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US Military Removes Data on Afghanistan Drone Strikes
March 11, 2013
KABUL - U.S. military on Sunday announced it had removed data about air strikes carried out by unmanned planes in Afghanistan from its monthly air power ...
Taliban, US in Talks without Afghans: Karzai
March 11, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai Sunday said that the senior Taliban leaders and the US are holding talks in Qatar and Europe without the Afghan ...
Election Law Should be Parliament's Priority: Political Leaders
March 11, 2013
KABUL - As Parliament returned from its winter break, political parties demanded Saturday that it put the approval of the election law and the independent commission law at the top of its ...
Corruption Poses Major Challenge for Investment: Traders
March 11, 2013
KABUL - Afghan traders Saturday said that Afghanistan will continue to lose major investments in the country because of the rampant corruption and inaction of the government to correct the ...
Afghanistan, CA and Int’l Community Engagement Focus of OSCE Meeting
March 10, 2013
DUSHANBE - International community engagement with Afghanistan and Central Asian (CA) states will be the focus of an OSCE event to take place in Vienna on ...
Plots Hatched to Delay 2014 Polls: Qanuni
March 09, 2013
KABUL - A senior member of the national coalition on Thursday alleged "some elements" in the incumbent government were conspiring to delay the next year's presidential ...
New KB CEO Sentenced to 3 Years Prison
March 09, 2013
KABUL - Chief executive of New Kabul Bank (KB) Massoud Mossa Ghazi was sentenced on Thursday to three year's prison for helping an illegal money transfer to the former chairman of Kabul ...
Afghans to be Transitioned Drone Capabilities: US
March 09, 2013
WASHINGTON - The Afghans would be transitioned drone capabilities so they could keep an eye along its eastern border with Pakistan, a top American general ...
Long Way Ahead to Fight for Women Rights: UNHCR
March 09, 2013
KABUL - Afghan women continue to face serious threats and injustice despite massive efforts at both a countrywide and international level to ...
Foreigners Behind Afghanistans Instability: Karzai
March 07, 2013
KABUL - Addressing Parliament as its reconvened after the winter break, Karzai said there are some foreign hands that are trying to ensure Afghanistan shouldn't have a proper government and ...
Mattis Suggests a Larger US Force in Afghanistan
March 07, 2013
WASHINGTON - A top American general has recommended the presence of 13,600 US troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when the local forces are to take control of the country’s ...
Afghanistan’s Natural Resources are in Danger
March 07, 2013
KABUL - Herat’s Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock held a conference on the introduction, conservation and development of natural resourced with collaboration from the United ...
Peace Talks Surest Way to End Violence: US
March 06, 2013
WASHINGTON - Peace and reconciliation is the surest way to end violence in Afghanistan, the US said on Monday, throwing its weight behind the Afghan-led ...
Farnood, Ferozi Sentence to 5 Year in Prison
March 06, 2013
KABUL - Kabul Bank's former chairman Shirkhan Farnood and former chief executive Khalil Ferozi have been sentenced to five years in prison each in connection with the multi-million dollar fraud that ...
Japan Delivers Further $117m in Aid to Afghanistan
March 06, 2013
KABUL - Japan has agreed to fund a further $117 million in financial aid for development projects in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said ...
Afghanistan Holds A Workshop on CBR Program
Tuesday March 05
KABUL - Key ministers, deputy ministers and heads of government departments attended a workshop on Capacity Building for Results Facility (CBR) on
Karzai Calls on Pakistan to Reconsider Suicide Attacks
Tuesday March 05
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai called on Pakistan to realise it faces the same foe as Afghanistan, saying Monday that it is essential in the fight against terrorism and urged it to oppose ...
NATO Expects Decision on Post-2014 ANSF by Mid-Year
Tuesday March 05
KABUL - NATO expects a decision by the middle of this year on the size of a training force to be kept in Afghanistan once most foreign troops leave in 2014, NATO Chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen ...
People’s Access to Justice Dropped 45pc: AIHRC
March 04, 2013
KABUL - The Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Sunday voiced its deep concern over plummeting people's access to justice and law enforcement agencies, claiming 45 percent ...
Karzai to NATO: Target Real Terrorist Havens
March 04, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday denounced last week’s NATO airstrike that killed two children in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan ...
Moscow Conernes over Afghan Drug Spillover, Terrorism
March 04, 2013
MOSCOW – Russia is concerned over spreading terrorism and drug threats from northern Afghanistan to neighboring Central Asian states, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a ...
Russia Makes Afghanistan ‘Priority’ for UNSC
March 03, 2013
KABUL - Russia is making Afghanistan the priority of the UN Security Council for the month of March as it assumes the council's rotating presidency, the Russian Foreign Ministry ...
Dunford Meets Karzai to Discuss Wardak Security Concerns
February 28, 2013
KABUL - Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., commander International Security Assistance Force, met with President Karzai to discuss the security concerns of the citizens of Wardak province and the progress ...
Kabul Wants Security Guarantee; US Says No
February 27, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States is believed to refuse to give a security commitment to Afghanistan in case of an attack on it by its neighbours, officials from both sides said on ...
UN Urges Dialogue on Curbing Civilian Deaths
February 27, 2013
KABUL - The United Nations on Tuesday acknowledged the Taliban’s open letter of Feb. 2013 in response to its annual report on civilian casualties during the conflict ...
Inadequate Laws Hamper Fight against Land-Grabbing: AGO
February 27, 2013
KABUL - The Attorney General said Monday that prosecuting those involved in illegal confiscation of public lands is difficult because the country's penal code doesn't directly ...
US Expects Transparent, Free and Fair Election: Menendez
Monday February 25
KABUL - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday met with President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. In his first ...
Govt. Flouting Democratic Norms: Massoud
February 24, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan National Front (ANF) leader Ahmad Zia Massoud on Saturday accused the government of trying to hamper genuine activities of political parties and civil society ...
Kabul Plans Ulema Conference in Riyadh
February 24, 2013
KABUL - the Afghan government has floated a proposal for an international conference of religious scholars to be held either in Riyadh or Cairo, a Pakistani newspaper reported on ...
Cumbersome Procurement Process Could Delay Elections: IEC
February 24, 2013
KABUL - The cumbersome procurement procedure and inefficient budget expenditure system are major challenges to holding timely elections, Independent Elections Commission (IEC) Spokesman Noor Mohammad Noor ...
Faqir Planned Attacks on Senior Afghan Officials
February 24, 2013
JALALABAD - Dreaded Pakistani insurgent commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad had sneaked into eastern Afghanistan for consultations with the Afghan Taliban, an intelligence official ...
No Cut in Forces Till 2018: Mohammadi
February 23, 2013
BRUSSELS - Fifty NATO and ISAF nations have promised to continue supporting the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) well beyond the 2014 withdrawal of foreign troops, the ...
India Supports Efforts to Transform Afghan Economy
February 23, 2013
WASHINGTON - India on Thursday said it remained committed to development and peace in Afghanistan and would continue to do so after 2014 when foreign troops are scheduled to withdraw from the ...
Partnership with Kabul to Continue: NATO Chief
February 23, 2013
BRUSSELS - Top defense representatives from 50 nations began an important session in Belgium on the future of their mission in Afghanistan on Friday ...
4,700 Killed in Drone Strikes: US Senator
February 23, 2013
KABUL - About 4,700 people, including civilians, have been killed in controversial drone strikes by the United States, an American lawmaker said on Wednesday, supporting the raids as an ...