TALOQAN (PAN): As part of the second phase of transition, the security responsibility was transferred from foreign troops to Afghan forces in northern Takhar province

KABUL (Senate) believed that only the lower house could take action against them if they did not turn up. “Both houses should be treated equally.

BADAKHSHAN: Four border policemen were killed and a fifth injured during a clash with Taliban insurgents in the Wardoj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an

KABUL militants were killed, four injured and  several other suspects, including kidnappers, detained in a string of security operations in Ghazni, Zabul, Kapisa and Herat

KANDAHAR CITY (PAN): An official of the Afghan National Army (ANA) said on Tuesday the militants could not fight security forces that were trying to

KABUL are to open their political bureau. Heading a delegation to Qatar, Dr. Zalmai Rassoul called on Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the

KUNDUZ CITY (PAN) said on Tuesday. A joint Afghan-international security force conducted the operation in pursuit of the IMU leader, a professional bomb maker, who

KABUL and the Indian-administered zone of Kashmir. The announcement was made late on Monday by Wendy Sherman, US undersecretary of state for political affairs, during

FAIZABAD (PAN insurgents in the Wardoj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. The rebels attacked a police post in the Tirgaran

LASHKARGAH/ZARANJ (PAN insurgents were killed in separate clashes in southern Helmand and southwestern Nimroz provinces, officials said on Tuesday. The policemen were killed when the

WASHINGTON (PAN and its policies remained on the right track. “I really believe that the Afghan people for the first time are seeing the real

WASHINGTON (PAN. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides will travel to Islamabad on April 4 to continue with the talks, the State Department said.