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Islamabad Agrees to Kabul's Say in Taliban Releases
February 10, 2013
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan would give Afghanistan High Peace Council (HPC) a formal role in the release of remaining Taliban detainees in its custody through a new coordination mechanism being set up ...
Afghans Paid Almost $4bn in Bribes Last Year: UN
February 09, 2013
KABUL - Afghan citizens paid as much as US$3.9 billion in bribes to officials in 2012, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime ...
Kerry Prefers Peaceful Resolution to Afghan Conflict
February 09, 2013
WASHINGTON - New US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said he preferred a peaceful resolution to the 11-year-old Afghan conflict, but his country would not hesitate to use "extreme ...
US will Not Endorse an Afghan Presidential Candidate: Envoy
February 09, 2013
KABUL - The United States will support Afghanistan's election process but it will never endorse a specific candidate, the US envoy to Afghanistan said ...
KB Tribunal Chief Claims Karzai, Fahim Still Owe Debt
February 09, 2013
KABUL - The former Kabul Bank's (KB) powerful shareholders claim they have repaid all their loans, but the head of the special tribunal on the Kabul Bank collapse has insisted they still ...
Afghan Child Deaths Report Unfounded: ISAF
February 09, 2013
KABUL - NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Friday called a UN committee's report about the death of hundreds of children as a result of US military attacks and air ...
Afghan Peace Process an Urgent Priority: Sherry
February 07, 2013
WASHINGTON - Pakistan treats the Afghan peace process as an “urgent priority”, Pakistani Ambassador to US Sherry Rehman said on Monday as the US media reported that mistrust among ...
Karzai in Cairo as Crucial OIC Summit Begins
February 07, 2013
KABUL - Soon after signing a strategic deal with Norwegian prime minister, President Hamid Karzai flew to Egypt overnight from Oslo to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit that began ...
Taliban Prisoner Release is Poor Policy: Atmar
February 07, 2013
KABUL - The Afghan government policy to release Taliban prisoners is "completely incorrect" and threatens the peace process, the Truth and Justice party said ...
India Prepared for US Pullout from Afghanistan: Antony
February 07, 2013
BANGALORE - India is taking steps to face any eventuality that may arise after the US begins to pull out its troops from Afghanistan next year, Indian defense minister AK Antony said on ...
IMF Unlocks Aid as Govt. Pledges Reform
February 06, 2013
KABUL - The Afghan government has welcomed the IMF's move to reopen credit lines to Afghanistan two years after corruption fears surrounding the Kabul Bank crisis had stopped most funds ...
US Asks Taliban to Take Steps to Open Doha Office
February 06, 2013
WASHINGTON - Endorsing the joint statement issued by leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Britain at the just concluded Chequers summit, the United States on Monday called on the Taliban to take ...
Pakistan Ends Blockage for 3,700 Afghan Containers
February 06, 2013
KABUL - Afghan officials on Tuesday announced that Pakistan opened Torkham border gate after three months and allowed thousands of Afghan traders containers to enter Afghanistan ...
Cameron Hopes Elections will Draw Taliban into Democratic Process
February 06, 2013
KABUL - David Cameron is hoping that Afghan presidential and parliamentary elections in April 2014 will draw moderate elements of the Taliban into the democratic process before the departure ...
Afghan, Pak, and UK Call Taliban to Negotiating Table
February 05, 2013
LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron hosted Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's President Asif Zardari for trilateral talks on Afghanistan's floundering peace and ...
Karzai Due in Oslo to Sign Strategic Deal
February 05, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai, currently engaged in a trilateral summit in London, is scheduled to arrive in Oslo on Monday for a two-day visit to sign a strategic partnership agreement with the ...
National Employees Qualify for Etisalat Global High Potential Program
February 05, 2013
KABUL - Etisalat Afghanistan is resolved to be a key partner in the development of Afghanistan. Etisalat takes this commitment as a corner stone of its business strategy. Since the inception of Etisalat ...
US to Continue Working for Peace in Afghanistan: Kerry
February 05, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States would continue to work to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan, the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said Monday, welcoming a group of Afghan musicians in one ...
Afghanistan’s Future won’t Be A Replay of Past: ISAF
February 04, 2013
KABUL - NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has shut its 230 bases and transferred another 370 bases to the Afghan government as part of the security transition, a spokesman for the ...
Some Troops to Stay in Afghanistan: Dempsey
February 04, 2013
LONDON – US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey says “no one has ever suggested zero” U.S. troops in Afghanistan post-2014 to him, but that he believes the military ...
Only Govt. Qualified for Direct Taliban Talks: MoFA
February 04, 2013
KABUL - No group apart from the government of Afghanistan and its appointed High Peace Council is competent for negotiations directly with the Taliban, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said ...
Afghan-Led Reconciliation Surest Way to End Violence: Hagel
February 02, 2013
WASHINGTON - The US Defense Secretary nominee, Chuck Hagel, on Wednesday said he agreed with President Barack Obama that an Afghan-led reconciliation process was the “surest ...
NATO will Not Leave Afghanistan Despite Defense Cuts
February 02, 2013
KABUL - NATO Thursday released its annual report in Brussels saying that it will not allow Afghanistan to become the save haven of insurgents, even as it flagged serious gaps in defense spending from ...
UN, Karzai Hit Stalemate over Prison Probe
February 02, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has accused the United Nations of not cooperating with a government investigation into abuse in Afghan jails saying that requests for assistance have been declined or ...
MPs to Undergo Training in India: Ezedyar
February 02, 2013
KABUL - India has invited all 102 members of the Meshrano Jirga or upper house of Afghanistan parliament to undergo a short-term training session in parliamentary procedures and practices in the ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan to Enhance Border Control Cooperation
February 02, 2013
ISLAMABAD - Senior Pakistani and Afghan defense officials have agreed to work out modalities to enhance security along their over ...
Abdullah Accuses Govt. of Controlling IEC
January 31, 2013
KABUL - National Coalition leader Abdullah Abdullah Wednesday claimed that the government is attempting to control Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), pointing to the recent ...
Govt. Paving Way for Poll Fraud: FEFA
January 30, 2013
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - The Freed and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Tuesday warned the new draft electoral law would facilitate fraud in the ...
Foreigners Struggling to Weaken Afghanistan: Karzai
January 30, 2013
KABUL - president Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said that the foreigners are struggling to main peace through dispersed peace talks and such conspiracies will result to weaken Afghanistan in the ...
India Urges Sincere Global Support for Afghanistan
January 30, 2013
NEW DELHI - Sincere international support to Afghanistan -- not meddling in its internal affairs -- is in best the interest of all countries, India’s Vice-President Mohammad Hamid ...
ISAF Willing to Help Provide Election Security
January 29, 2013
KABUL - The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Monday said the insurgency had decreased by 14 percent in areas under Afghan security forces’ control. However, he gave no ...
IEC Defends Decision to Use Old Voting System
January 29, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) Monday sought to address the backlash over its decision to use the old voter registration system and voting cards, saying that it had no ...
Kabul, Islamabad Agree on Deeper Defense Links
January 29, 2013
ISLAMABAD - Defense Minister Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi on Monday called for closer defense cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan in dealing with the challenges facing the two ...
Pakistan highly values its ties with Afghanistan: Zardari
January 29, 2013
ISLAMABAD - Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Khan called on President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad Monday and discussed matters regarding defence cooperation and war on ...
Opp Promises Consensus Presidential Candidate
January 28, 2013
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Seasoned politicians in northern Balkh province on Sunday accused the President Hamid Karzai-led government of failing to take measures to ensure a fair ...