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Japan to Honour Physician Killed in Afghanistan
December 24,2019
KABUL - The Japanese government announced on Monday conferring top award on Tetsu Nakamura, an aid worker who was killed in a shooting . . .
Abdullah’s Team Lodges Thousands of Complaints Over Preliminary Election Results
December 24,2019
KABUL - Abdullah’s team has lodged more than 4,000 complaints over the preliminary results from September 28 presidential election. . .
Ministry of Finance Submits National Budget to Parliament
December 24,2019
KABUL - Ministry of Finance submitted the national budget which is a maximum of 428 billion Afghanis to the House of Representatives. They clarified . . .
37 To 39 Working Days to Address Electoral Complaints: IECC
December 24,2019
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) announced its preparations for addressing all the electoral . . .
Ashraf Ghani Leads with 50.64 Percent in Afghan Election - Preliminary Results
December 23,2019
KABUL - Preliminary results show that incumbent president Ashraf Ghani has secured 50.64 percent of votes in the election held on September 28, the Independent ...
UNAMA Welcomes Announcement of Election Preliminary Results
December 23,2019
KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the announcement of the preliminary results for the presidential election ...
No Refunding to Candidates Securing Less Than 100,000 Votes
December 23,2019
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday said presidential candidates who collected less than 100,000 votes in the election would not be given their money deposits ...
Taliban Team Visits Pakistan to Consult Leadership About Ceasefire
December 23,2019
QATAR - A Taliban delegation has visited Pakistan to consult their leadership about possible ceasefire in Afghanistan, sources said Sunday...
US, France Commend Work of Election Panels
December 23,2019
KABUL - The US ambassador to Afghanistan on Sunday commended the election panels for announcing the preliminary results from the presidential vote...
Uzbekistan Keen to Connect India Via Afghanistan & Iran
December 23,2019
TASHKENT - Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is keen that India joins a railway project in Afghanistan that will help in stabilising the landlocked country and...
ANA to Participate in Major Turkish Military Drills
December 23,2019
KABUL - The Afghan National Army (ANA) will participate for the first time in a major military exercise in Turkey, says the Ministry of Defense...
Hamdullah Freed from Guantanamo Bay after 18 Years
December 23,2019
KABUL - Maulvi Hamdullah has been released from 18 years of detention at the Guantanamo Bay prison and reunited with his family, officials and relatives said on Sunday...
Afghanistan A Big Market, Can’t Be Ignored: Sherpao
December 23,2019
PESHAWAR - Pakistan should not ignore Afghanistan as it is a huge market, a senior political figure from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province says...
Abdullah’s Team Rejects Afghan Presidential Elections’ Preliminary Result
December 23,2019
KABUL- Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the preliminary result of Afghan presidential elections announced on Sunday as "fraudulent" and unacceptable...
Danish: Taliban Believing in Peace Seems Wrong
December 22,2019
KABUL - Sarwar Danish, the second deputy of the president, said that the Taliban do not believe in real peace.
According to him, the Taliban ...
Putin, Rahmon Want Afghan-Tajik Border Secured
December 22,2019
KABUL - Russian and Tajik presidents have underlined the need for enhancing security on the Tajik-Afghan border, a media report said on Saturday...
3-Way Meeting Reviews Chabahar Port Operations
December 22,2019
KABUL - Promotional and business events will be held in Afghanistan and India to popularise the Chabahar port, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in New Delhi says...
Taliban Stick to Their Guns on Intra-Afghan Talks
December 22,2019
KABUL - The Taliban say they will not attend intra-Afghan negotiations before the signing of an agreement with the US signs on the complete pullout of foreign troops from ...
Wolesi Jirga Declares 2 Recent Draft Laws as Invalid
December 22,2019
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of Parliament on Saturday declared as invalid two laws including the Child Rights Protection Law, called for a legal review of the measures...
Afghan War Still in Strategic Stalemate: Gen. Milley
December 22,2019
KABUL - As the conflict in Afghanistan remains in a strategic stalemate, neither the Taliban nor the Afghan government can achieve a win on the battlefield, a top US military ...
Poll Result Today If No Technical Challenge Occurs
December 22,2019
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday said the presidential election’s initial results would be announced today if no technical challenge occured...
Samangan Coalmines’ Revenue 12pc Down This Year
December 22,2019
AIBAK - The revenue from three coalmines in northern Samangan province declined by 3.2 billion afghanis and plummeted to 2.8 billion afghanis due to in insecurity this year ...
‘Approaching an Important Stage in Afghan Peace Process’: Khalilzad
December 21,2019
KABUL - The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad said the United States was approaching an important stage in Afghan peace process...
Biden Says He Pushed Back on Obama Administration over Afghanistan
December 21,2019
WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday night said he pushed back on the Obama administration’s surge of troops in Afghanistan beginning in 2009, calling nation building ...
Herat Women Want Greater Role in Peace Effort
December 21,2019
HERAT - A group of women and civil society activists gathered on Thursday in the western province of Herat to criticize the ongoing peace talks between the US and the Taliban ...
9 of A Family Killed in Kandahar Accident
December 21,2019
KANDAHAR CITY - Nine people, including women and children, were killed when a car they were traveling in plunged into a canal in the Arghandab district of southern Kandahar province ...
IMF Commends Afghan Govt Commitment to Economic Programme
December 21,2019
KABUL - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the sixth and final review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement for the Islamic Republic ...
Afghanistan First Country to Recognize Indian Pharmacopoeia
December 21,2019
KABUL - The Indian Pharmacopoeia (IP) has been recognised formally by the National Department of Regulation of Medicines and Health Products of the Ministry of Public Health of Islamic ...
Afghanistan and Pakistan Jolted by Strong 6.1-Magnitude Quake: USGS
December 21,2019
KABUL - A strong earthquake has rattled Afghanistan and Pakistan, the US Geological Survey said, forcing residents into the streets in Kabul and Islamabad...
Drivers Protest Extortion on Key Northern Highway
December 21,2019
MAZAR - All government security checkpoints, as well as the Taliban, are extorting truck drivers along the 91-kilometer highway from Mazar-e-Sharif city to Dara-e-Sof district in the northern ...
Substation to Light Up Southern Salang Pass Opens
December 21,2019
KABUL - A 220-kilovolt electricity substation has been inaugurated in southern Salang pass in central Parwan province, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said in a statement from on Thursday ...
Khalilzad Meets Ashraf Ghani in Kabul
December 19,2019
KABUL - Concentration on how to bring ceasefire and a report of Doha Peace Talks were the main themes of their meeting, said Sediq Sediqqi Ghani’s spokesperson...
Iran-India Coop. in Chabahar to Benefit Afghanistan’s Economy
December 19,2019
TEHRAN - Developing the strategic port city of Chabahar, southern Iran, through joint cooperation will facilitate the development of Afghanistan’s economy, said the deputy ...
Russia Says IS Fighters Arriving in Afghanistan Primarily Through Pakistan
December 19,2019
KABUL - Islamic State fighters are arriving from Syria and Iraq primarily through Pakistan, a top Russian security official said on Wednesday...
Wolesi Jirga Okays Decree on Local Council Draft Law
December 19,2019
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of Parliament on Wednesday approved the presidential legislative decree on regulation of local council draft law...