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Afghanistan Has Made Significant Strides for Peace: Rahmani
September 15,2019
KABUL - Afghanistan Ambassador to the United States, Roya Rahmani, said her country knows “that peace is on the horizon,” and “it will come on our terms”...
Graham Drums up Support for Afghan Elections
September 15,2019
KABUL - An influential US lawmaker has sought support from the Trump administration and the international community for the presidential elections in Afghanistan...
Ghani Claims Killing Nearly 2,000 Taliban Last Week
September 15,2019
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday claimed around 2,000 Taliban insurgents have been killed in the past one week.
“I don’t like bloodshed ...
Afghan Artists Paint Tulips Murals to Honor War Victims
September 15,2019
KABUL - Artists from Afghanistan’s ArtLords painted tulips murals in Kabul and three other provinces to honor the victims of the war in the country...
Peace Cannot be Achieved Through Elections Delay, Interim Setup: Danish
September 14,2019
KABUL - Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish on Friday stressed over timely elections and said the government wanted peace within democratic framework...
Insecurity Main Challenge for Elections: IEC
September 14,2019
KABUL - Officials from the Independent Election Commission, IEC, see insecurity as the main hurdle on the way of presidential elections scheduled for 28 September...
US House Panel Subpoenas Trump’s Afghan Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad
September 14,2019
>Washington - Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Liz Cheney are engaged in a tense war of words over the US presence in Afghanistan, with Paul, a Kentucky Republican, accusing Cheney of wanting ...
Abdullah Suspends Presidential Decree on Probe in MoFA
September 14,2019
KABUL - Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has suspended a presidential decree which was issued to investigate allegations on appointments in the ...
US Hitting Taliban Harder Than Ever
September 14,2019
KABUL - US President Donald Trump speaking outside the Pentagon to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks said the US is hitting the Taliban “harder than they ...
Mobib Pledges to Address Problems of Khawaja Umari District
September 14,2019
KABUL - National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdulllah Mohib has said the enemy should understand that Afghanistan has an owner and will not allow stooge actors to hander over Afghanistan ...
Ready to Suppress Taliban in North: Dostum
September 14,2019
KABUL - The First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum on Thursday said he is ready to defeat the Taliban within six months if the Afghan government and the US provide him the chance ...
NATO Committed to Peaceful Solution of Afghan Conflict
September 14,2019
KABUL - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance supports efforts to try to find a peaceful, negotiated solution to the conflict in Afghanistan and that has been strongly ...
UN Supports “Credible, Inclusive” Presidential Election in Afghanistan
September 12,2019
UNITED NATIONS - The UN envoy for Afghanistan voiced support for the relative Afghan parties to conduct a "credible and inclusive" presidential election slated for later this month...
Trump Fires His National Security Advisor
September 12,2019
KABUL - US President Donald Trump has dismissed his National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton as a result of disagreements on policy issues...
India Calls for Continued Support to Afghanistan in Fight Against Terrorism
September 12,2019
KABUL -India Permanent Representative at the UN Syed Akbaruddin has stressed the need for continued international community support to Afghan security forces in fight against ...
China Calls for Assistance to Afghan Forces
September 12,2019
KABUL - Viewing the security situation in the war-torn country as weak, China has promised Afghan forces assistance in capacity-building...
India’s Work Over Chabahar is ‘Very Slow’: Iranian Envoy
September 12,2019
KABUL - Iranian Ambassador to India Ali Chegeni said that India’s development work had been “very slow”, and that trade to Afghanistan was ...
Govt Asked to Arrest, Punish Army Officer’s Killers
September 12,2019
KABUL - Tribal elders from central Miadan Wardak province asked the government to arrest and punish the killers of an Afghan National Army sergeant Syed Mohammad Noor who was killed ...
Trump Says Taliban Talks‘Dead,’ U.S. Military to Ramp up Afghanistan Operations
September 11,2019
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead on Monday, while the general in charge said the U.S. military is likely ...
Afghans Observe the Day of Ashura in Peace
September 11,2019
The Day of Ashura was observed by Afghans in different parts of the country despite security concerns.
KABUL - Afghans observed the Day of Ashura ...
Wang Yi Meets with Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani of Afghanistan
September 11,2019
KABUL - State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani of Afghanistan on the sidelines of the third China-Afghanistan-Pakistan ...
US and NATO Committed to Peace in Afghanistan
September 11,2019
Gen. Miller says the US and NATO forces are committed to peace because it is the will of Afghans.
KABUL - The US and NATO forces commander ...
Pakistan Urges All Afghan War Sides to Re-Engage
September 11,2019
KABUL - Pakistan on Monday urged all sides to the Afghanistan conflict to re-engage in an effort to find a negotiated settlement using the ongoing political process after ...
Pentagon Chief Says US Seeking ‘Good Deal’ with Taliban
September 08,2019
Mr. Esper says the US will make sure the deal with the Taliban guarantees the US and its allies security...
As U.S.-Taliban Talks Falter, Afghans Brace for More Violence
September 08,2019
KABUL - Cellphone street vendor Fazluddin doesn't much care that presidents, diplomats and Taliban commanders are squabbling over the U.S.'s withdrawal from his country after some ...
Afghan, Pak, Chinese FMs Meet in Islamabad
September 08,2019
ISLAMABAD - Foreign ministers from Afghanistan, China and Pakistan are set to meet on trilateral cooperation in Islamabad yesterday.
The third round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan ...
Critics Blame Ex-NDS Chief for Fragile Security Situation
September 08,2019
KABUL - Military analysts said Kabul and other big cities witnessed the highest number of terrorist attacks when Masoom Stanekzai was head of the National Directorate of Security ...
Afghan Forces Recapture Wardoj, 100 Taliban Terrorists Killed
September 08,2019
FAIZABAD - The Afghan forces recaptured Wardoj district in North-eastern Badakhshan province killing at least 100 Taliban militants including many foreign fighters...
Residents Demand Security on Kandahar-Uruzgan Road
September 08,2019
KANDAHAR CITY - The residents accused government officials of not paying attention to the Uruzgan- Kandahar highway security and condition...
Taliban Torch Salaam Telecom Tower in Jawzjan
September 08,2019
SHIBERGHAN - Taliban militants torched an antenna of the Salaam Telecom and blew up a HUMVEE vehicle of Afghan forces ...
Acting Minister Assaulted by Strongmen
September 08,2019
KABUL - The acting minister of hajj and religious affairs on Saturday claimed some strongmen in the Presidential Palace had thrashed ...
Pompeo Refuses to Ink Risky Deal with Taliban
September 07,2019
KABUL - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has refused to sign a risky peace agreement with the Taliban, a media report said on Thursday.
Unnamed US, Afghan and European officials ...
Reducing Violence in Afghanistan is Key to Talks, Dunford Says
September 07,2019
WASHINGOT N- U.S. negotiations with the Taliban would be considered successful if they led to less violence by the insurgent group, and promoted peaceful dialogue among Afghans ...
Russia, India Back Afghan Peace Efforts
September 07,2019
KABUL - India and Russia have voiced their support for efforts for an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned reconciliation process.
In a joint statement, the two sides reaffirmed ...
President Ghani’s Visit to Washington Postponed
September 07,2019
KABUL - Sources familiar with President Ghani’s scheduled trip to Washington DC say that it has been postponed for now.
Earlier in the day, the sources said that President ...