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Karzai Warns Against Drugging Children
January 11, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Friday denounced drug addiction among children as contravention of Islamic teachings and basic human rights, calling for an end to the scourge ...
Karzai Unlikely to Sign Security Pact: Report
January 11, 2014
KABUL - The US ambassador in Kabul James Cunningham has privately warned Washington that its efforts to persuade President Hamid Karzai to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement are ...
US Fighting Against People it Trained: Aziz
January 11, 2014
ISLAMABAD - The US-led war on terror has failed to achieve its objectives, creating more problems for countries in the region, a top Pakistani diplomat ...
SIGAR Warns of Looming Banking Crisis in Afghanistan
January 11, 2014
KABUL - In a recent report, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) discusses instability in the banking system in Afghanistan ...
WH Defends Biden against Gates Criticism
January 09, 2014
WASHINGTON - The White House (WH) is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war ...
ANA Needs to be an Institution: Gen. Odierno
January 09, 2014
WASHINGTON - Afghan security forces have shown signs that they are capable enough of securing the country, a top Pentagon general said on Tuesday, stressing the need to develop ...
ANSA Seeks toEnsure Quality Petroleum Distribution
January 09, 2014
KABUL - Just one third of Afghanistan's Needed Petroleum Supplies (ANSA) - about one million tones per year - are imported legally, an official from the Afghanistan National Standards Authority ...
U.S. Designates Taliban Leader Qari Saifullah Terrorist
January 09, 2014
KABUL - The U.S. State Department declared Qari Saifullah, a Quetta-based Taliban leader, a specially designated global terrorist. The leader is a Taliban's shadow deputy governor ...
U.S. Wants BSA Signed within Weeks, Not Months
January 08, 2014
KABUL - White House spokesman Jay Carney said that if Afghanistan wants U.S. troops to remain in-country beyond 2014, the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) should be signed within ...
Review Board Overstepped Mandate: Pentagon
January 08, 2014
WASHINGTON - The Afghan Review Board has overstepped its mandate by deciding to release a number of dangerous individuals who are legitimate threats, the Pentagon ...
Abdullah Raps Delay in Security Pact Signing
January 08, 2014
KABUL - Leading presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday warned a delay in signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the US and freeing dangerous prisoners without court ...
Parliament Summons Officials to Talk Violence against Women
January 08, 2014
KABUL - Parliament's Women's Commission on Tuesday summoned the Ministers of Interior, Women's Affairs and Haj and Religious Affairs along with a number of law enforcement officials to discuss the ...
President Eyes Strong Army, Air Force
January 07, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has said the Afghan National Army (ANA) should be laced with modern arms, with a competent and well-equipped air force, to protect the country ...
HPC Lauds U.S., Pakistani, Saudi Peace Efforts
January 07, 2013
KABUL - The High Peace Council (HPC) said on Monday that recent efforts undertaken by the U.S., Pakistan and Saudi Arabia could mark critical steps toward the restoration of longstanding peace in Afghanistan ...
Female Police Recruits to Reach 10,000 in 2014: MoI
January 07, 2013
KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday announced that the strength of policewomen serving in the Afghan National Police (ANP) would reach 10,000 recruits in 2014, with additional plans to promote ...
Law Banning Smoking in Public Places Approved
January 07, 2013
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Monday approved a draft law banning smoking in public places and increasing the import duty on tobacco products ...
Iraq PM Urges People of Fallujah to Expel Al-Qaida
January 07, 2013
BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister urged residents and tribes of Fallujah to "expel" al-Qaida militants from the Sunni-dominated city to avoid an all-out battle — remarks that may ...
Karzai Meets with Candidates, Talks Elections and BSA
January 06, 2014
KABUL - In a lunch meeting with the eleven Presidential candidates and their Vice Presidents on Sunday, President Hamid Karzai assured the contenders of ongoing efforts to ensure ...
Security Report Delay Could Spell Problems for IEC
January 06, 2014
KABUL - Officials of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on Sunday said that the delayed presentation of updated election security reports from security officials could create problems for ...
Agro Projects Worth $32m Announced for Kabul
January 06, 2014
KABUL - The Agriculture Ministry on Sunday announced 400 development projects concerning agriculture, irrigation, food security and creating jobs in central Kabul ...
Unfair Fund Allocation to Daikundi Slated
January 06, 2014
NEILI - Public representatives on Sunday said funds allocated for the agriculture sector in the draft budget were inadequate and accused the central government of ignoring central Daikundi ...
WJ Rejects Draft Budget
January 05, 2014
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday rejected with a majority vote the draft budget for the current year due to what they called inadequate allocations for the agricultural sector and ...
Insecurity Threatens Polls in Nangarhar: Qadir
January 05, 2014
KABUL - A lawmaker from Nangarhar on Saturday warned holding inclusive elections would not be possible if solid steps were not taken to improve the security situation in the eastern ...
300,000 Observers to Monitor Presidential Vote
January 05, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Saturday that up to 300,000 national and international observers would monitor the April presidential polls. Addressing a youth gathering in Kabul ...
Ashraf Ghani, Dostum Cautioned By ECC
January 05, 2014
KABUL - In a letter to Presidential Candidate, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and his First Vice President, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has issued them a warning about ...
Why thousands of Afghan Patients Travel to India and Pakistan to Seek Medical Care?
January 04, 2014
The answer is evident; poor quality of care at home! Let get started from a story published in Deutsche Welle (DW): The Afghan doctors diagnosed a tumor and operated right away ...
Militants’ Release to Harm Ties: US Senators
January 04, 2014
KABUL - The release of Taliban insurgents will further strain rocky US-Afghan relations, American lawmakers warned on Thursday, as the two countries continue to differ on signing a ...
Leading Presidential Tickets Trade Blows
January 04, 2014
KABUL - As the Presidential election draws near, the campaign trail heated up this week when Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's ticket took issue with recent statements from Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai's ...
Afghanistan’s 2013 Infrastructure Projects Receive Criticism
January 04, 2014
KABUL - Officials from the Ministry of Economy (MoE) and the National Economic Committee House have expressed dissatisfaction about the implementation of infrastructure projects in the ...
Karzai Puts Hold on Bagram Prisoner Releases
January 04, 2014
KABUL - In a press release issued from the Presidential Palace on Friday, it was said that the large tranche of 650 detainees expected to be released from Bagram prison on order of President ...
Iranian FM Felicitates Afghan Counterpart on Appointment
January 04, 2014
TEHRAN - Iranian top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated Zarar Ahmad Osmani for being appointed as Afghanistan’s new foreign ...
Khalili Chairs Meetings of National Disasters’ Management Authority
January 02, 2014
KABUL - Second Vice-President, Mohammad Karim Khalili, on Wednesday chaired the meeting of National Disasters’ Management Authority during which he heard a report by the deputy chairman ...
No Political will to Fight Corruption in Afghanistan
January 02, 2014
KABUL The new head of the anti-corruption department of Afghanistan has criticized the government of Afghanistan for the lack of political will to take practical steps in fight against corruption in the ...
Cabinet Approves District Level National Policy
January 02, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan Council of Minister (ACM) approved what it called a district and village level national policy of governance to better represent the public, oversight services delivery and ...
Despite Threats, Andar Residents to Vote
January 02, 2014
GHAZNI CITY - Resident of the militancy-plagued Andar district in southern Ghazni province on Wednesday said they would actively participate in April elections, despite security ...