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Power Shortages in Kabul Hindering Industry: Private Sector
July 27,2021
KABUL - The Afghanistan Chambers Federation has accused the Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the country's single electricity provider, of failing to sustain a necessary ...
Female Police Officer Assassinated in Kapisa
July 27,2021
KAPISA - A female police officer was assassinated by unknown armed men in Kapisa province on Sunday night, police confirmed.
Abdul Shayeq Shoresh, a spokesman ...
Taliban Did Not Meet Their Commitments: Ghani, Biden
July 25,2021
KABUL - Heads of both states reaffirmed their commitments to an enduring bilateral relationship and called the ongoing offensive by the Taliban a direct contradiction of ...
OSCE Supports Afghan Government, Peace Process
July 25,2021
KABUL - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has supports the Afghan government and its peace process, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on ...
Stable Afghanistan in Interest of Entire Region: Sharif
July 25,2021
KABUL - National Security Advisor Dr Hamdullah Mohib met former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif in London on Saturday.
A statement from the National Security ...
UNSC Concerned at Security Situation in Afghanistan
July 25,2021
KABUL - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has voiced its concern over the fragile security situation in Afghanistan, fearing further escalation in militant-linked violence...
Russia Sends Military Equipment to Tajik-Afghan Border
July 25,2021
Russia has sent military equipment to border areas between Tajikistan and Afghanistan to prevent possible threats originating from the country...
Time for Both Sides to Stop Fighting and Make a Deal, Say Foreign Stakeholders
July 25,2021
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and UNAMA both issued a communique on Saturday calling on both sides to the conflict to stop the fighting ...
Ghani Orders Improved Security in Eastern Provinces
July 24,2021
JALALABAD - Assuring his full support, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday instructed officials to improve security situation in eastern provinces and thwart enemy conspiracies ...
To Reach A Peace Deal, Taliban Say Afghan President Must Go
July 24,2021
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban say they don’t want to monopolize power, but they insist there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government ...
Govt, Taliban Negotiating Agree to Continue Peace Talks
July 24,2021
KABUL - Government and the Taliban negotiating teams in Doha, the capital of Qatar, have discussed the continuation, effectiveness and acceleration of peace talks...
UK Cuts Direct Aid to Afghanistan by 78%
July 24,2021
The UK Government has slashed the aid it sends to Afghanistan by more than three quarters, according to House of Commons data.
This year the overall development budget has been ...
Afghan Delegation Leaves Kabul for Talks with Taliban in Doha
July 17,2021
KABUL - A delegation led by Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday afternoon left Kabul for Doha, the capital of Qatar, to hold talks ...
Ghani, Imran Meet in Tashkent
July 17,2021
KABUL - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan met on the sidelines of a conference in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, on Friday ...
Uzbekistan Received US Request to Host Afghans Who Worked for US Military, Source Says
July 17,2021
MOSCOW - Tashkent has received Washington’s request to host Afghans who helped the United States, a source familiar with the matter told Sputnik on Friday ...
Ghani Assured Turkey’s Continued Support in Diverse Fields
July 17,2021
KABUL - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said his country is committed to continuing cooperation with Afghanistan in diverse fields, including the peace process...
U.S., Afghanistan, Pakistan Uzbekistan Create Platform for Regional Cooperation
July 17,2021
WASHINGTON - The United States, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan formed a new diplomatic platform to support peace and stability in Afghanistan and foster regional ...
Ghani Chairs Security Meeting in Northern Balkh Province
July 14,2021
BALKH - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday visited Balkh province where he chaired a senior security meeting to assess the situation in Balkh and neighboring ...
Abdullah, Karzai to Travel to Qatar on Friday
July 14,2021
KABUL - High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) chairman Abdullah Abdullah and former president Hamid Karzai will travel to Qatar this Friday for talks with the Taliban ...
Khalilzad Meets with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister, Republic Negotiators
July 14,2021
DOHA - US special envoy to Afghanistan peace process Zalmai Khalilzad on his new round of trip to Qatar and the region on Monday met with Afghan government negotiating ...
Lavrov Says U.S. Wants to Establish Military Presence Around Afghanistan
July 14,2021
MOSCOW - The U.S. authorities want to dispose their military resources around Afghanistan to have an option to launch strikes at Afghanistan if needed, Russian foreign ...
Karzai Urges Afghan Youths Not to Leave, Says Peace Will Come
July 14,2021
KABUL - Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called on youths not to leave, but stay and build their country, as he said serious peace negotiations will start very soon ...
U.S. Talks with Turkey on Afghanistan Security Ongoing: State Dept
July 14,2021
WASHINGTON - Discussions between the United States and Turkey on security cooperation in Afghanistan are ongoing, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Monday ...
Finland Halts Deportations to Afghanistan After U.S. Troops Leave
July 14,2021
HELSINKI - Finland will temporarily halt deportations to Afghanistan because of potential instability there following the withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign troops, its immigration service ...
Saleh Calls for Nation’s ‘Full Support’ of ANDSF
July 13,2021
KABUL - As territory in some provinces continues to fall to the Taliban, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said on Monday that the Afghan National Defense and Security ...
Taliban Have ‘Every Reason’ to Return to Talks: UK Military Chief
July 13,2021
The UK Chief of the Defense Staff General Sir Nick Carter said in an interview with the BBC that the Taliban have got every reason to return to the talks and that a majority of the people ...
Top US Commander in Afghanistan Hands Over Command
July 13,2021
KABUL, Afghanistan — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan relinquished his command at a ceremony in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, taking the United States ..
Over 18 Million People in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan: UNAMA
July 13,2021
KABUL - Both Afghan government and United Nations confirmed that escalation in violence is leading Afghanistan to a humanitarian crisis...
US Embassy in Kabul Resumes Immigrant Visa Interviews
July 13,2021
KABUL - US Embassy in Kabul has resumed immigrant visa interviews, it said in a statement Monday, a month after it suspended visa operations due to new wave of COVID ...
Ten Foreigners Got Afghan Citizenship in Past Six Months
July 13,2021
KABUL - Ten foreigners got citizenship of Afghanistan in the past six months, the Ministry of Justice said on Monday.
They were citizens of different countries ...
Turkmenistan Deploying Troops, Heavy Weapon on Border with Afghanistan
July 13,2021
ASHGABAT - The reinforcement is planned to be deployed from a military base to Mary city of Turkmenistan which is main crossing point between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan ...
Death Toll Rises to 90 In U.S. Florida Building Collapse
July 13,2021
WASHINGTON- The confirmed death toll in the residential building collapse in Surfside, southeastern U.S. state of Florida, rose to 90 with 31 people remaining potentially ...
Air Defense System Installed at Kabul Airport
July 12,2021
KABUL - The Ministries of Defense and Interior have announced a new air defense system has been installed at Kabul airport...
Religious Scholars in Kabul Say War is Enough
July 12,2021
KABUL - The Ministries of Defense and Interior have announced a new air defense system has been installed at Kabul airport.
The ministries said in a statement ...
Ghani Inaugurates New Khost International Airport
July 11,2021
KHOST - President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday morning travelled to Khost province to inaugurate Khost International Airport, the Presidential Palace (ARG) said...