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Xi Urges Higher-Level Asia-Pacific Cooperation as Mankind at Historical Crossroads
November 19, 2018
PORT MORESBY - Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies to bring their cooperation to a higher level based on ...
Role of Youth in Peace Talks Needs to be ‘Significant’
November 18, 2018
KABUL - The president said at a meeting on Saturday that the Afghan youth needs to participate as talks would have a wide-ranging effect on their future...
Karzai Sees Moscow Summit as a First Step Towards Peace
November 18, 2018
KABUL - Former president Hamid Karzai says Moscow meeting – which was held on November 9 – was the first and correct step taken for bringing about peace and ...
Ghazni Displaced Families Call for Govt’s Help
November 18, 2018
KABUL - Dozens of displaced families, including women and children, who have fled the conflicts in Ghani’s Jaghori and Malistan districts are in Kabul where ...
MoE Plans to Recruit 30,000 Female Teachers in Coming 5 Years
November 18, 2018
KABUL - The Ministry of Education (MoE) will recruit 30,000 female teachers within five year (till the year 1400), to increase the presence of women in the field ...
Concerns Raised Over Growing Number of Female Addicts in Kandahar
November 18, 2018
KANDAHAR - Kandahar officials have raised concern over the increasing number of female drug addicts in the province.
According to local officials ...
U.S. Peace Envoy Seeks to Reassure Kabul it won’t be Blocked from Talks
November 17, 2018
KABUL - The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan is trying to reassure the U.S.-backed government in Kabul that it will not be shut out of a peace process with the Taliban ...
Politicians Warn Govt Against Delaying Elections
November 17, 2018
KABUL - In response to reports that Washington was pushing Afghanistan to postpone presidential elections next year, officials from some of Afghanistan ...
Pakistan Needs to Do More in Fight Against Terrorism: US
November 17, 2018
WASHINGTON - Pakistan needs to do more in its fight against terrorism, the Trump Administration told lawmakers on Wednesday adding that its expectations now ...
Any Step Regarding Peace to be Based on Consultation: Ghani
November 17, 2018
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said any step to be taken towards peace in Afghanistan would be based on consultation.
A statement from the Presidential ...
Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Face Another Test
November 17, 2018
KARACHI - Pakistan and Afghanistan appear to have been locked in a renewed diplomatic row, following the killing of a Pakistani police officer on Afghan soil...
Our Electoral Ticket to be Formed Soon: Hekmatyar
November 17, 2018
KABUL - Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Thursday said his party had reached agreement with 27 other political parties on throwing their ...
Washington Reacts Amid Rumbles of Political Shakeup
November 15, 2018
WASHINGTON - The US department of state’s spokesperson said if there are any changes to the election date it would be at the discretion of the Afghan government ...
UN Paints Grim Picture of Ghazni Situation
November 15, 2018
KABUL - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that the situation in Jaghori and Malistan in Ghazni province is ...
Kabul, Islamabad Need to Adopt Policy of Understanding’
November 15, 2018
KABUL - Parliamentary Affairs Minister Farooq Wardak has stressed that Afghanistan and Pakistan need to adopt the policy of conciliation instead of confrontation...
USAID Helps to Unlock Capital for Small Businesses
November 15, 2018
KABUL - In an effort to increase access to credit for business owners, USAID Afghanistan signed a seven-year, $15 million USAID Development Credit Authority ....
IDPs Say Jaghori, Malistan People in Urgent Need of Help
November 15, 2018
GHAZNI - Anumber of people from Jaghori and Malistan districts of Ghazni province, who were forced to flee their homes due to recent clashes in their areas, said people still ...
Afghan Govt Rejects Delay in April 2019 Presidential Elections
November 14, 2018
KABUL - Presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri said in his twitter account that continuity in a democratic process was a must. “Any other proposal than the will ...
Ghani Expresses Optimism Over Possible Peace Deal with Taliban
November 14, 2018
KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani voiced confidence Monday on reaching a peace deal to end the Taliban insurgency -- but warned Pakistan's alleged meddling risked ...
Russia, U.S. May Discuss Reconciliation in Afghanistan: Russian Senior Diplomat
November 14, 2018
MOSCOW - U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad could visit Moscow in early December to discuss bringing a durable peace to Afghanistan ...
TAPI and TAP Projects Discussed in Afghanistan
November 14, 2018
KABUL - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline (TAPI) and Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) power transmission line and railway initiated by the Turkmen ...
HPC Says Khalilzad Has Six Months to Broker Peace
November 14, 2018
KABUL - The head of the High Peace Council (HPC) delegation, which attended last week’s Moscow meeting on Afghanistan’s peace, says Washington has given ...
Saddened Families, Friends of Kabul Bombing Victims Demand Lasting Peace
November 14, 2018
KABUL - Hundreds bareheaded people, including family members and friends have, carried the bodies of those killed in Monday blast in capital Kabul to their graves ...
Hundreds Protest in Kabul Over Ghazni, Uruzgan Insecurity
November 12, 2018
KABUL - Kabul residents from the western part of the city started marching late Sunday night to the Presidential Palace and as they progressed their numbers swelled. . .
FEFA Wants Witnesses Present at Vote Recounts
November 12, 2018
KABUL - Electoral Watchdog Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) has welcomed a recount of votes from some polling stations, but stresses ...
Trump Discusses Situation in Syria, Saudi, Afghan with World Leaders
November 12, 2018
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump discussed a host of issues -- including Syria, trade, the situation in Saudi Arabia, sanctions, Afghanistan, China and North Korea ...
US Special Adviser to Afghanistan Plans Moscow Trip as Taliban Gains Ground – Kremlin
November 12, 2018
KABUL - After years of struggle against the Taliban in Afghanistan, US special advisor Zalmay Khalilzad is planning to visit Russia to discuss a peace settlement . . .
President Acknowledges Promotion of Daikundi to 2nd Grade Province
November 11, 2018
KABUL - The Taliban on Friday said a possible peace accord in Afghanistan could not be fully implemented in the absence of an international guarantee from the UN ...
Taliban Seek International Guarantee for Possible Peace Accord
November 11, 2018
KABUL - The Taliban on Friday said a possible peace accord in Afghanistan could not be fully implemented in the absence of an international guarantee from . . .
President Ghani Inaugurates Work on Power Projects in Bamyan
November 11, 2018
BAMYAN CITY - President Ashraf Ghani has inaugurated work on three power projects in central Bamyan province...
MPs Welcome Moscow Talks but Insist on Afghan Leadership
November 11, 2018
KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga members welcomed the Moscow meeting on Afghan peace process, but insisted such meetings should be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned...
Indian Ex-Envoys Share Table with Taliban at Afghan Talks
November 11, 2018
MOSCOW - India attended in a “non-official” capacity a conference on bringing back peace in Afghanistan, which was hosted by Russia and participated by the Taliban ...
Multinational Meeting on Afghan Peace Process Begins in Moscow
November 10, 2018
KABUL - The Moscow meeting on Afghan peace process kicks off on Friday with delegations from High Peace Council (HPC), the Taliban and 12 countries in attendance...
U.S. Peace Envoy to Visit Afghanistan, Qatar, Pakistan, UAE
November 10, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. special envoy for peace in Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will visit Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar from Nov...
Ghani Arrives in Daikundi to Inaugurate Development Projects
November 10, 2018
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has arrived in the central Daikundi province to inaugurate some development projects, an official said on Friday...