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Pakistan, Afghanistan Discuss Return of Afghan Refugees
November 10, 2018
ISLAMABAD - Pak-Afghan second meeting of the Refugee Working Group (WG) on Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS) was held at the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions ...
Presidential Poll: Consultations on to Make Alliances
November 08, 2018
KABUL - Consultations are ongoing among politicians and political parties to make alliances and field consensus presidential candidates, but no group has so far reached ...
Afghan Forces Repel Taliban Attack on Ghazni
November 08, 2018
GHAZNI - Taliban fighters stormed Ghazni's Jaghori district before dawn on Wednesday, officials said...
No Cut in Presence Due to Insider Attacks: NATO Chief
November 08, 2018
KABUL - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says it is impossible for the western military alliance to reduce its presence in Afghanistan because of insider’s attacks...
‘40 Civilians Killed in Khas Uruzgan, Malistan Clashes’
November 07, 2018
MALISTAN - A government delegation on Tuesday confirmed the killing of 40 civilians in recent clashes between Taliban militants and an illegal commander in . . .
NATO Secretary General and Top Military Leaders Visit Afghanistan
November 07, 2018
KABUL - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg paid an official visit to Kabul on Tuesday, accompanied by the Chairman of the Military Committee, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart ...
Ghani Formally Inaugurates Afghanistan-China Air Corridor
November 07, 2018
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has opened the Afghanistan and China air corridor on Tuesday with the first cargo flight plane carrying 20 tonnes of pine nuts ...
National Dialogue is Way to Peace, Stability in Afghanistan: Iran
November 07, 2018
KABUL - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) Mohammad Karim Khalili held talks in Tehran on Monday over the ongoing . . .
Record Level of Taliban Violence Against Afghanistan’s Election - UN
November 07, 2018
KABUL - Attacks and intimidation by the Taliban against last month’s parliamentary election in Afghanistan resulted in a record number of civilian casualties . . .
Abdullah Admits Government’s Delay in Responding To Uruzgan Violence
November 06, 2018
KABUL - The chief Executive of the National Unity Government Abdullah Abdullah admitted the government has delayed to respond to the ongoing violence in southern Uruzgan ...
Rigging Claims, 567 Ballot Boxes Reopened in Balkh
November 06, 2018
MAZAR-I-SHRIF - Following complaints regarding alleged fraud and rigging in recent Wolesi Jirga polls in northern Balkh province, the regional Independent Electoral ...
Wells Discusses Peace, Security & Counterterrorism with Afghan Officials
November 06, 2018
KABUL - The United States principal deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs Alice Wells and National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib have ...
ICRC Provides Orthopedic Devices to Over 11,000 Afghans in First Half of this Year
November 06, 2018
KABUL - In the first half of this year, International Community of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated more than 11,000 Afghan people with artificial legs, arms and ...
Ghani Dispatches Delegation to Probe Recent Clashes in Uruzgan
November 05, 2018
KABUL - the battle in Urozgan as “ethnic war”, the government has dispatched the delegation to probe and ease the recent clashes in the province in which dozens ...
Mohib Assures Cooperation to Address Nangarhar Issues
November 05, 2018
JALALABAD - The governor of eastern Nangarhar province Hayatullah Hayat and National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib have discussed several issues during a meeting, an official said ...
IEC Begins Transfer of Data to its Main Servers
November 05, 2018
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday said it has started transferring data from the biometric identification devices, used in the recent elections ...
MoFA Says High Peace Council Might attend Moscow Summit
November 05, 2018
KABUL - “We are in consultations about the modality, nature and timing of Moscow meeting, these items are still under discussion, but what could happen is that a High Peace ...
Six Afghans ‘Missing’ after Failing to Return from Invictus Games
November 05, 2018
KABUL - Five Afghan athletes and one coach failed to return home last week from Australia after having taken part in the Sydney Invictus Games...
Ghazni Residents in Troubles as Taliban Suspend Telecom Services
November 05, 2018
GHAZNI CITY - Residents of the capital of southern Ghazni province on Sunday said ...
Ghani Renews Call on Taliban to Join Intra- Afghan Dialogue
November 04, 2018
SHARANA - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday once again called on the Taliban militants to enter an intra-Afghan dialogue because the Kabul administration would not surrender ...
NATO SCR Praises Afghan Journalists for their Brave Work
November 04, 2018
KABUL - the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann has hailed the Afghan journalists for their brave work.Ambassador Zimmermann ...
Farah’s Voters List, Biometric Devices Destroyed in Chopper Crash
November 04, 2018
KABUL - Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief in Farah Mohammad Monir Parsa said Saturday the helicopter that crashed this week, claiming the lives of about 27 people ...
Moscow Meeting on Afghanistan to be Held November 9
November 04, 2018
MOSCOW - The next Moscow-format meeting on Afghanistan will be held in Moscow on November 9, representatives of the Taliban radical movement (outlawed in Russia) will take ...
Indonesian Ulema Visit OIC in Kabul
November 04, 2018
KABUL - Indonesian religious scholars said they “fully endorse and support the OIC’s peace mandate in Afghanistan”.
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Cold Weather, Drought Hamper Agriculture in Daikundi
November 04, 2018
NELLI - Agriculture products have been declined by 50 percent this year due to an early coldness of weather and continued drought in the province, an official said on Saturday...
US Post-Peace Military Role be Conditions Based: Mattis
November 01, 2018
WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary James Mattis has said any US military role would be conditioned based and would be determined in coordination with the government ...
Election Bodies Agree on Strategy to Separate Fake Votes
November 01, 2018
KABUL - Votes that missed biometric verification, voter lists or polled without being overseen by observers would be declared invalid, election bodies said on Tuesday...
Army Helicopter Crash Kills 25, Including a Top Commander
November 01, 2018
KABUL - An army helicopter crashed in southwestern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing 25 people on board, including a top commander and the head of the provincial council ...
Construction of Casa-1000 to Start within Two Months: DABS
November 01, 2018
KABUL - Officials from the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said this week that construction of the CASA-1000 power project will start in Afghanistan within ...
Tucker Carlson: Time for Trump to End Afghanistan War, Keep Campaign Promise
November 01, 2018
TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS HOST - American forces are still fighting in Afghanistan, it's been 17 years since we first sent troops there to topple the Taliban government...
Wolesi Jirga to Investigate Kandahar Attack
November 01, 2018
KABUL - Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament has appointed a delegation for investigation of October 19 attack in southern Kandahar province, saying investigations ...
Denmark Grants Millions in Aid to Afghan Security Forces
October 31, 2018
KABUL - The Foreign Ministry has revealed that Denmark will set aside 308 million kroner in aid to help support the police and defence forces in Afghanistan...
$2.3bn Invested in Afghanistan’s IT Sector: Abdullah
October 31, 2018
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has said $2.3 billion has been invested in Afghanistan’s information technology and telecommunications sector...
Finest Afghan Agriculture Exports to be Showcased at “Worldfood Kazakhstan” Trade Show
October 31, 2018
KABUL - Twelve Afghan agribusinesses will display the finest fresh and dried fruits, nuts, juices, and vegetables at a high-profile trade event in Almaty, Kazakhstan from October ...
Trade Relations Between Kabul-Islamabad Improved Recently
October 31, 2018
KABUL - Pakistan and Afghanistan continue to maintain up-ward trajectory of trade contrary to the false news by some Afghan media, a statement from the Pakistani . . .