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Government Supports Taliban: Zia Massoud
October 11, 2012
KABUL - The lack of security in Afghanistan indicates the unspoken support of the government for the Taliban insurgency, the National Front party said ...
Pakistan Supports Peace Efforts in Afghanistan: Khar
October 11, 2012
ISLAMABAD - Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar discussed the regional situation including the situation in Afghanistan with David Miliband, former foreign secretary of State of the United Kingdom on ...
Election Date to Be Announced in A Month
October 10, 2012
KABUL - As consultations on the voter registration drive continue, the Independent Election Commission ('IEC) chief on Tuesday said an exact date of the presidential ballot would be ...
UN, Afghan MPs Differ with ICG Assessment
October 10, 2012
KABUL - The United Nations and Afghan lawmakers on Tuesday discounted a warning from the International Crisis Group (ICG) that the government in Kabul could collapse after the 2014 ...
‘No Plans’ for CSTO to Fill NATO Vacuum in Afghanistan
October 10, 2012
KABUL - The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has rejected reports that it is sending its Collective Peacekeeping Force into the Central Asian hotspot to replace International ...
Afghanistan is ‘Unwinnable War of Occupation’: MP
October 10, 2012
LONDON – British Members of military families will join Labor MP Paul Flynn at today's ceremony, who was suspended from parliament over comments he made about the conflict in ...
Afghanistan Mission Challenging: Rasmussen
October 10, 2012
KABUL - Although the NATO mission in Afghanistan is challenging, but the country's enemies will not be allowed to succeed in undermining the progress made in building security and Afghan ...
We will Consider National Interests in Pakistan Deal: MoFA
October 09, 2012
KABUL - The Afghan government will consider all matters of national interest in signing a strategic agreement with Pakistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said ...
Draft Law on AGO Composition Sparks Walkout
October 09, 2012
KABUL - A split among members on proposed legislation about the composition and powers of the Attorney General Office (AGO) triggered a walkout from the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of ...
ICG Report A Bid to Meddle in Presidential Vote: Faizi
October 09, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's spokesman on Monday denounced the latest report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) as foreign interference in the upcoming ...
ICRC Voices Concern at Civilian Casualties
October 09, 2012
KABUL - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday expressed its concern over the escalating armed conflict in Afghanistan and asked the parties involved to do all they ...
German Firms Ready to Invest in Afghanistan
October 08, 2012
KABUL - A 15-member German delegation, including traders and government officials, was briefed on Sunday on investment opportunities in Afghanistan, particularly in mining and ...
No Insurgent Roots in Afghanistan: Foreign Ministry
October 08, 2012
KABUL - There are no insurgents groups based in Afghanistan which pose a threat to neighboring countries, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said ...
Incomplete Election Better than Illegal Govt.: Karzai
October 06, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that any kind of election is better than an illegal government, confirming that the 2014 presidential election will go ahead as scheduled regardless of ...
Karzai Accuses U.S. of Duplicity in Fighting Afghan Enemies
October 06, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai, on Thursday accused the United States of playing a "double game" by fighting a war against Afghan insurgents rather than their backers in Pakistan ...
Karzai Govt. Wants to Be Part of US-Taliban Talks
October 06, 2012
WASHINGTON - The Karzai administration's demand to be part of talks between the United States and the Taliban has stalled the peace process, a top Afghan official said, asserting the drive had to be ...
Russia Wary of Afghan Timetables
October 06, 2012
MOSCOW - The Russian envoy to NATO warned the alliance against setting artificial deadlines in Afghanistan unless a responsible security transfer is ...
ANSF to Give Taliban Tough Time: Rasmussen
October 04, 2012
WASHINGTON - Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) will give a tough time to the insurgents after the 2104 withdrawal of foreign troops, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has ...
Top Officials Admit Fears for Prison Control
October 04, 2012
KABUL - Afghanistan's top prison officials on Wednesday said that the country is struggling to control and maintain adequate conditions in its prisons and that security concerns were high ...
US, Afghanistan Launch Bilateral Commission
October 04, 2012
WASHINGTON - The United States and Afghanistan are launching a bilateral commission as part of a strategic agreement signed earlier this year. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to hold talks ...
Peace May be Established through Negotiation and Economic Renewal: Gurbanguly
October 04, 2012
ASHGHABAD - Peace may be established in Afghanistan only through negotiation and consistent implementation of large infrastructure projects aimed at reviving the country's ...
Next Round of Transition more Dangerous than Before: MoD
October 03, 2012
KABUL - The final two stages of transition from foreign to Afghan forces will be different to previous stages because the areas being handed over are more volatile, Minister of Defense (MoD) Bismillah Mohammadi said ...
No Change on Afghan Withdrawal Plans: NATO
October 03, 2012
WASHINGTON - NATO insisted on Tuesday that its plans for a 2014 withdrawal of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan had not changed, after Britain's Guardian newspaper reported the military ...
MTN Afghanistan Launches 3G
October 03, 2012
KABUL - This month, MTN Afghanistan (MTNA) has deployed a full launch to provide 3rd Generation (3G) services to the Afghanistan market. 3G is a mobile technology that allows faster ...
Problems in Recovery of Kabul Bank Loans: Delawari
October 02, 2012
KABUL - The central bank said on Monday that $135 million of the loans issued by the New Kabul Bank had been recovered, but the sale of properties purchased abroad with the debts remained a ...
Suspend the Pak-Afghan Strategic Agreement: WJ
October 02, 2012
KABUL – Members of Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Monday said that the planned strategic agreement between Afghanistan and Pakistan is meaningless and any work on it should be suspended until the ...
Karzai Blames US for Fostering Corruption
October 02, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai blamed the United States for making the problem of corruption in Afghanistan worse, although he accepts the scandal within his ...
Green-on-Blue Assaults A Major Problem: Pentagon
October 02, 2012
WASHINGTON - Concerned at insiders attacks, the Pentagon on Monday called cross-border shelling a "serious problem" between Afghanistan and ...
Obama has Promised End to Civilian Deaths: Karzai
October 01, 2012
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday said his US counterpart Barack Obama had assured him of putting an end to civilian casualties during security operations in ...
1000 Cases of Violence Against Women in 3 Months
October 01, 2012
KABUL - Afghanistan's Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) received more than 1,000 cases of violence against women in the first three months of the Persian year, according to MOWA Head of ...
Pakistan Earns Millions from Afghan Precious Stones
October 01, 2012
KABUL - The smuggling of precious and semi-precious stones from Afghanistan earns Pakistan about $350 million annually, Minister of Mines Wahidullah Shahrani informed lawmakers on Sunday. The Afghan ...
KB Crisis Remains Unresolved After 2 Years Collapse
September 30, 2012
KABUL - Officials in Kabul Bank (KB) Receivership Department said the properties of the bank will not be able to settle the debts and lost money of the Kabul ...
Long-Term Strategic Treaty against Afghans’ Interests: MPs
September 30, 2012
KABUL - While talks on the agendas of the long-term strategic partnership documents are underway between Afghanistan and Pakistan, a number of Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday intensely ...
Turkey, Afghanistan to Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2013
September 30, 2012
ANKARA - The senior Afghan diplomat in Ankara has said that Turkey and Afghanistan would become strategic partners in 2013, Anadolu Agency reported. "We are going to transform Turkey-Afghanistan Friendship ...
Up to 75 Schools Being Built in Central Afghanistan
September 30, 2012
KABUL - Education Minister Dr. Farooq Wardak on Saturday joined a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) delegation in laying foundation stones for 75 schools in central ...