WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The United States Senate on Tuesday confirmed Peter Michael McKinley as next US ambassador to Afghanistan. Replacing James B. Cunningham, McKinley’s nomination was

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): A group of Supreme companies has pleaded guilty to corruption charges in Afghanistan and has agreed to pay a total of $434 million

WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): US President Barack Obama on Tuesday praised his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani and CEO Dr Abdullah Abdullah for the ratification of the Bilateral

KABUL (Pajhwok): The US Senate on Tuesday accused the CIA of using brutal but ineffective techniques in interrogating detainees during the Bush administration. CIA’s secret

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Hundreds of university students on Tuesday staged a protest in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province against the ommission of Afghan nationality from

KABUL (Pajhwok): President’s special representative on reforms and good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud on Tuesday said administrative corruption was a major hurdle to the country’s

KABUL (Pajhwok): Sixty-two prisoners were released on Tuesday from the Pul-i-Charkhi prison east of Kabul in compliance with a presidential decree, an official said. Most

KABUL (Pajhwok): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday said the national unity government was committed to establishing lasting peace in the country and

KABUL‘s international backers. “There is no commission in the lower house of parliament that hasn’t received bribes from ministries and local authorities in 28 provinces,”

BAMAYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A number of doctors and nurses of Bamyan Civil Hospital on Monday went on strike to protest their director’s attitude, saying they

KABUL on Tuesday returned the draft budget for next year, with a string of recommendations, to the lower house. In protest against what they called

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A two-day seminar kicked off in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Tuesday to discuss measures to resolve the problems being