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US Policies Responsible for Regional Instability: Sartaj Aziz

US Policies Responsible for Regional Instability: Sartaj Aziz

January 19, 2016

ISLAMABAD - Adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Monday said United States (US) policies were responsible for instability in South...

Over 160 Top Officials in 26 Provinces Unchanged for a Decade

Over 160 Top Officials  in 26 Provinces Unchanged  for a Decade

January 19, 2016

KABUL - More than 160 high-ranking government officials in 26 provinces of the country have been holding powerful positions for the past 10 years, reveals a study conducted...

Taliban Want Telecom Infrastructure ‘Protection Tax’

Taliban Want Telecom  Infrastructure ‘Protection Tax’

January 19, 2016

KABUL - The Taliban are demanding a "protection tax" from Afghan mobile phone companies, industry and militant sources told AFP. At a secret meeting...

Kabul Meeting to Focus on Peace Talks Roadmap: MoFA

Kabul Meeting to Focus on Peace Talks Roadmap: MoFA

January 18, 2016

KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday said the second meeting between representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and U.S will draw up the roadmap...

Govt. Assures Nation to Bring Reforms in Election

Govt. Assures Nation to Bring Reforms in Election

January 18, 2016

KABUL - The National Unity Government (NUG) is determined to bring systematic reforms to electoral bodies and the electoral process, Chief Executive Spokesman Mujiburrahman...

Operations Against Daesh Increased: Stanekzai

Operations Against Daesh  Increased: Stanekzai

January 18, 2016

KABUL - The acting defense minister, Masoom Stanekzai, on Sunday said they have increased their military operations against Daesh fighters in parts of the country...

Parliamentary Election Schedule Today: IEC

Parliamentary Election  Schedule Today: IEC

January 18, 2016

KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Sunday the schedule for Wolesi Jirga and district council polls would be announced todat (Monday)...

UN Chief Urges World to Bridge Humanitarian Aid Funding Gap

UN Chief Urges World to Bridge  Humanitarian Aid Funding Gap

January 18, 2016

DUBAI - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged more global efforts to bridge a gap in humanitarian aid funding that reached 15 billion U.S. dollars...

At Least 13 Dead, 14 Wounded in Attack: Official

At Least 13 Dead, 14 Wounded  in Attack: Official

January 18, 2016

JALALABAD - At least 13 people have been killed and 14 wounded in a suicide attack at the home of a prominent politician in the increasingly volatile eastern...

IEC 'Fully' Ready to Hold Parliamentary Election: Yusuf Nuristani

IEC 'Fully' Ready to Hold Parliamentary Election: Yusuf Nuristani

January 17, 2016

KABUL - The chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), Yusuf Nuristani, who was summoned by the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Saturday...

Religious Scholars Warn of a Rise in Extremism

Religious Scholars Warn of a Rise in Extremism

January 17, 2016

KABUL - Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs Faiz Mohammad Osmani on Saturday raised concerns over threats which he believes is emerging from extremism in the country...

Villages in Helmand’s Gereshk Fall to Taliban

Villages in Helmand’s  Gereshk Fall to Taliban

January 17, 2016

LASHKARGAH - The Taliban militants have captured several villages in Gereshk district of southern Helmand province. Muhammad Karim Atal, the chairman of Helmand...

Integrity Watch Afghanistan: Mining Sector Hurt By Corruption, Lack of Planning

Integrity Watch Afghanistan: Mining Sector Hurt By  Corruption, Lack of Planning

January 17, 2016

KABUL - The Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) said on Saturday rebels and unauthorised individuals continued to exploit the country’s natural resources, but no...

Kabul Ready for 2nd Round of Four-Nation Talks

Kabul Ready for 2nd Round of Four-Nation Talks

January 17, 2016

KABUL - Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) announced Saturday that all necessary arrangements to convene the second round of the four nation talks on Afghan peace process are...

Qadir’s Armed Men Join Nangarhar’s Public Uprising Groups

Qadir’s Armed  Men Join Nangarhar’s Public Uprising  Groups

January 17, 2016

KABUL - Scores of armed men related to Zahir Qadir, the Deputy Speaker of Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament), on Saturday joined public uprising groups in eastern...

SIGAR Report Speaks of Corruption in Mines Ministry

SIGAR Report Speaks of  Corruption in Mines Ministry

January 16, 2016

KABUL - The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) on Thursday spoke out about corruption in the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum...

Govt. Launches Online Passport Application Service

Govt. Launches Online  Passport Application Service

January 16, 2016

KABUL - Government on Thursday formally announced its online passport application process and home delivery service.

At a gathering at the Passport Department...

Second Quadrilateral Meeting to Assess Peace Talks Structure: HPC

Second Quadrilateral Meeting to  Assess Peace Talks Structure: HPC

January 16, 2016

KABUL - The High Peace Council (HPC) on Friday said that the second quadrilateral meeting between Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States will assess the...

Security Council Resolution Should not Stir Confrontation : China

Security Council Resolution Should not Stir Confrontation : China

January 16, 2016

BEIJING - China said on Friday that it supports the UN Security Council to make a "necessary response" to the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's...

Ahadi Launches New Party, Says NUG Has Failed

Ahadi Launches New Party, Says NUG Has Failed

January 16, 2016

KABUL - The New National Front of Afghanistan (NNF), officially launched as an opposition party on Thursday, claims the National Unity Government (NUG) has failed in ...

Aid must be Allowed into Areas in Syria Blockaded by Militants: Russia

Aid must be Allowed into Areas in Syria Blockaded by Militants: Russia

January 16, 2016

MOSCOW - The Russian Foreign Ministry called on Friday for all sides in the Syria conflict to use their influence to ensure that humanitarian aid was delivered to areas...

Foreign Policy to Focus on Threats from Daesh, Al Qaeda: Obama

Foreign Policy to Focus on Threats from Daesh, Al Qaeda: Obama

January 14, 2016

WASHINGTON - U.S President Barack Obama, who delivered his final State of the Union address early Wednesday, said that their foreign policy must be focused on the...

WJ Approves New Draft Law in 3 Chapters and 2 Articles

WJ Approves New Draft Law in 3 Chapters and 2 Articles

January 14, 2016

KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the Parliament on Wednesday approved the draft law on communication services in three chapters and two articles...

HRW Calls on Govt. to Include Women in Peace Talks Process

HRW Calls on Govt. to Include Women in Peace Talks Process

January 14, 2016

KABUL - Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on the Afghan government to stick to its promise to include women in the peace process. In a statement issued by...

Russia to Supply Small Arms to Afghanistan

Russia to  Supply Small Arms  to Afghanistan

January 14, 2016

MOSCOW - Amid increasing concerns about instability in Afghanistan pouring over into the former Soviet republics and Russia, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday ...

Afghanistan Witnesses 10,000 Security, Terrorist Incidents in 2015: Report

Afghanistan Witnesses 10,000 Security, Terrorist  Incidents in 2015: Report

January 14, 2016

KABUL - An annual report by TOLOnews reveals that insurgent activities increased considerably in the last year with at least 10,000 security and terrorist incidents...

MoFA Celebrates 12th Anniversary of Constitution

MoFA Celebrates 12th  Anniversary of Constitution

January 14, 2016

KABUL - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salahuddin Rabbani, on Wednesday officiated at a ceremony celebrating the 12th Anniversary of the Constitution of Afghanistan...

‘Regional Rivalries Give Birth to Extremists in Afghanistan’

‘Regional Rivalries Give Birth  to Extremists in Afghanistan’

January 13, 2016

KABUL - The acting defence minister, Masoom Stanikzai, on Tuesday said regional and local rivalries had led to the creation of extremist groups in Afghanistan...

Govt. Warns Taliban on Staying out of Peace Talks

Govt. Warns Taliban on Staying out of Peace Talks

January 13, 2016

KABUL - Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai on Tuesday warned the Taliban against staying out of the peace process with the government in Kabul, saying...

Over 100 Afghan Companies to Invest in Chabahar

Over 100 Afghan Companies  to Invest in Chabahar

January 13, 2016

KABUL - Over 100 Afghan companies have registered to invest in the Chabahar free trade area, officials said Tuesday.The head of Chabahar free trade zone, Hamid Ali...

UNICEF Finds 40 Percent of Afghan Kids out of School

UNICEF Finds 40 Percent of Afghan Kids out of School

January 13, 2016

KABUL - Nearly one in four children growing up in conflict zones are missing out on education, with Afghanistan among the four worst-affected countries, the United...

Stability in Pakistan Linked to Peace in Afghanistan

Stability in Pakistan Linked to Peace in Afghanistan

January 13, 2016

ISLAMABAD - Peace in Afghanistan is essential for regional stability, particularly in Pakistan given the historical, ethnic and cultural ties between the two...

Iran Resolute on Fight Against Terrorism: Rouhani

Iran Resolute on Fight Against Terrorism: Rouhani

January 13, 2016

TEHRAN - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran is ready to cooperate with other countries to tackle terrorism as a global challenge. Peace and stability in...

Pakistan Opposes Preconditions for Talks with Afghan Taliban

Pakistan Opposes Preconditions for Talks with Afghan Taliban

January 12, 2016

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Monday opposed preconditions in talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban and suggested incentives to encourage the insurgents to...

Ghani under Fire for Withholding Results of Task Teams

Ghani under Fire  for Withholding Results  of Task Teams

January 12, 2016

KABUL - Critics blasted President Ashraf Ghani on Monday over the creation of what they call incompetent task teams assigned to investigate major incidents in the...