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Qureshi Urges US to Remain Engaged in Rebuilding Afghanistan
January 18,2020
KABUL - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at an event Thursday hosted by a think tank in Washington, D.C. called on the United States to remain engaged in ...
Saudi Education Minister, Afghan Ambassador Meet
January 18,2020
KABUL - The Saudi minister of education has met the Afghan ambassador to the oil-rich kingdom in Riyadh, says a news report ...
Kabul, Dushanbe Vow to Boost Security Cooperation
January 18,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan and Tajikistan have agreed to step up cooperation on safeguarding their common border and combating terrorism, says a media report ...
US Wants Taliban to Cut Iran Ties: Hekmatyar
January 16,2020
KABUL - The US has asked the Taliban to cut its ties with Iran and to agree to the presence of some US forces in Afghanistan after a potential peace agreement between the ...
Iran, Afghanistan Discuss Mutual Cooperation, Regional Developments
January 16,2020
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdollah Moheb in a meeting in New Delhi exchanged views on the ...
Afghanistan Successful in Obliterating Daesh Threat from Its Soil
January 16,2020
KABUL - Afghan authorities have said they are determined to create opportunity from uncertainty, and move forward with progress, no matter how cluttered the path is with ...
Kabul-Taliban Talks to Begin Soon, Hopes Karzai
January 16,2020
KABUL - Peace negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghanistan government would begin soon, hopes former president Hamid Karzai. The Taliban, who have been ...
Several Ex-Election Commissioners Jailed for 2.5 Years Each
January 16,2020
KABUL - The appellant court in Kabul has sentenced a number of former Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission ...
WB to Support Afghanistan’s Economic Plans
January 16,2020
KABUL - World Bank Regional Vice President Mr. Hartwig Schaefer during a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani supported Afghan development and economic programs and ...
Chahar Dara Residents Seek Reconstruction Schemes
January 16,2020
KUNDUZ CITY - Not a single development project has been implemented in the Chahar Dara district of northern Kunduz province over the past 10 years, residents ...
Acting Minister Paikar Banned from Leaving Country
January 16,2020
KABUL - M. Jawad Paikar acting minister of Urban Development and Land was accused of exceeding his occupational competencies, making illegal appointments at ...
High Peace Council Fully Marginalized
January 16,2020
KABUL – President Ghani in his new decision has handed all government-related peace functions to State Ministry for Peace, after then the High Peace Council ...
There Is Corruption in Customs, But We Not Have Evidence: MoF
January 16,2020
KABUL - The Afghan Ministry of Finance (MoF) launched a 3-day program, starting Wednesday, to celebrate Tax Week in Badam Bagh area of ...
Khalid: We Want Peace, Not Compromise
January 15,2020
KABUL - The acting minister of defense, Asadullah Khalid, on Monday spoke of a willingness for peace talks with the Taliban but said ...
Discrepancies in Reports from Govt Development Office
January 15,2020
KABUL - Findings by TOLOnews indicate that the Operation and Support Office of the President for National Development (OSOPND) has been awarded more than 800 projects over the past two ...
MPs Demand Firing a Minister Over Refusal to Attend Briefing
January 15,2020
KABUL - PMs at the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the Afghan parliament, suspended the budget for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce over its “repeated refusal” by ...
Govt Asked to Share Its 7-Point Peace Plan with Senate
January 15,2020
KABUL - Some Meshrano Jirga members on Tuesday urged the government to share its seven-point peace plan with the Senate for approval. After nine rounds of peace ...
Nearly 10,000 Complaints Rejected, 71 IEC Workers Fired
January 15,2020
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Tuesday announced invalidating votes of 109 polling stations, dismissing 71 Independent ...
Iran Plane Crash: 7 Afghan Victims Identified
January 15,2020
KABUL - Seven Afghan nationals who were killed in a Ukrainian plane crash in Iran have been identified, the Afghan Embassy in Tehran said on Tuesday ...
Salang Highway Reopened to Land Traffics
January 15,2020
KABUL - Salang highway which was blocked due to heavy snowing reopened to land traffics, officials said on Tuesday [January 14, 2020] Acting head of Salang Maintenance and ...
Pull Troops Out of Afghanistan, Trump Urged
January 15,2020
KABUL - A former US military officer says President Trump is the only one person who can extract America from the conflict in Afghanistan. “There is one man, who can take ...
Afghan Govt Insists on Pre-Talks Ceasefire
January 15,2020
KABUL - Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Presidential Palace, on Monday said that the Taliban “must” accept a ceasefire ahead of any peace talks, adding that “without ...
Bahadurzada Takes Coaching Job, ‘Will Not Fight in Near Future’
January 15,2020
KABUL - Siyar Bahadurzada, 36, an Afghan MMA fighter, in a Facebook post on Tuesday said he has taken a job coaching at a training camp in Singapore and will not be fighting ...
Regional Tension to Hurt Afghan Peace Talks: Danish
January 14,2020
KABUL - Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish and British Ambassador to Afghanistan Alison Blake on Sunday discussed the Afghan peace process and ...
O’Brien Says US Ready to Reach Deal with Taliban, Reduce Contingent in Afghanistan This Year
January 14,2020
MOSCOW - White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said that US President Donald Trump could reach a deal with the Taliban movement already this year and even if there was ...
Graft-Tainted Senior Transport Official Referred to AGO
January 14,2020
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga on Sunday referred the Road National Authority (RNA) head to the Attorney General Office (AGO) over corruption allegations, asking the government ...
Efforts to Reduce Violence Will Have Impact on Lives of All Afghans: NATO Envoy
January 14,2020
KABUL - Efforts to reduce violence will have an impact on lives of all Afghans, NATO’s senior civilian representative in Afghanistan ...
Ghani Wants Kabulis’ Problems, Priorities Debated
January 14,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said problems and priorities of Kabul residents should be identified in a national debate. Ghani expressed these views ...
Military Operations in Insecure Balkh Districts Soon
January 14,2020
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Military operations against Taliban militants would be extended to insecure districts of northern Balkh province soon, an official said ...
Pentagon Ids Soldiers Killed in Kandahar Bombing
January 14,2020
KABUL - The Pentagon has identified the two soldiers killed in a roadside bombing in southern Kandahar province at the weekend. Staff Sgt. Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News ...
Romanian Gendarmes Complete Mission, Return Home
January 14,2020
KABUL - Fourteen Romanian paramilitary police personnel, who had been part of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, have returned home. The state-run Romania news ...
Snowfall Cuts Off Bamyan from Kabul, Other Provinces
January 14,2020
BAMYAN CITY - Hajigak, Qanaq and Kirman passes, connecting central Bamyan province with Kabul and Parwan, have been closed for traffic as a result of heavy snowfall, officials ...
India Beat Afghanistan by 211 Runs in U-19 World Cup Warm-Up
January 14,2020
KABUL/NEW DELHI - India defeated Afghanistan by 211 runs in their first warm-up match ahead of Under-19 World Cup in South Africa on Sunday. Opting to bat first after winning the ...
Afghanistan Stresses Ceasefire as Precondition to Peace Talks, Rejects Violence Reduction
January 13,2020
KABUL - Afghan government on Sunday emphasized on ceasefire as a precondition to peace talks as it rejected suggestion of violence reduction ...
Balkh Residents Want Action Against Increased Armed Robberies
January 13,2020
BALKH - A group of Balkh residents on Sunday held a protest outside the provincial council’s office in Mazar-e-Sharif city to raise their voice against an increase in armed ...