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U.N. Torture Committee wants Gen. Raziq Prosecuted
May 13, 2017
GENEVA - The police chief of Kandahar province, General Abdul Raziq, should be prosecuted over allegations of torture and enforced disappearances, the U.N. Committee against Torture...
TIR Conference Begins in Kabul
May 11, 2017
KABUL - Turning Afghanistan into a transit hub in the heart of Asia was the main topic for representatives from the Afghan government, private sector and donor community who met...
MPs Concerned over Hizb-E-Islami’s Refusal to Give up Arms
May 11, 2017
KABUL - Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami members have so far refused to hand over their weapons, which has in turn sparked concern among MPs. This comes after Hekmatyar...
MPs Slam Ghani’s Remarks against MoI, MoFA
May 11, 2017
KABUL - A number of senators have slammed the president’s recent allegations of corruption against certain ministries, warning against a selective or partisan policy on eradicating...
WJ to Govt: don’t Whine, Move to Curb Graft
May 11, 2017
KABUL - Some members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) -- lower house of the parliament -- on Wednesday criticised President Ashraf Ghani’s recent remarks on corruption while others...
No Deadline for New Strategy: White House
May 11, 2017
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s winning strategy in Afghanistan means reducing the threats posed by Taliban and the Islamic State, the White House said.However, the White House...
US Senators Show Signs of Support for More Troops in Afghanistan
May 11, 2017
WASHINGTON - Members of the US Senate Armed Services committee are waiting to hear from President Donald Trump about how he and his military want to handle the situation in Afghanistan, but...
EU Accuses Taliban of War Crimes, Calls for End to Violence
May 10, 2017
KABUL - The European Union (EU) has accused the Taliban of committing war crimes by killing innocent civilians and destroying towns, and called on the group to end the violence...
Afghanistan’s Population Estimated at 29.2 Million: CSO
May 10, 2017
KABUL - The Central Statistics Organization (CSO) on Tuesday estimated the country’s population at 29.2 million people including 14.2 million women. The estimate shows 6.9 million...
US may Deploy 3,000 More Troops to Afghanistan
May 10, 2017
KABUL - Around 3,000 more US troops could be sent to Afghanistan to stem a spike in insurgent-related violence, international media reports said on Tuesday. Under the proposals from the...
Defeating ISIS, Taliban Main Goal in Afghanistan: WH
May 10, 2017
WASHINGTON - The US President Donald Trump wanted to develop a winning strategy to defeat ISIS and the Taliban in Afghanistan and unlike his predecessors in the past he would not reveal...
Military Choppers Land in Sar-E-Pul ‘to Equip Militants’
May 10, 2017
KABUL - Local officials in Sar-e-Pul province claimed on Tuesday that two military helicopters landed in the Sayyad district in the province in order to equip insurgents. According to the...
Karzai Offers Mediation to Ease Af-Pak Tensions
May 10, 2017
KABUL - Former president Hamid Karzai has discussed Kabul-Islamabad relations at a meeting with a group of journalist from Pakistan in Kabul, his office said on Tuesday. Regional peace, strengthening...
MoI, MoFA Still Rife with Corruption: Ghani
May 09, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said a lot of work had been done to eradicate corruption from Afghanistan, but still some government institutions were rife with the menace...
Belt Plan to Open New Chapter in Sino-Afghan Relations
May 09, 2017
KABUL - A Chinese delegation that arrived here on Monday said realization of Beijing’s One Road One Belt Initiative (BRI) would turn Afghanistan into a regional intersection...
Abdullah Vows to Protect Journalists’ Rights
May 09, 2017
KABUL - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Monday promised serious steps for protection of journalists and their rights. Abdullah, addressing a World Press Freedom...
Reforms to Help Check Corruption: Danish
May 09, 2017
>KABUL - Calling administrative corruption a great challenge to ensuring good governance, second vice-president Sawar Danish on Monday said the menace had decreased in Afghanistan, but...
MPs Hail Gen. Raziq, Want Qala-I-Zal Chief Tried
May 09, 2017
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Monday praised Kandahar police chief for courageously responding to Friday’s cross border attack and demanded trial of Kunduz’s Qala-i-Zal district...
Afghanistan Keen to Import Iran’s Gas: Official
May 09, 2017
TEHRAN - A senior Iranian energy official announced that Afghanistan has voiced willingness to import gas from Iran. 'The Kabul government has requested Iran to export its gas to...
States Aiding Terrorism will Also Suffer, Warns Zarif
May 08, 2017
KABUL - The Iranian foreign minister on Sunday said both Afghanistan and Iran were located in a dangerous region, haunted by terrorism supported by some foreign circles...
High Sports Commission Being Created: President
May 08, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has said a high sports commission is being created to resolve problems facing Afghan athletes. The president, who met physical training officials and...
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Mull TAPI Construction Safety in Kabul
May 08, 2017
ASHGABAT -The issues concerning the safety of construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline were mulled at a meeting of the joint Turkmenistan-Afghanistan...
Iran Ready for Talks on Legalising Stay of Afghans
May 08, 2017
KABUL - Tehran on Sunday expressed its readiness to work together with Kabul on legalising the status of Afghans living in the neighbouring country and offered all possible support to...
High Level Event on Anti-Graft Campaign Today
May 08, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani and EU Ambassador to Afghanistan Franz-Michael Mellbin will co-cost a high level ‘anti-corruption conference’ at the Presidential Palace...
HIA Names 3,500 Fighters for Security Departments
May 07, 2017
KABUL - Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Names 3,500 Fighters to be included in security departments. The political council of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e-Islami on Saturday...
Govt’s Hajj Draw Scheme not Transparent: MPs
May 07, 2017
KABUL - A number of Wolesi Jirga or lower house members on Saturday criticized the hajj quota given to lawmakers and government officials, saying the lottery system lacked transparency...
Zarif to Visit Afghanistan Today
May 07, 2017
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pays a visit to Kabul on Sunday at the invitation of his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani. Spokesman for the Foreign...
Pakistan Wants Good Relation with Afghanistan: Khawaja Asif
May 07, 2017
SIALKOT – Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Defence, Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Saturday stressed the need to promote mutual cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan...
Turkmenistan Ready to Intensify Co-Op with Afghanistan
May 07, 2017
Ashgabat -There are broad opportunities to intensify fruitful mutually beneficial cooperation with Afghanistan today, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a government...
Ghani Asks Taliban to Follow in HIA’s Footsteps
May 06, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday welcomed Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, upon arriving in capital Kabul and asked the Taliban to follow into...
NATO Chief Tells EU Alliance Needs to Stay in Afghanistan
May 06, 2017
KABUL - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an address to the European Parliament that the alliance needs to stay in Afghanistan and help conventional Afghan forces in their...
Hekmatyar Extends Brotherhood Hand to Taliban
May 06, 2017
KABUL - Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Friday once again called on the Taliban to respond positively to people’s demand for peace so the Afghans were...
Pentagon to Request thousands more Troops for Afghanistan next Week
May 06, 2017
KABUL - The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan to break a deadlocked fight with the Taliban, a senior official said Thursday...
Only Afghans can Bring Peace with Unity: Hekmatyar
May 06, 2017
KABUL - Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Thursday stressed the need for national unity in prevention of foreign interferences in Afghanistan and asked the...
Rein in Terrorists for Trust Building: Ghani to ISI Chief
May 04, 2017
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani has categorically told the Pakistan’s spymaster that Afghanistan would not trust the neighbour until it takes action against the Taliban and...