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Massoud to Karzai: Trust Taliban at Your Peril
March 20, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai could face the same grisly fate as the last Soviet-backed communist ruler by trusting the Taliban as he scrambles to secure a peace deal before NATO troops ...
US will Not Leave Afghanistan: Karzai
March 19, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the US will not leave Afghanistan alone and described the recent tensions as media ...
CJ Calls on WB Chief in Afghanistan
March 19, 2013
KABUL – Afghan Chief Justice (CJ) Abdul Salam Azimi called on Robert Jisham, World Bank’s (WB) country director to Afghanistan, in ...
Bribery Rampant in Parliament Appointments: MPs
March 19, 2013
KABUL - Afghan lawmaker Abdulrahman Rahmani said Monday that his fellow MPs asked him to buy their vote in his bid to be head of the parliamentary complaints ...
Opposition Parties in Talks with Taliban
March 19, 2013
KABUL - The main political opposition parties of the president Hamid Karzai are in talks with the Taliban and Islamist groups, hoping to broker peace before next year’s exit of international ...
1,800 Policemen Killed in A Year
March 19, 2013
KABUL - The Ministry of Interior on Monday said 1,800 policemen and 4,600 insurgents had been killed over the ...
34 Senior MoF officials Reshuffled
March 18, 2013
KABUL - Former Pashtany Bank head Gul Maqsood Sabit has been appointed as deputy minister of finance for revenue and custom affairs, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) announced ...
Entry Test Probe Body Dissolved
March 18, 2013
KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga on Sunday decided to abolish a commission, including members of parliamentary panels, civil society groups and higher education ministry, to probe results of ...
Karzai’s Comments Threaten National Interests: Parties
March 18, 2013
KABUL - A number of Afghan political parties said Sunday that President Hamid Karzai's recent comments against Washington threaten Afghanistan's national interests and said if he continues ...
Peace Process Being Sabotaged By Outsiders: Faizi
March 18, 2013
KABUL - Around 18 Taliban members who have shown a desire to negotiate with the Afghan government or join the peace process have recently been killed, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has told ...
Delay in Law Approval to Hurt Poll Process: IEC
March 17, 2013
KABUL - Independent Election Commission (’IEC) Secretary Ziaul Haq Amarkhel on Saturday urged parliament to approve an amended electoral law as soon as possible because any delay would negatively ...
Afghan-India Trade to Boost Stability
March 17, 2013
WASHINGTON - India's ambassador to the US, Nirupama Rao, said on Friday that overland trade from Afghanistan to her country via Pakistan would be a boon to regional stability, insisting New ...
US Seeks One Week for Bagram Jail Transfer
March 17, 2013
KABUL - The US defense secretary has sought one week’s time for the complete transfer of the Bagram prison to Afghan control, the Presidential Palace said on ...
Largest Ever Bomb Defused in Kabul: NDS
March 16, 2013
KABUL - The spy service on Friday said a truck-borne bomb weighing eight tons -- the largest-ever seen in Afghanistan -- has been defused, thwarting a massive terror attack that could have ...
Roshan to Rollout 3G
March 16, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan’s leading total communications provider, on Thursday announced it has secured funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World ...
Karzai Remarks Put Western Troops in Danger: Dunford
March 16, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's recent anti-American remarks led the US top commander in Afghanistan to issue a strong worded warning to Western troops to intensify security measures as the ...
Karzai will Bring on Govt. Downfall: National Coalition
March 16, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan's National Coalition party Thursday accused President Hamid Karzai of demagoguery risking the good of the country with his thoughtless speeches against the ...
U.S. Must again Work with NA: Rohrabacher
March 16, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – US Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, said, “After 9/11 we fought with the Northern ...
On-Track Transition Needs Teamwork: Pentagon
March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Tuesday said the US and Afghanistan were required to work together to keep the transition process on track, taking a strong issue with the notion that the Americans were ...
WJ Speakers’ Father, Brothers Killed in Kunduz Attack
March 14, 2013
KABUL - A suicide attack in northern Kunduz province Wednesday evening has killed the father and two brothers of the Parliament speaker of the house Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, officials ...
Afghanistan's WTO Accession by 2014 End: Official
March 14, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan could become member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of 2014, a senior official said on Wednesday, insisting the possible integration with the global economy ...
Insider Attacks have Long Troubled Military Leaders: US Lawmakers
March 14, 2013
WASHINGTON — Insider attacks in Afghanistan, often referred to as green-on-blue attacks, had been a concern of U.S. military leaders and lawmakers on Capitol Hill long before an Oklahoma soldier and ...
Taliban Loyalists Plot in Govt. Ranks: Massoud
March 13, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan's former Jihadist leaders have been killed over the years by "special circles" in the government who are cooperating with the Taliban, the leader of the Afghanistan National ...
US Committed to Full Transfer of Bagram Jail: WH
March 13, 2013
WASHINGTON - The US continued to work with Afghanistan on the transfer of a key detention centre and its detainees at the Bagram Airfield north of Kabul to the Afghans, the White House ...
Parliament First Vice Speaker Elected After 4 Days
March 13, 2013
KABUL - Lawmakers Tuesday elected Mirwais Yasini as first vice speaker of the lower house in their fourth vote after the previous three days of voting had failed to reach a ...
Transparent Election will Benefit Region: IEC
March 13, 2013
KABUL - A good presidential election will benefit not only Afghanistan's future but also the future of the region, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief said ...
Karzai’s Assertion is False: US, NATO
March 13, 2013
WASHINGTON/KABUL - Reacting to President Hamid Karzai's recent remarks that the Americans and the Taliban are colluding, the White House and the NATO top commander in Afghanistan said ...
Karzai Warns US over Bagram Jail Handover
March 13, 2013
LASHKARGAH - President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday warned the United States the Afghans would themselves mull over a strategy if the Bagram prison was not handed over completely to his ...
Hagel Meets Karzai after Security Threat, Friction
March 12, 2013
KABUL - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel encountered political tension with the President Hamid Karzai and a series of security problems during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, but ...
Security Directed to Stop Foreigners from Entering Educational Institutes
March 12, 2013
KABUL - The President Hamid Karzai has directed the security forces to stop the foreign troops from entering into educational institutes, his office said ...
Russia’s Top Drug Cop Warns on Afghan Opiates
March 12, 2013
KABUL - The head of Russia's Federal Service for Narcotics Control has told a UN commission that poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has grown by 18 ...
US Leaders Reject Karzai’s Views on US-Taliban Collusion
March 12, 2013
KABUL - US leaders have dismissed President Hamid Karzai's inflammatory comments about the US and the Taliban engaging in "daily" talks without involving the Afghan ...
MPs Elect Second Vice Speaker, Fail to Elect First
March 12, 2013
KABUL - Afghan lawmakers on Monday elected the second vice speaker of the lower house, but failed for a third day in a row to elect the vice ...
No Concerns on Afghanistan Future after NATO Pullout: Karzai
March 11, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday assured Afghan people there will not be any major changes beyond 2014 after NATO troops pullout and confirmed that Afghanistan will become a ...
Irfan Emerges Winner in Parliamentary Board Polls
March 11, 2013
KABUL - Lawmaker Irfanullah Irfan was the only candidate who emerged winner in the second round of voting in the parliamentary board's elections as the rest fell short of the ...