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No Discussion on Peace Process Govt’s Leadership Authority: Saleh
December 31, 2018
KABUL - Acting Interior Minister Amrullah Saleh has stopped officials and personnel of his ministry from discussion, analysis regarding peace talks with the militants, an official said on Sunday...
Taliban Dismisses Afghanistan's Peace Talk Offer
December 31, 2018
KABUL - The Taliban has rejected Kabul's offer of talks next month in Saudi Arabia where the armed group, fighting to restore strict Islamic law in Afghanistan, will meet ...
New Budgetary Units Delay National Budget Approval
December 31, 2018
KABUL - Members of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Saturday said some independent departments have been included in the national budget document as new budgetary ...
Pakistan’s FM in Qatar to Discuss Afghan Peace Process
December 31, 2018
KABUL - Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has arrived in Qatar and would discuss Afghan reconciliation process and other regional issues, according to a Pakistani. . .
IEC unveils Paktia Wolesi Jirga result
December 31, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) late on Sunday announced the preliminary result of Wolesi Jirga election for southeastern Paktia province...
U.S. Commander Discusses Afghan Peace with Pakistan Army Chief
December 29, 2018
ISLAMABAD - Commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Gen. Austin Scott Miller met with Pakistan army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa ...
Interior Ministry Issues New Directives for Police
December 29, 2018
KABUL - The ministry has assigned its department of media and general directorates of intelligence and investigation to ensure that the new guideline is implemented...
Khalid, Saleh Appointed Against Constitution: Experts
December 29, 2018
KABUL - Analysts view the appointment of two political parties’ chiefs as ministers of two major security institutions as ‘against the law’ and also ...
‘Afghan Government Aware of Iran’s Communication with Taliban’
December 29, 2018
KABUL - Iran's talks with the Taliban have taken place with the knowledge of the Afghan government, a media report on Thursday quoted the spokesman of the Iranian ...
Kabul Hosts Mehrgan International Film Festival
December 29, 2018
KABUL - The fourth Mehrgan International Film Festival opened in Kabul, where Afghan government officials and prominent personalities from the cinema industry called ...
Time for Afghans to Jointly Push for Peace: Abdullah
December 29, 2018
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday asked the Taliban to end misfortunes the Afghans had been in since 1979...
HPC Suspends its Provincial Offices in All Provinces
December 27, 2018
KABUL - Amid intensified peace efforts, Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) has suspended its provincial offices across the country. ..
Turkey Extends Military Presence in Afghanistan
December 27, 2018
ANKARA - Turkish parliament has approved a motion to extend the country's troops deployment in Afghanistan for another two years, Anadolu News Agency said...
Iranian National Security Council Secretary in Kabul for Talks
December 27, 2018
KABUL - Iranian Leader’s envoy Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul this morning for a one-day state visit, according to a media report...
IEC to Delay Presidential Elections
December 27, 2018
An IEC official said the decision has been made to bring more reforms to the electoral body.
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) ...
Afghan Forces to Focus on Insecure Regions in Winter
December 27, 2018
KABUL - Ministry of Interior says Taliban has suffered heavy losses in Afghan forces operations in the past three months.
According to the ministry, Baghlan, Jawzjan, Faryab ...
Fiber Optic Network Project to Be Completed in 7 Months
December 27, 2018
SEOUL - South Korean officials attended a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday on a project meant to modernize North Korea’s railways and roads to connect them with the South...
Taliban Behind Kabul Attack : Abdullah Abdullah
December 26, 2018
Abdullah says Taliban is a group which does not have “the courage” of face-to-face talks but it has “the cruelty” of conducting terror acts...
US Envoy to Brief Indian Leaders on Talks with Taliban
December 26, 2018
KABUL - America’s special envoy for reconciliation in Afghanistan will update Indian officials on talks with the Taliban and the future of Delhi-Washington partnership...
China, Pakistan Discuss ‘New Changes’ in Afghanistan Situation
December 26, 2018
BEIJING - China’s Foreign Ministry says Chinese and Pakistani officials had a “deep discussion about new changes to the situation in Afghanistan”...
Peace Talks Can Succeed if Afghans Are Involved: Karzai
December 26, 2018
KABUL - Former President Hamid Karzai says the United States’ efforts for Afghan peace will be fruitful only when Afghans are involved in the process and regional ...
Iran, Afghanistan, India Sign MoU for Chabahar Port Agreement
December 26, 2018
Tehran - At the first meeting of the Chabahar executive committee, the Memorandum of Understanding on the operation of Chabahar port agreement was signed by the representatives ...
Many Girls in Balkh Districts Forced to Quit School Early
December 26, 2018
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - The provincial Women’s Affairs Department says it considers restrictions on girls to get education a worst form of violence against women...
Mission for Troops in Afghanistan Continues as Planned: Gen. Dunford
December 26, 2018
KABUL - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Military Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford has said that the mission for the U.S. troops in Afghanistan continues...
Qureshi Had ‘Productive Meetings’ with Afghan Leaders
December 25, 2018
KABUL - Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Qureshi says the Afghan peace process is making positive headway.
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi ...
Ghani Orders Authorities to Draft Strategy for the Process of Marble and Alabaster
December 25, 2018
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has ordered the relevant authorities to draft a clear strategy for the process of Marble and Alabaster, the Office of the President ...
Rabbani, Qureshi Discuss Renewed Peace Push
December 25, 2018
KABUL - Pakistan’s foreign minister on Monday said a stable Afghanistan was in the best interest of his country and reiterated, promising sustained efforts for stabilising ...
In 3 Days, No One Registers as Presidential Candidate: IEC
December 25, 2018
KABUL - Thirty-nine persons have so far obtained presidential election related information bundles but no one has registered his/her candidacy on the day third of candidate ...
Kabul Deeply Grieved by Deaths in Indonesian Tsunami
December 25, 2018
KABUL - Kabul on Monday voiced its deep shock over the loss of precious lives in a tsunami that battered Indonesia two days back.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...
Pentagon Report Advises Against Troop Reduction in Afghanistan
December 25, 2018
WASHINGTON - The US defense officials submitted their report to the Congress on Thursday which says the reinforcement significantly increased pressures on the Taliban...
Women Among 4 Arrested as Drug Processing Lab Busted in Kandahar City
December 25, 2018
KABUL - At least people including women were arrested by the security forces after a drug processing lab was busted by the security forces in Kandahar city...
Ghani Nominates New Heads for Defense, Interior Ministries
December 24, 2018
President Ghani has assigned the State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs to introduce Amrullah Saleh and Assadullah Khalid to the parliament. ..
Election Results from Some Electoral Districts to Change: IECC
December 24, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Sunday said the Wolesi Jirga election results from some of electoral districts would be changed up ...
Uncertainty on CE Post Exists Among Electoral Teams
December 24, 2018
KABUL - Legal experts and election watchdogs consider the creation of a Chief Executive Post as a move against the Constitution while electoral teams in the upcoming ...
Iran to Build Persian Literature Faculty in Kabul
December 24, 2018
KABUL - The government of Iran is funding the construction of a faculty in Kabul University dedicated mainly to the studies of ‘Persian Language’, it has been ...