Hassan Khitab

KABUL): In an expected move, Abdul Rahim Wardak joined the presidential election race by filing his nomination papers with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on

KABUL): Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Zalmai Rassoul and Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, chief of staff to the commander-in-chief of Afghan forces, have resigned their

KABUL) for the 2014 vote. The number of presidential aspirants rose to six with the registration of Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai, a brother of ex-finance minister

KABUL) in Kabul on Thursday, an official said. Najimi has served as director of the Famine Early Warning System, an affiliate of the US Agency

KABUL): Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak, advisor to the president on military affairs, on Wednesday announced his resignation. Wardak was unseated as minister of defence by

KABUL): Eight security personnel and five insurgents have been killed in separate incidents of violence in different parts of the country, officials said on Tuesday.

KABUL) main office in Kabul. Abdullah, the National Coalition of Afghanistan, is expected to announce his strategy at a media briefing after meeting the formalities

KABUL): While insisting on police impartially during next year’s elections, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday promised security of presidential and provincial council candidates.

KABUL be allowed to take part in elections if they respect the national constitution and pledged protection of achievements in the sphere of human rights.

KABUL): Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Amirzai Sangin said on Tuesday that technical problems continued to block the issuance of computerised identity cards ahead

KABUL): A large number of people coming all the way from central Uruzgan province staged a protest rally in Kabul on Monday, calling for the

KABUL): Flash floods killed 35 people, wounded eight others and destroyed more than 200 houses besides damaging hundreds of acres of crops in the Sarobi