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Reconciliation with Taliban Necessary: US
June 01, 2013
WASHINGTON - Defeating Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan was a clear objective of the United States, the White House said, reiterating reconciliation with the Taliban was necessary to bring long-term peace to the ...
Religious Scholars Term Suicide Attack as ‘Haram’
May 30, 2013
KABUL - A number of religious scholars in the Balkh province consider the killing of civilians and suicide attacks ...
Obama, Rasmussen to Talk Afghan Transition
May 30, 2013
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will discuss the current situation in Afghanistan, including security transition, with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the White House on ...
Some Govt. Officials Get $50,000 A Month
May 30, 2013
KABUL - Some high-ranking government officials are paid $30,000 (1.65 million afghanis) to $50,000 in monthly salary by Afghan and foreign organizations, the minister of justice told parliamentarians ...
MPs Vote against Mention of Tribe in ID Cards
May 30, 2013
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga -- or lower house of parliament -- on Wednesday decided against any mention of tribe in computerized national identity cards ...
Bishkek Summit Discusses Post-2014 Afghanistan
May 29, 2013
KABUL - Defense ministers from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) discussed in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, “the possible catastrophe that could happen in ...
ANSF Need Air Support from Foreign Troops: Senators
May 29, 2013
KABUL - A number of Afghan Senators on Tuesday said that terror activities by the Taliban have increased due to lack of air support from the foreign and Afghan security ...
US Still at War in Afghanistan: Obama
May 29, 2013
KABUL - The US President Barack Obama on Monday reminded the Americans that the country is still at war, during a Memorial Day ceremony at the Arlington National Cemetery, where he paid tribute ...
Karzai Requests the Transfer of Guantanamo Detainees
May 28, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday has urged the US to hand over all the Afghan detainees from Guantanamo ...
Protesting Women Say No to Changes in EVAW Law
May 28, 2013
KABUL - Dozens of women staged a protest in Kabul on Monday, asking the Wolesi Jirga to approve the draft law on Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) without bringing any changes to ...
Kabul University Students Call Off Hunger Strike
May 28, 2013
KABUL - Ethnic Hazara student protesters on Monday abruptly called off an eight-day hunger strike after lawmakers said their claims of discrimination at Kabul University were untrue. The ...
Taliban is Never Ready for Peace Talks: Senators
May 27, 2013
KABUL – Members of Mashrano Jirga (Senate) on Sunday said that the Taliban is never ready for peace talks and want to continue their terror ...
Land-Grab Key Hurdle to Master Plans: Minister
May 27, 2013
KABUL - Urban Development Minister Hassan Abdulhai on Sunday said masters plans designed for provincial capitals and district centers could not be implemented due to growing incidents of land-grab across ...
Voter Registration Process Begins
May 27, 2013
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday launched voter registration process for the 2014 presidential and provincial council elections simultaneously in Kabul and provincial ...
MPs Scuffle over Higher Education Draft
May 26, 2013
KABUL - Afghan lawmakers on Saturday scuffled over a seven-year delayed higher education-related terms on what the third article of the law allowed Dari expressions to be used beside those of usual ...
MoI Assuages IEC’s Concerns about Security
May 26, 2013
KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said it was fully prepared to keep security for voter registration centers, a process beginning ...
President Karzai Chairs Consultative Meeting on Retirement of ANA Generals
May 26, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Saturday chaired a consultative meeting with the participation of Afghan Security in charges and discussed issues pertaining to retirement of national ...
US to Complete Transition for Afghanistan’s Security: Obama
May 25, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States will complete security transition to Afghan forces by 2014 and will work with the Afghan government to train its security forces to ensure al Qaeda never again establish a ...
Taliban Attack U.N. Compound in Kablul
May 25, 2013
KABUL - At least two Afghan police officers and two assailants were killed during ongoing clashes in the capital Kabul after multiple explosions that left at least two Afghan police officials, an ...
17 Students on Fast Hospitalized
May 25, 2013
KABUL - Seventeen Kabul University students on fast were Thursday hospitalized after their heath condition deteriorated, fellow students said. As many as 71 students of the ...
India to Train and Equip ANSF
May 23, 2013
KABUL - President Karzai on his visit to India was assured by the Indian President Pranab Mukherjee that New Delhi will equip and train the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to the greatest ...
Australia Waits on US-Afghan Decision
May 23, 2013
SYDNEY - Australia is still waiting on the US to decide its post-2014 troop commitment to Afghanistan before announcing how many Australian troops will remain, Australian Defense Minister Stephen ...
Lower House Approves Election Law
May 23, 2013
KABUL - The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament approved the Election Law on Wednesday. The law contains 79 articles and 16 ...
Senators Turn Down Kubis Request with Resentment
May 23, 2013
KABUL - Lawmakers on Tuesday poured scorn on Jan Kubis, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and UNAMA head, for calling on Afghan authorities to step up their efforts at ...
Afghan Students Protest Women's Rights Decree
May 23, 2013
KABUL - Hard-line Islamist students protested Wednesday in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign ...
17 more Schoolgirls Apparently Poisoned
May 23, 2013
BAMYAN CITY - At least 17 schoolgirls were brought to hospital for possible poisoning in central Bamyan province on Wednesday, a day after 75 schoolgirls fell sick after a suspected poisonous gas attack in ...
India Would Stand By Afghanistan in its Transition: Mukherjee
May 22, 2013
NEW DELHI - India is prepared to increase bilateral contribution to Afghanistan's institution-building, training and equipment to the extent possible and would stand by that country during its ...
75 Faryab Schoolgirls Ill after Gas Attack
May 22, 2013
MAIMANA - In a new anti-girl education incident, as many as 75 schoolgirls of a middle school fell sick after a suspected poisonous gas attack in the Shirin Tagab district of northern ...
Kabul University Students Protest against Teachers
May 22, 2013
KABUL - More than a hundred male and female students of Kabul University on Monday started hunger strike in protest against what they alleged their faculty head and a teacher discriminated against some ...
Karzai Holds Talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
May 22, 2013
NEW DEHLI - President Hamid Karzai held talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday night discussing the situation in the region in the backdrop of Afghanistan's keenness to enhance defense ...
No Need to Worry About Post-2014 Scenario: Ghani
May 22, 2013
JALALABAD - Security Transition Commission chief Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Tuesday said the people should not worry about post-2014 situation as Afghan security forces were strong enough to protect ...
Reapprove the Law Governing IEC and ECC: Karzai
May 21, 2013
KABUL - President Karzai in an interaction with the Heads of Parliamentary committees asked the MPs to approve the laws governing the IEC and ...
India, China Agree on Afghan Support
May 21, 2013
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang on Monday discussed Afghanistan and agreed that the reconstruction and efforts for security and stability in ...
Upgrading Air Force and Stopping Terror Activities on High Priority: Azimi
May 21, 2013
KABUL - Spokesperson of the Ministry, General Zahir Azimi said that even though the Taliban activities have increased in the country but the Afghan National Army (ANA) has the ability to ...
UNAMA Call on Authorities to Ensure Full Implementation of EVAW Law
May 21, 2013
KABUL – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women on Monday have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law ...