KABUL and capacity building of the public sector, the Presidential Palace said on Tuesday. In a meeting with President Hamid Karzai in Bonn, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said his country was also interested in developing the Ainak Copper project…
BONN (PAN combat terrorism and rebuild the war-ravaged nation.. Speaking at a crucial conference on Afghanistan’s future in Bonn, Krishna said: "India is willing to contribute its share" in the peace and development of Afghanistan. "In May this year, addressing…
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): Three development projects, benefitting more than 1,000 families, were inaugurated in northern Jawzjan province, an official said on Monday. Costing $200,000 (9,708,000 afghanis), the projects included 117 water tanks, 7 wells, two small bridges and a 4. 5-kilometre…
KABUL into secret negotiations, a free media support organisation claimed on Monday. Although the Taliban rejected participation in the 2nd Bonn Conference, some European countries tried to convince them into holding peace talks, the Nai told a news conference. "Every…
KABUL (FEFA) on Sunday said that it would support any decision of the second Bonn Conference on promoting democracy in the war-hit country. Promises of the international community and the Afghan government should focus on implementation of election reforms, FEFA…
KABUL sectors. Two contracts to the effect were signed among Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak, Dutch Ambassador to Afghanistan Radnik van Vollenhoven, and German Chargé d'Affaires Thomas Zahneisen. Under the agreement with the Netherlands, the Dutch government would provide 15.…
KABUL, an official said on Saturday. The project would be jointly executed by the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) and the British Department International Development (DFID), AISA deputy head, Mohammad Nasim Akbar, told a news conference. Investors had been facing…
KABUL): The Afghan government and the international community on Wednesday approved four agreements at the 17th meeting of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB), officials said. Participants of the meeting included, Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal, Cabinet members, outgoing UNAMA…
KANDAHAR (PAN and Livestock launched the distribution of improved wheat seeds and chemical fertiliser to about 1,200 farmers in the Daman district of southern Kandahar province. Each grower would receive 50 kilograms of improved seeds and 150 kilograms of chemical…
KABUL): The Afghan government expects a renewal of a strong long-term cooperation pledge from the international community at the 2nd Bonn Conference, officials said on Monday. A government delegation is to leave for Germany this week to firm up the…
KABUL (PAN): Construction work on a permanent European Union-funded Police Staff College for the Ministry of Interior was launched in Kabul on Saturday, officials said. Interior Minister Bismillah Khan, EU Special Representative Ambassador Vygaudas Ušackas, EUPOL Mission head, Brig. Gen.…
JALALABAD (PAN): Warm clothes, schoolbags and other material were distributed to orphanage students in eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, officials said. Arab charity El-Nadwa Al-Alamia Lilshbab Al-Islami distributed clothes, shoes, socks and jackets worth 3.5 million afghanis ($72,254) to deserving…
KABUL sector to ensure the delivery of basic services in 10 provinces and improving hospital conditions in another six provinces. Deputy Minister of Public Health Dr. Abdul Baseer Sarwar and European Union Delegation Chargé d'Affaires Luc Vandebon made the announcement…
LASHKARGAH (PAN sector in Kandahar and Helmand provinces, a senior official said on Tuesday. Ryan C. Crocker pledged the assistance during a visit to the province on Monday, Helmand Governor Muhammad Gulab Mangal told Pajhwok Afghan News. Crocker visited Nawa…
KABUL, Danish ambassador to Afghanistan said on Tuesday. His government would spend $3.7m through the United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) and Save the Children organisation during the upcoming winter to provide food assistance for drought-affected people in northern and…
GHAZNI (PAN): The Ghazni Refugee Department has provided construction materials to 200 refugees and displaced families. Rayes Abdul Bari Rahimi, the Ghazni Refugee Department Director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provided the…
MAIMANA (PAN): As many as 1700 displaced families were provided food aid and other items by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in northern Faryab province on Tuesday, officials said. About 260 tonnes of eatables were distributed to…
KABUL): A contract for $102 million (4.71 billion afghanis) aid was signed between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Monday. The agreement was inked between UNDP Deputy Country Director for…
NEW DELHI (PAN in coming days, but declined to provide precise dates for security concerns. However, think tanks in India and USA see the imminent trip a good opportunity for India to help stabilise the war-ravaged nation and gather more information…
WASHINGTON (PAN's stance that it had no knowledge about the presence of Osama bin Laden in an affluent suburb of Islamabad, US lawmakers have demanded a freeze on US aid to the South Asian country. Congressman Ted Poe from Texas…
