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Russia Urges ‘Effective Solution’ to Afghan Election Dispute
February 22,2020
MOSCOW - Days after the final results of the Afghan election were announced, in which the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani was declared winner, a spokesperson for Russia's Foreign...
UN, EU Ready to Work with New Afghan Administration
February 22,2020
KABUL - The United Nations and the European Union on Wednesday said that they were ready to work with the new administration in Afghanistan...
No One Can Derail Democracy, Says President
February 22,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has said no one has the capacity to derail democracy in Afghanistan, according to a statement issued on Friday...
IEC’s Election Announcement ‘Surprise’ to IECC
February 22,2020
KABUL - A member of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Thursday said that he was "surprised" by the announcement of the final results of the presidential ...
Khalilzad Meets Karzai, Discusses ‘Current Situation’
February 22,2020
KABUL - The US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with former president Hamid Karzai on Wednesday night and discussed the “current situation and relations between the countries ...
President Ghani: ‘Our Victory in Elections Is the Victory of Afghan Nation’
February 20,2020
KABUL - Few hours after the announcement of the electoral results, President Ghani said in a gathering at the Presidential Palace (ARG) that his victory in the election is a victory ...
Trump Says He Could Win Afghanistan War Quickly but Doesn’t Want to Kill Millions of People
February 20,2020
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he could win the war in Afghanistan quickly, but doesn't want to kill millions of people...
Noor to Abdullah-Led Team: Avoid Creating Crisis
February 20,2020
KABUL - Hezb-i-Jamaat-i-Islami Afghanistan leader Atta Mohammad Noor has asked the Stability and Partnership team to adhere to its manifesto avoid creating a political crisis ...
Dostum Endorses Abdullah’s Stance Regarding Elections, Urges Supporters Not Remain Silent
February 20,2020
JAWZJAN - General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the leader of Junbish-e Millie Party and First Vice President of the Government of National Unity endorsed Chief Executive Abdullah ...
Abdullah Bars Electoral Leaders from Leaving Afghanistan
February 20,2020
KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a decree to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has barred the leaders of the electoral commissions from leaving the country...
Afghan VP Danish Urges All Parties to Accept Election Results
February 20,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan's Second Vice President Sarwar Danish on Wednesday urged all parties to accept the final results of presidential election announced a day earlier...
Ashraf Ghani Wins Presidential Polls
February 19,2020
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s independent election commission says President Ashraf Ghani has won a second term as president...
Khalilzad Meets Pakistan Prime Minister, Briefs on Peace Talks
February 19,2020
ISLAMABAD - US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and briefed about the latest developments in the Afghan peace and reconciliation ...
US-Taliban Peace Agreement Is Entirely Conditional: Sediqqi
February 19,2020
KABUL - Sediq Sediqqi, Palace spokesman, at a press conference on President Ghani's recent trip to the Munich Security Conference on Tuesday, said that the US-Taliban peace ...
Afghanistan Ready for Partial US Troop Pullout
February 19,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani says the withdrawal of about 4,000 American troops would not affect the situation of Afghanistan.
Ghani had a second consultative meeting with ...
US, Allies Are Engaged in Afghanistan: Envoy
February 19,2020
KABUL - The United States Embassy in Kabul on Monday hosted an event on post-peace challenges and opportunities and the US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson said his country ...
Old Bank Notes Problem in Daily Trading
February 19,2020
KABUL - A number of Kabul residents on Monday complained about the circulation of old banknotes in daily market trading.
The Da Afghanistan bank (central bank) says ...
Afghanistan doesn’t want to be Battlefield of a Proxy War: Danish
February 18,2020
ISLAMABAD - Mohammad Sarwar Danish, the second vice president, at a conference on Afghan refugees in Islamabad on Monday said that millions of Afghans have returned home over the past five ...
Peace Agreement Between US and Taliban ‘Finalized’: Abdullah
February 18,2020
KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at the Council of Ministers on Monday said that the peace agreement between the Taliban and US has been "finalized."
“The agreement between the Taliban and US has been ...
US-Taliban Peace Deal to be Signed by The End of February
February 18,2020
QATAR - Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar said that the peace agreement between the Taliban and the US will be signed ...
People of Afghanistan Have Suffered More Than Any Other Community: PM Imran
February 18,2020
ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the entire nation was on the same page when it came to Afghanistan as instability in the country was not in Islamabad’s interest...
Military Support for Afghanistan to Continue: Germany
February 18,2020
KABUL - Germany will continue to extend military cooperation with Afghanistan within the framework of NATO’s training of Afghan police, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Monday ...
Afghan Agro Exports Feature at Gulfood
February 18,2020
DUBAI - Twenty-six exporters of Afghanistan’s finest fruits, nuts, juices, saffron, and spices are showcasing their products at the world’s largest annual food and hospitality ...
Ghani: We Are Ready to End Years of War in Afghanistan
February 18,2020
MUNICH - President Ashraf Ghani met with German Foreign Minister Heiko Josef Maas on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Sunday and discussed bilateral relations and the Afghan ...
President Ghani Meets Ambassador Khalilzad – Munich
February 17,2020
MUNICH - President Ashraf Ghani met Saturday evening with Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation on the sideline of the 56th Munich ...
US Not Abandoning Afghans after Deal: CNN
February 17,2020
MUNICH - An Afghan source close to the negotiations has said that US officials in Munich, Germany, reassured President Ashraf Ghani and his team that America won't abandon them, according ...
Guterres in Islamabad to Attend Conference on Refugees
February 17,2020
PESHAWAR - The United Nations chief arrived in Islamabad on Sunday to attend a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees in Pakistan...
There Are Attempts of Sabotaging Afghan Peace Process: Hekmatyar
February 17,2020
KABUL - Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami political party said Saturday that as US-Taliban talks have reached a vital stage, there is no sign of a political consensus within the country...
Abdullah’s Team Threatens to Pull Out of Election Process
February 17,2020
KABUL - Abdullah's team threatened on Sunday to pull out of presidential election process, saying it was suspicious about the work of both the electoral commissions...
US, Taliban to Sign Deal on February 29 after 7-Day Violence Reduction
February 16,2020
KABUL - The United States and the Taliban will sign a peace agreement on February 29 after a seven-day reduction of violence, according to reports...
Government to Back Every Step to Bring Peace to Afghanistan
February 16,2020
ISLAMABAD - The government would support every initiative, whether it’s bilateral or multilateral, that would be aimed at bringing peace and stability ...
President Jeenbekov Sends Message over Day of Withdrawal of Soviet Forces from Afghanistan
February 16,2020
BISHKEK - President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov today wrote a message on occasion of the Day of the withdrawal of the Soviet Army from Afghanistan...
Today 26 Dalw, Persian Calendar, Marks The Day USSR Withdrew from Afghanistan
February 16,2020
KABUL - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with 120,000 troopers armed with the most modern weaponry invaded Afghanistan on Jadi 6th, 1358, Persian calendar ...
Germany, Norway Offer to Facilitate Inter-Afghan Peace Dialogue: NATO Chief
February 13,2020
WASHINGTON - Germany and Norway have offered to facilitate inter-Afghan peace dialogue, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday...
US ‘Overcorrected’ in Afghanistan with Aid: Sopko
February 13,2020
WASHINGTON - John F. Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR) told Congress on Tuesday that as the Taliban became resurgent, the US "overcorrected" and poured ...