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High-Profile Attacks Expected from Taliban: Panetta
September 29, 2012
WASHINGTON - Driven out of their safe havens and on the verge of defeat, a desperate Taliban are expected to carry out more high-profile attacks in Afghanistan, the US Defense Secretary, Leon ...
OSCE Helps Develop Business Skills of Afghan Female Entrepreneurs
September 29, 2012
AZERBAIJAN, Baku - An OSCE-supported training course for women entrepreneurs from Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan concluded in Istanbul on Friday, OSCE press service ...
Neighbors Must End Two-Faced Behavior: Stanikzai
September 29, 2012
KABUL - A senior Afghanistan High Peace Council official has asked neighboring countries to stop their two-faced behavior in perusing peace and stability in ...
Raheen Urges Youth Activists to Help Addicts
September 29, 2012
KABUL - Afghan Information and Culture Minister Sayed Makhdoom Raheen called on young people working for the Afghanistan Youth Civil Society group to help improve the problem of drug-addicted ...
Afghanistan, India, US Hold First Trilateral Meeting
September 27, 2012
WASHINGTON - Afghanistan, India and the United States Tuesday held their first tri-lateral dialogue in New York, on the sidelines of UN General Assembly session, marking the beginning of a series ...
Afghans Rendered Great Sacrifices in War on Terror: Karzai
September 27, 2012
KABUL -President Hamid Karzai, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York, said the world was shocked after some fanatic individuals insulted the belief of more than 1.5 ...
NATO, ADB to Fund Northern Roads Redevelopment
September 27, 2012
KABUL - NATO will provide the budget for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the Salang Highway, Afghan Public Works Minister Najibullah Aoudjan said ...
Khar, Rassoul Discuss Pak-Afghan Ties
September 27, 2012
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar, during a meeting with her Afghan counterpart Zalmai Rassoul, on Wednesday underlined the importance of peace and stability in Afghanistan ...
Afghanistan will Never Back to Past Decade: Karzai
September 26, 2012
KABUL - Afghanistan will never return to the situation it was in the past decade, President Hamid Karzai assured the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton in New York, presidential office said Tuesday in a ...
Karzai Supports Continued Talks with Pakistan
September 26, 2012
KABUL/WASHINGTON - President Hamid Karzai expressed support on Monday for continued dialogue with Pakistan over a political settlement to the Afghan ...
Afghans Desire Nothing but Peace: Rassoul
September 26, 2012
WASHINGTON - Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul on Monday said his countrymen desired nothing more than the chance to live in a violence-free environment, believing putting an end to impunity ...
New Media Law Problematic: Nai
September 26, 2012
KABUL - Nai, an organization that has been providing advocacy and support to free media in Afghanistan since 2004, on Tuesday criticized a newly drafted mass media law, believing the proposal ...
NATO, Taliban Joust over State of Afghan War
September 26, 2012
KABUL - The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday dismissed NATO figures showing a decrease in insurgent attacks, saying the statistics reflect troop withdrawals and a "cowardly" avoidance of ...
NKB CEO Not Cooperating with Investigation: Tribunal
September 25, 2012
KABUL - Kabul Bank's Special Tribunal's Director has introduced the CEO of the New Kabul Bank to the Attorney General Office for not cooperating with the investigation of Kabul Bank's ...
Karzai Meets World Leaders in New York
September 25, 2012
WASHINGTON - President Hamid Karzai, who arrived in New York on Sunday night to attend the United Nation General Assembly, held a series of meetings with world leaders on the security transition ...
Militant’s Attacks Reduced By 9% in Afghanistan: ISAF
September 25, 2012
KABUL - Militants attacks have reduced by 9% during the month of August this year as compared on the same period in 2011, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force announced on ...
Gen. Bismillah Embarks on Kunar Incursion Probe
September 25, 2012
ASADABAD - Defense Minister Gen. Bismillah Mohammadi on Monday arrived in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province, for investigating cross-border attacks from Pakistan and other security-related problems ...
Afghans Take over Training Responsibility for ABP
September 25, 2012
KABUL - The Afghan government has taken overall responsibility for the training of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) from the US military, the Interior Ministry said on ...
Kabul, Beijing Sign Key Accords
September 24, 2012
KABUL - Afghanistan and China inked two agreements on cooperation in areas of security and finance and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on an "action plan" for ...
Afghanistan War Forgotten in US Presidential Race
September 24, 2012
WASHINGTON - America's "forgotten war" in Afghanistan, is missing in action again, squeezed out of the campaign narrative as President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney duel for the White ...
Karzai Heads to New York for UN Assembly
September 24, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday left for the US to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York, an official ...
Afghanistan Crisis Has Root beyond the Country: Rabbani
September 23, 2012
KABUL - The crisis in Afghanistan had deep root and many supporting circles beyond the country, Chairman of High Peace Council (HPC) Salahuddin Rabbani said on Saturday at an ...
EU Backs Incentive for Taliban to Shun Violence
September 23, 2012
KABUL - The European Union on Saturday said it would continue to advocate an inclusive process offering the best incentive for the Taliban to renounce violence and engage in constructive ...
Panetta Praises Accomplishments of Afghanistan Surge
September 23, 2012
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -The United States has completed its draw down of the surge forces committed to Afghanistan in December 2009, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced ...
MTN Sponsors Herat Football Peace & Friendship Tournament
September 23, 2012
KABUL - MTN recently sponsored the Herat Football Peace & Friendship Tournament (HFFT), which took place in Herat province of Afghanistan starting on September 03, 2012. The tournament ...
US, Pakistan Pledge Stable Afghanistan
September 23, 2012
WASHINGTON - United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday pledged to work for a stable, prosperous and democratic ...
Obama, Karzai Talk Security Pact Enforcement
September 22, 2012
WASHINGTON - President Hamid Karzai and his US counterpart Barack Obama agreed to launch the US-Afghan Bilateral Commission and start negotiations on a bilateral security ...
Surge Troops Reverse Taliban Momentum: Panetta
September 22, 2012
WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday said the surge troops ordered into Afghanistan by President Obama three years ago had accomplished "its objectives of reversing the ...
Nation Taking Full Charge of Its Destiny: Rassoul
September 22, 2012
KABUL - Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul on Thursday told a special United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Afghanistan that his nation was increasingly taking full charge of ...
Pak to Talk Counter terrorism with US, Afghans: Khar
September 22, 2012
WASHINGTON — Pakistan's foreign minister revealed Thursday that her country would soon hold confidential talks with the United States and Afghanistan to improve a three-way counter terrorism ...
Karzai Wants Afghans to Strive for Peace
September 20, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai, praising assassinated peace envoy Prof. Burhanuddin Rabbani's contribution to the cause, on Wednesday urged the nation to work for lasting stability in the ...
Karzai Halts Meeting of US Envoy with Provincial Governors
September 20, 2012
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai prevented the American's highest envoy to the region from meeting the country's provincial governors out of concern for the dignitaries' safety, a spokesman ...
Religious Ulama Must Not Perform Funeral Pray for Suicide Attacker: Sayaf
September 20, 2012
KABUL - Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayaf Member of the Parliament and chief of Islamic Invitation party (Hezb-e-Dawat) said suicide is really prohibited in Islam and anyone who is doing this action it ...
Some Governors Reshuffled, Others Sacked
September 20, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday reshuffled some governors and sacked a number of others after consultations with his close aides, an official ...
Joint Operations with Afghans Not Suspended: NATO
September 19, 2012
KABUL - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Tuesday rejected as inaccurate media coverage regarding a change in its model of Security Force Assistance (SFA) to ...