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Terror Impeding Economic Progress: Karzai
September 28, 2013
XIAN, China - President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said the scourge of terrorism inflicted great suffering on people on the one hand and decelerated the region’s economic growth and ...
BSA to Address Regional Security Concerns: Karzai
September 28, 2013
BEIJING - President Hamid Karzai on Friday briefed diplomats of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states on the bilateral security agreement (BSA) between Afghanistan and the United ...
Acting Ministers Win Vote of Confidence
September 26, 2013
KABUL - Two acting ministers and as many other presidential picks for senior positions on Wednesday won a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of the ...
Karzai Calls for Expansion of Ties with Iran
September 26, 2013
TEHRAN - Afghan President Hamid Karzai, in a meeting with outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Abolfazl Zohrehvand, underlined the need for the further expansion of bilateral ties ...
Afghan Foreign Minister Upbeat on Pakistan Ties
September 26, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan's foreign minister, Zalmai Rassoul was upbeat about his country's often-acrimonious relations with its neighbor following Pakistan's release of a former Taliban deputy ...
Over One Million Voting Cards Distributed: IEC
September 26, 2013
KABUL - Noor Mohammad Noor, the spokesman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), on Wednesday announced that so far, the Commission has distributed over one million voter cards to the ...
Afghanistan War to End Next Year: Obama
September 25, 2013
WASHINGTON - The war against terror in Afghanistan would come to an end by next year, US President Barack Obama said ...
Global Scholars Call for End to Afghan War
September 25, 2013
KABUL - A daylong international conference on “Islam and Peace”, featuring noted religious scholars from 24 Muslim countries, began in Kabul on ...
Afghanistan Urges Int'l Support for Domestic Peace
September 24, 2013
BEIJING - Afghanistan will need international support and cooperation to help it restore domestic peace and stability following the withdrawal of international forces from the country, a top Afghan ...
WJ Approves Law against Land Grab
September 24, 2013
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga (WJ), lower house of the parliament, on Monday unanimously approved a draft law against usurpation of government and private lands, a major problem facing the war-torn ...
Abdullah Stresses Caution in Freeing Insurgents
September 23, 2013
KABUL - National Coalition of Afghanistan (NCA) leader Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday underlined the need for exercising caution in release of Taliban ...
Security Pact with US in Weeks: Ahmadi
September 23, 2013
KABUL - With negotiations on a bilateral security pact with the United States having reached a decisive stage, the deputy foreign minister has hoped the agreement will be concluded in the next few ...
Condolence Ceremonies for Martyrs on 30th
September 23, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday decided condolence ceremonies will be held on September 30 in remembrance of thousands of people killed during the Soviet-backed communist ...
US Eyeing to Set-Up Permanent Bases in Afghanistan: Karzai
September 22, 2013
KABUL - During a meeting with the members of several youth groups at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, President Karzai made some strong comments against the US administration, saying that ...
No Presidential Runner Registered Yet: IEC
September 22, 2013
KABUL - So far 48 likely presidential candidates have obtained information kits on elections, but no one has been registered yet, the Independent Election Commission (’IEC) said on ...
Mullah Baradar Freed from Pakistani Prison, HPC Welcomes Move
September 22, 2013
KABUL - In an effort to accelerate the stalled peace process, Pakistani government released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's second-in-command, from prison on ...
No Presidential Runner Registered So Far: IEC
September 21, 2013
KABUL - No candidate has registered so far for the presidential election slated for April 2014, but 213 individuals have jumped into the race for provincial councils since the beginning of the ...
Taliban Uprising against Rabbani Un-Islamic: Sayyaf
September 21, 2013
KABUL - Noted jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf on Friday denounced the Taliban uprising against the government of Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani ...
Kubis Calls for Dialogue on Peace
September 21, 2013
KABUL - The United Nations, supporting talks on stabilizing Afghanistan, has hoped mutually accepted modalities for the dialogue on peace and reconciliation can be swiftly agreed and ...
MPs Call on Government to Better Uphold Human Rights
September 19, 2013
KABUL - A day after the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Navi Pillay, expressed her concern over signs of increased human rights violations in Afghanistan, several MPs ...
Journalists Want Law on Access to Info Approved
September 19, 2013
KABUL - Journalists, backed by the media-support organization NAI, on Wednesday asked the government to send at the earliest the draft law on access to information to the parliament for ...
No Rush to Sign BSA, Polls on Schedule: Karzai
September 18, 2013
KABUL - If the United States does not hold out the guarantees sought by his administration, it will have to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the new Afghan government, President ...
UN Concerned at Worsening Rights Situation
September 18, 2013
KABUL - The United Nations’ top human rights official on Tuesday warned that the human rights situation was worsening in Afghanistan, where the NATO-led combat mission is scheduled to end ...
Candidate Registration Begins for 2014 Elections
September 17, 2013
KABUL - On Monday, Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials announced that the registration window for Presidential and Provincial Council candidate nominees had opened according to ...
79% AfghansIntend to Vote in Presidential Elections: ATR Survey
September 17, 2013
KABUL - In a recent pre-election survey conducted by the firm Assess, Transform and Reach Consulting (ATR), in five provinces, it was found that 79% of respondents intended to vote in the 2014 ...
Karzai Appoints 5-Member Electoral Watchdog
September 17, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Monday appointed five of the 15 individuals recommended to him as members of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission ...
Khalili Introduces Daudzai and Others for Confirmation, Speaks on Elections
September 17, 2013
KABUL - A number of major political nominations were introduced to Parliament for confirmation by Muhammad Karim Khalili, the Second Vice-President of Afghanistan, on Monday. Khalili also took the ...
Britain Wants Taliban to Contest Elections
September 16, 2013
KABUL - Britain says it will respect the result if the Taliban win next year’s presidential and provincial council elections.“The election is open to everyone. If the Taliban ...
Elections to be Held at all Costs: Karzai
September 16, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday reiterated his commitment to conducting presidential and provincial council elections in 2014, calling the polls important for the ...
NATO Failed to Banish Terror from Region: Karzai
September 15, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai said on Friday the US and NATO could not rescue the region from the reign and threat of terrorism that continued to haunt his ...
Karzai Changes Stand, Calls Fighting Terrorism A Shared Responsibility
September 15, 2013
KABUL - At the 13th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, held in Beshkik, Kyrgyzstan, President Karzai stated that even after fighting against terrorism for the past 12 years, it ...
Daudzai Sacks 5 Top Interior Ministry Officials
September 15, 2013
KABUL - Five top officials have been dismissed as part of ongoing efforts to improve the working of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), an official said on ...
Stability in Afghanistan is in Hands of State: Nazarbayev
September 14, 2013
BISHEK - The stability in Afghanistan is in hands of the state itself,” the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev said today at the expanded-format meeting of the Shanghai ...
IEC Extends Voter Registration Drive
September 14, 2013
KABUL - Independent Election Commission (’IEC) officials on Wednesday said the voter registration campaign for the April 5 elections would be extended by one and a half month in order to ...
Kabul, Bishkek Discuss Strong Trade Relationship
September 14, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai and his Kyrgyz counterpart on Thursday agreed to increase trade ties through establishing roads and railway lines between the two countries as they met in Bishkek ...