KABUL (Pajhwok) The European Union has congratulated President Ashraf Ghani on his reelection and hailed the poll panels for dealing with challenges in the electoral process. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Vice-President Josep Borrell greeted Ghani…
European Union (EU) special envoy Roland Kobia on Tuesday asked the perpetrators of the early morning blast in Kabul to “do politics not butchery.” “Be it to derail peace talks or to put pressure on them, terrorist attacks…
The United States decision to re-authorise the use of anti-personnel mines by its military forces outside of the Korean Peninsula “undermines the global norm against anti-personnel mines, a norm that saved tens of thousands of people in the…
The United States decision to re-authorise the use of anti-personnel mines by its military forces outside of the Korean Peninsula “undermines the global norm against anti-personnel mines, a norm that saved tens of thousands of people in the…
KABUL are scheduled to visit New Delhi next week, says a media report. EU diplomat Roland Kobia will be in Delhi on the 3rd and 4th of December while Uzbekistan's envoy Irgashev Ismatulla Raimovich will be visiting the Indian capital…
President Ashraf Ghani has welcomed the European Union’s statement on the Afghan peace process and elections. A day earlier, EU Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini said they were awaiting preliminary results from the presidential election. Speaking to reporters…
KABUL’s presidential election to be announced. Addressing reporters after the EU Council of Foreign Affairs, she said the EU discussed post-presidential election situation in Afghanistan. “We are still waiting for the preliminary results to be announced, but we are stressing…
KABUL Food Programme (WFP) on Sunday welcomed a new humanitarian contribution of €898,200 from the European Union to help Afghan families hit-hard by last year’s drought rebuild their lives. The contribution will allow WFP to assist 2,000 families in Afghanistan’s…
KABUL. At a meeting in Brussels, the diplomats asked President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah to name an inclusive, national negotiating team. The envoys of the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the UK, the UN and the…
KABUL, stressing that ceasefire was key to achieving peace and resumption of peace negotiations. Roland Kobia, EU’s special representative for Afghanistan during a meeting with Pierre Mayaudon, the union’s ambassador to Afghanistan, said the EU was satisfied with peace talks…
KABUL and its member state Norway have reiterated their principled opposition to the death penalty as a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, according to an opinion piece on Wednesday. Seventy years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human…
KABUL Pierre Mayaudon during a meeting discussed a range of issues including presidential election and economic cooperation. President Ghani on his twitter wrote: in a meeting with Pierre Mayaudon, the EU Ambassador to Afghanistan discussed a range of issues pertaining…
Representatives of the EU Delegation in Kabul, the government and the private sector met in Kabul on Saturday. They discussed Third Project Steering Committee of the Advancing Afghan Trade (AAT) project, facilitated by the International Trade Centre. Facilitated…
KABUL, former European Union (EU) envoy in Kabul Roland Kobia has said the EU has been endeavoring to take 10 million Afghans out of poverty with respect and civility. “We have the ideas in mind --- reconstruct, protect, save, rebuild,…
The EU has invited the Afghan government to initiate the enactment of the Child Protection Act into law and reiterated its strong opposition to the death penalty and called for a moratorium as a first step towards abolition.…
KABUL. “The Foreign Ministry appreciates the EU commitment and long-term support. Afghanistan considers this statement a valuable step in supporting Afghanistan on its way to realising peace and security,” a statement from the ministry said. Earlier, the European Council reaffirmed…
KABUL on their path to peace, security and prosperity. In conclusions adopted by it, the council encouraged the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban to intensify their efforts towards a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the prolonged conflict. The council discussed…
The European Union has expressed serious concern over the revocation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor’s visa by the US. The EU declared its support for ICC a day after the Trump administration revoked Chief Prosecutor…
KABUL. “Excellent meetings today with my counterparts at the EU, we talked about our countries’ shared values, and about the meaningful political & social gains in Afghanistan over the last 18 years,” Khalilzad tweeted. “I particularly appreciated Mogherini’s thought for…
The European Union and Pakistan, believe there is no military solution to the 17-year conflict. EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held talks on issues of…
KABUL. Diplomats from the two sides, at a meeting in Washington, vowed to encourage all countries to support the current peace process, inclusive intra-Afghan talks and reconstruction in Afghanistan. The State Department said on Friday US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad…
KABUL following devastating floods. The amount will assist the most vulnerable families affected by devastating floods in early March which continue to affect large parts of the country. “In Afghanistan civilians continue to face the consequences of decades-long conflict and…
Representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Afghan government have discussed an Afghan-owned peace process and reforms in the security sector. The officials conferred on specific steps in operationalising the offer to support Afghanistan’s peace process made…
KABUL during a key summit focused on development and the war-torn country's beleaguered economy, the union said in a statement on Wednesday. The aid agreement made on Tuesday at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan is worth €474m ($535m) to support…
