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Election Materials Transported to 368 Districts
March 17, 2014
KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday announced transporting election materials to 368 districts without any security threat. MoI spokesman Siddique Siddiqui ...
Constitution Needs Amendments: Karzai
March 16, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said that the constitution needed amendments for the sake of reforms -- a need spotlighted by past experience ...
Abdullah Plans to Sign BSA within one Month if Elected
March 16, 2014
KABUL - Washington's efforts to sign the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the current government in Kabul have reached an impasse, but with elections just around the corner ...
Security Up in Balkh for Nawroz Celebration
March 16, 2014
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Strict security measures have been put in place in northern Balkh province ahead of Nawroz celebrations scheduled for March 21, officials ...
Talks in Progress to Appoint Fahim’s Successor
March 16, 2014
KABUL - Negotiations are in progress to elect the successor of late Afghan vice president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim. According to reports, talks between Afghan president Hamid ...
FEFA Registers 26 Election Violations in 24 Provinces
March 15, 2014
KABUL - Twenty six cases of election violations have been reported from various parts of the country since the beginning of the election campaigns, the Free and Fair Election Foundation ...
Afghan Officials Travel to Tajikistan for Economic Conference
March 15, 2014
KABUL - The fifth economic conference between Afghanistan and Tajikistan will be held this week in Dushanbe, with several Afghan government officials traveling to Tajikistan ...
Orderly Troop Drawdown Needs 102 Days: Dunford
March 15, 2014
WASHINGTON - The US military needs 102 days for orderly withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, NATO top commander in Kabul Gen Joseph Dunford said ...
Khalili Focuses on Elections, Progress at Abdul Ali Mazari Memorial
March 15, 2014
KABUL - Second Vice President Muhammad Karim Khalili spoke of the government's commitment to holding transparent and just elections in April at a gathering ...
Direct Conflict will Come to an End This Year: Pentagon
March 13, 2014
WASHINGTON - The direct conflict in the sense of a traditional war will come to an end this year, top Pentagon leadership told lawmakers on ...
Raheen Seeks Bamyan’s Buddha’s Statues Rebuilding
March 13, 2014
BAMYAN CITY - Afghanistan Minister of Information and Culture, Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen said Tuesday he hoped at least one of the two giant Buddha’s statues were ...
Need for Ratification of Violence against Women Law
March 13, 2014
KABUL - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday expressed major concerns about the growing violence against women and called on the Afghan government to undertake ...
Karzai Urged to Name Fahim’s Successor Soon
March 13, 2014
KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday urged President Hamid Karzai to name a successor to late vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim and introduce him ...
Fahim Laid to Rest as Thousands Pay Last Respects
March 12, 2014
KABUL - Late Vice-President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim was laid to rest in the Deh-i-Kipak area of the capital Kabul on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of mourners turned out to pay ...
Fahim’s Death to Create Political Vacuum: JIP
March 12, 2014
KABUL - The death of First Vice President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim will create a political imbalance in Afghanistan, the head of the Jamiat-e-Islami Party (JIP) (Islamic Society ...
Taliban Issue Warning, Tell Afghans Not to Vote
March 12, 2014
KABUL - The Taliban issued a statement on Monday warning Afghan citizens not to take part in the April presidential and provincial council elections or they could suffer the consequences ...
EU Concerned at Afghan Women’s Situation
March 12, 2014
KABUL - The European Union (EU) special representative in Afghanistan on Monday said they were deeply concerned at the level of violence against Afghan women ...
First Vice President, Marshal Fahim, Dies at 56
March 10, 2014
KABUL - Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, Afghanistan First Vice President, died of a heart attack in his Kabul home early on Sunday, Karzai's spokesman Aimal Faizi said ...
Over 1.7mln Children to Enroll in New Year: MoE
March 10, 2014
KABUL - The authorities of the Ministry of Education (MoE) said that the new academic year of 1393 (2014-15) is supposed to be started on March 21, and this ministry plans to enroll over ...
Afghan Refugees Not to Vote in Presidential Polls
March 10, 2014
QUETTA - As Afghanistan goes to the polls to elect a new president on April 5, Afghan refugees living in Pakistan will not get the opportunity to cast their vote ...
Electronic Charity to Benefit Red Crescent Launches in Afghanistan
March 10, 2014
KABUL - The Afghan Red Crescent Society will soon offer an electronic charity which can be participated in via mobile phone, officials announced ...
China to Work with Afghanistan to Fight Terrorism
March 09, 2014
BEIJING – Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said on Saturday that it will work with Afghanistan to fight terrorism, after it blamed a deadly train station attack on extremists from its ...
Revive Silk Road to Contribute to Greater Regional Connectivity: China
March 09, 2014
KABUL - The revival of the historic Silk Road is very essential for greater connectivity between China and other countries in the region, Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan ...
Working with Kabul on End to Child Soldiers: UNICEF
March 09, 2014
NEW YORK - UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake has said they are working with the Afghan government to realise the action plan Kabul signed with the United Nations in 2011 on ending ...
UN Terms ‘Equality for Women Progress for All’
March 09, 2014
KABUL - Amid his decision to celebrate the International Women Day (IWD), the United Nations said equality for women was a progress for all. As the United Nations prepares to celebrate ...
Tens of Thousands Commemorates Mazari Day
March 08, 2014
KABUL – Tens of Thousands of people gathered in Kabul on Friday to commemorate Shaheed Abdul Ali Mazari martyrdom day. While talking to the gathering, Presidential candidate ...
Zero Option: Pentagon Predicts Quick Hedging Activity
March 08, 2014
WASHINGTON - On the second consecutive day of his testimony before a Congressional hearing, a top Pentagon commander on Thursday insisted the “zero option” would give ...
Afghanistan’s Long-Term Viability at Risk: Pentagon
March 08, 2014
WASHINGTON - A top Pentagon commander on Wednesday told US lawmakers that Afghanistan’s long-term viability was likely to be at high risk due an expected upsurge ...
Afghanistan Still one of the Worst Places to be a Woman: EU
March 08, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's government has let down Afghan women, according to the new EU ambassador to Kabul, who singled out the failure to end prosecution of rape victims ...
Obama Seeks $2.6b for Afghanistan in 2015 Budget
March 06, 2014
WASHINGTON - Seeking more than $2.6 billion for the programme in Afghanistan in the budget proposals for 2015, the Obama administration on Tuesday said Washington eyed a long-term ...
Qayoum Karzai Quits Election Race in Favor of Zalmai Rassoul
March 06, 2014
KABUL - Afghan presidential candidate Qayoum Karzai has quit the race and thrown his support behind former foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul, sources close to Qayoum Karzai said on ...
US Faces Political, Technical Problems; BSA Impasse
March 06, 2014
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - US ambassador to Afghanistan James B Cunningham on Tuesday said the trust-deficit caused by the delays in concluding the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) had left ...
Karzai is Taking U.S.-Afghanistan Deal Hostage: Analysts
March 06, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai is taking hostage a deal that would ensure U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan post-2014 in favor of his personal legacy and putting pressure on the United ...
Ukraine Crisis: US Position on Afghanistan Unaffected
March 05, 2014
WASHINGTON - The developments in Ukraine have not changed the US position on a post-2014 presence in Afghanistan, the White House said on Monday.(On) Afghanistan, our position ...
New Draft Mining Law Widely Criticised
March 05, 2014
KABUL - Experts in natural resources and lawmakers, criticising the contents of a new draft mining law currently being debated in the parliament, said if signed into law, the bill ...