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Elections Crucial to New Partnership: EU
November 09, 2013
KABUL - The European Union special representative and head of the EU Delegation to Afghanistan on Thursday underlined the importance of the forthcoming elections, hoping they would pave the ...
Kabul Seeks Support for Refugees’ Rehabilitation
November 09, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan has sought generous international support for long-term socio-economic development and capacity-building programs to rehabilitate returning ...
Iran Suggests Joint Campaign against Drugs
November 07, 2013
KABUL - Iran's interior minister has called for joint counternarcotics efforts with Afghanistan and Pakistan to rid the region of the ...
Govt. Entities Owe 1b Afsto Power Utility
November 07, 2013
KABUL - Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS), the power utility, on Wednesday said some government departments had not yet cleared their electricity bills amounting to one billion afghanis, while many officials had to pay dues worth millions of ...
Elections Security Still Officials’ Top Concern
November 07, 2013
KABUL - With just under six months left until the Presidential and Provincial council elections, security remains a major concern for election officials as well as the ...
Meshrano Jirga Summons Top Election Officials
November 06, 2013
KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga on Tuesday decided to summon top election officials to brief the upper house on progress and problems in the lead-up to next year’s presidential and ...
Procurement Process Being Decentralized: Zakhilwal
November 06, 2013
KABUL - Lack of transparency in procurement led to greater project costs in Afghanistan, compared with other countries in the region, the finance minister ...
Minister of Women’s Affairs Calls for Female Votes
November 06, 2013
KABUL - Husn Bano Ghazanfar, the Minister of Women's Affairs, on Tuesday spoke to a gathering in Kabul in which she said getting Afghan women to participate in the upcoming elections was imperative, and ...
Supply Line Blockade Not in Pakistan’s Interest: NATO
November 06, 2013
KABUL - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen indicated that a potential Pakistani blockade of the alliance's supply lines into Afghanistan would not be in Pakistan's ...
Rouhani Not ‘Optimistic’ about Nuclear Talks
November 05, 2013
TEHRAN - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani is not "optimistic" about ongoing nuclear negotiations with world powers, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday ahead ...
ECC Reviews Challenges of Provincial Council Candidates
November 05, 2013
KABUL - On the second day of its open review process, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Monday began inspection of challenges from Provincial Council candidates who were ...
3-Day Loya Jirga on US Security Deal from Nov. 16
November 05, 2013
KABUL - Nearly 3,000 people’s representatives would attend the proposed Loya Jirga on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, scheduled to begin from Nov. 16, an official said ...
Neighbors' Concerns Irrelevant to BSA Signing: MPs
November 04, 2013
KABUL - A number of Afghan MPs and Senators said on Sunday that the government should not worry itself with the concerns of neighboring countries when it comes to signing the Kabul-Washington ...
Over 7m Poor Girls Give Birth before 18 Annually
November 04, 2013
KABUL - Motherhood in childhood is a huge global problem, especially in developing countries, where 7.3 million girls under 18 give birth annually, a report from UNFPA said ...
Next Year’s Budget Envisages 300,000 Jobs
November 04, 2013
KABUL - Job opportunities are envisaged for 300,000 people in next year’s budget, much which has been devoted to security and development, the finance minister said on ...
Mehsud Death Won’t Affect Peace Parleys: HPC
November 03, 2013
KABUL - The High Peace Council (HPC) on Saturday said the death of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud would not harm Afghan-led reconciliation ...
Imran Khan Wants Govt.to Block NATO Supplies to Afghanistan
November 03, 2013
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan has urged the government to block NATO supplies to Afghanistan, following the killing of the Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud on Friday in a U.S. ...
ECC Set to Start Probing Complaints
November 03, 2013
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) would start investigating complaints against presidential and provincial council runners Sunday (Today), an official said on ...
695 to Attend Loya Jirga from 4 Provinces
November 03, 2013
KABUL - A list of 695 participants from four provinces in the upcoming consultative Loya Jirga on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington was released on ...
Canvassing Before Time Violation of Law: IECC
November 02, 2013
KABUL - Campaigning before the release of a final list of presidential and provincial council candidates is a violation of the election law, the electoral watchdog said on ...
IEC Looks to Register Refugee Vote
November 02, 2013
KABUL - The Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that plans were in the works to register Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan to vote in the spring ...
TTP Chief Hamkimullah Mehsud Killed in US Drone Strike
November 02, 2013
MIRANSHAH -The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security and Taliban sources said, in a blow to the fragmented movement fighting against the ...
MPs Urge IEC to Take Second Look at Candidates
October 31, 2013
KABUL - A number of Afghan MPs on Wednesday asked the election authorities to conduct a second review of the documents of election candidates, including those who were disqualified last ...
Wolesi Jirga oks Accords with 3 Countries
October 31, 2013
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga -- or lower house of the parliament -- on Wednesday approved strategic cooperation agreements Afghanistan has signed with three ...
Indian Firms Seek to Renegotiate $10.8 Bln Afghan Iron Ore Deal: Official
October 30, 2013
KABUL- A consortium of Indian companies led by Steel Authority of India is seeking to renegotiate the terms of an iron ore deal in Afghanistan worth up to $10.8 billion, a senior official at ...
Peace Talks on Horizon: Taliban Leader
October 30, 2013
KABUL - Mutasem Agha Jan, the head of Taliban Political Committee, said on Tuesday that peace negotiations between the Afghan government and the Taliban would recommence soon, signaling the first major sign of hope ...
Karzai in London for Talks with Cameron and Sharif
October 30, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai began a five-day visit to Britain on Tuesday in which he will meet with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and British Prime Minister David Cameron in a series of ...
NATO Endorses Post-2014 Troop Numbers with Scaled Down Plans
October 29, 2013
KABUL - NATO officials in Brussels have endorsed a presence of 8,000 to 12,000 troops to remain in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends in December of 2014, reported the New York Times on ...
MoI Establishes Commission for Election Security
October 29, 2013
KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Monday stated a ten-member commission would be established to oversee security strategies and operations directly related to the spring ...
4 Ministers-Designate, 2 Governors Named
October 29, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Monday nominated four ministers-designate and a provincial governor to fill vacant slots, the Office of Administrative Affairs ...
Meddling in Polls Won’t Be Brooked: Karzai
October 28, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday promised next year’s elections would be conducted in a free and transparent manner, saying no domestic or foreign interference would be ...
UN Chief Supports Peace Talks with Taliban
October 28, 2013
KABUL - The UN secretary-general has renewed his support for substantive peace negotiations between the Afghan government and ...
Kabul Not Taken Board on Drone Strikes: Faizi
October 28, 2013
KABUL - The Karzai administration, contradicting media reports, on Sunday denied the United States had taken it on board on increasing drone strikes in ...
President Karzai Meets with Abdullah
October 27, 2013
KABUL - Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, a Presidential candidate and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with President Hamid Karzai on Saturday to reportedly discuss issues related to the spring ...
Taliban Trying to Scuttle Election Process: NATO
October 27, 2013
KABUL - Taliban are trying to disrupt next year’s landmark elections but nascent Afghan security forces have the capability to thwart insurgent attacks, a NATO official said on ...