peace efforts in Afghanistan for a peaceful region post 2014 ...
313 New Places Designated as Polling Sites: IEC
January 21, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has designated 313 new places nationwide as polling stations for the April elections and has sent a list in this regard to security ...
Key Security Officials Assure Karzai of Secure Elections
January 21, 2014
KABUL - Afghan National Police (ANP) Commanders on Monday assured President Hamid Karzai that security would be set for the Presidential and Provincial Council elections in April ...
Karzai Again Demands US Airstrikes End
January 20, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan's president says the U.S. can no longer carry out military operations or airstrikes and must jump-start peace talks with the Taliban before his country signs ...
Senate Repeats Calls for BSA Signing
January 20, 2014
KABUL - In what has become a regular routine, a number of Afghan Senators on Sunday called on President Hamid Karzai to sign the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which ...
Taliban Rejects US’ Call to Lay Down Arms
January 20, 2014
KABUL - The Afghan Taliban on Sunday rejected a call by the United States to put down their weapons and start peace talks with the Afghan government. The White House ...
Afghanistan to Join WTO Family Soon
January 20, 2014
KABUL - Kabul on Sunday signed a cooperation agreement on trade with Washington, officials said, hoping Afghanistan would be granted membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ...
21 Including 13 Foreigners Killed
January 19, 2014
KABUL - A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in central Kabul late Friday, while two other bombers managed to get inside the restaurant ...
Obama Creates Afghan-Pak Partnership Office
January 19, 2014
WASHINGTON - US president Barack Obama has signed an executive order to create a temporary organization named “Afghanistan and Pakistan Strategic Partnership Office” aimed at ...
Karzai Wants to Sign BSA: Daudzai
January 19, 2014
KABUL - Minister of Interior Affairs, Mohammad Umar Daudzai, in a joint press conference on Saturday said that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) is to the benefit of both Afghanistan ...
Afghanistan Needs Neighbors Support: India
January 19, 2014
NEW DELHI - Afghanistan is going through critical juncture in its history and the war-battered country requires the constructive support of its neighbors. These views were ...
BSA Stance Originates from Past Experience: Karzai
January 18, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has said his stance on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) is based on experience the Afghans went through over the past 12 years, calling on ...
Biden Wants less Troops Post-2014, Washington 'Zero-Option'
January 18, 2014
KABUL - In a meeting on Thursday regarding Afghanistan, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden reportedly favored a total commitment of only 2,000 troops after the NATO combat mission ends in ...
Abdullah, Mohaqiq Discuss Election Challenges
January 18, 2014
KABUL – Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, Vice Presidential running mate of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, in a public speech on Thursday blamed the sitting government for a number of "crises" Afghanistan ...
US Airstrike Killed at Least 14 Civilians in Parwan: MP
January 18, 2014
KABUL - A delegation of the Afghan officials including parliament members, who were assigned by president Karzai to investigate the US airstrike in northern Parwan province of Afghanistan ...
Sharp Drop in Afghan Growth Rate in 2013: WB
January 16, 2014
WASHINGTON - Painting a grim picture of the Afghan economy, the World Bank (WB) on Wednesday estimated the country’s growth rate at 3.1 percent in the year 2013; which is a sharp ...
Indo-Pak-Afghan Friendship Only Option: Nawaz
January 16, 2014
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan, Afghanistan and India had no option other than becoming good friends and added that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had ...
India, China, Russia to Hold Trilateral Meet on Afghanistan
January 16, 2014
NEW DEHLI - Senior officials from India, China and Russia will hold a trilateral meet in Beijing on Thursday to discuss the emerging situation in Afghanistan in the backdrop of the ...
MPs Endorse Draft Budget
January 16, 2014
KABUL - By a majority vote, the Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday approved the draft budget for the current fiscal year, beginning from Dec. 22. The draft budget has been approved by the Meshrano Jirga ...
Obama Defends Afghanistan Policy
January 15, 2014
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama defended his Afghanistan policy, saying he continues to have "faith" in the U.S. mission in the country, after his former Pentagon chief said the ...
Afghanistan Wins 2013 FIFA Fair Play Award
January 15, 2014
ZURICH - Afghanistan's Football Federation won the 2013 FIFA Fair Play award at the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013 soccer awards ceremony in Zurich on Monday, after hosting their first international match at home ...
MPs Question Election Security Report Accuracy
January 15, 2014
KABUL - Lawmakers in the Lower House of the parliament (Wolesi Jirga) from Jawzjan, Logar, Faryab, Nuristan and Nangarhar provinces said Tuesday that the recent security report submitted ...
Transparent Elections Guarantees World Longstanding Cooperation: UNAMA
January 15, 2014
Kabul - Officials of the United National Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAM) have pronounced 2014 presidential and provincial councils’ elections a destiny making process to the ...
Kankour and Popularity of Public Universities
January 14, 2014
Some students who participated in annual nationwide entrance exam (Kankour) complained about the way it was held. Cold weather, insufficient time and lack of ...
Hekmatyar Calls on Party Members to Take Part in Elections
January 14, 2014
KABUL - The leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, in a surprise move asked his party members to participate in the upcoming presidential elections ...
MPs Condemn Hunting Rare Birds by Arabs
January 14, 2014
KABUL - Some Meshrano Jirga members on Sunday strongly criticized hunting of endangered and rare birds, saying a number of Arab citizens had arrived in western Afghanistan to campaign for a ...
Govt. Awards AGMC License to Develop Copper Deposit
January 14, 2014
BALKHAB - Afghan Gold & Minerals Company (AGMC) has won the license to develop a big copper deposit in the northwestern Afghanistan. The company was ...
Iran Extends Visas of 470 Afghan Refugees
January 14, 2014
KABUL - Iran has extended work visas of 470 Afghan refugees staying in the neighboring country, an official said on Sunday. Refugee and Repatriation Ministry spokesman, Amanullah Jawad ...
US Never Saw Pakistan as an Ally, Writes Gates
January 12, 2014
KABUL - Former US defense secretary Robert Gates says his country never considered consulting Pakistan before raiding the Osama bin Laden compound in the northwestern garrison town of ...
BSA Would Not to Be Signed Until Conditions are Met: ARG
January 12, 2014
KABUL - Deputy Spokesperson of Afghanistan presidential palace (ARG) said Saturday as long as Afghanistan conditions are not accepted, bilateral security agreements won’t be signed ...
ANSF to Provide Election Security: Officials
January 12, 2014
KABUL - Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) will provide security for the vast majority of polling stations in the upcoming presidential elections, an official ...
Provincial Council Law Approved
January 12, 2014
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday approved the provincial council law, but refused authorizing the bodies to oversee affairs of provincial government ...