President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday stressed the need for a national consensus on establishing peace in the country, saying the Afghans should get prepared for a countrywide conversation. Introducing Mohammad Karim Khalili as the High Peace Council (HPC)…
KABUL's enemies could never divide the followers of different sects of Islam in the country. Ghani delivered this speech at a meeting with families of victims of the Al-Zahra Mosque suicide bombing at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. A statement…
The government on Wednesday hailed the US chief of army staff's visit an indicator of America's strong commitment to supporting and training Afghan security and defence forces. Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived…
KABUL was not a place for religious conflicts and the Afghans both Sunni and Shia had sacrificed their lives for the protection of each other and the defense of the country. Addressing a ceremony honoring the revelation of the Holy…
KABUL was not a place for religious conflicts and the Afghans both Sunni and Shia had sacrificed their lives for the protection of each other and the defense of the country. Addressing a ceremony honoring the revelation of the Holy…
KABUL. The president expressed the views during a consultative meeting with political leaders at the Presidential Palace on Monday night. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Syed Ali Akbar Kazimi spoke on behalf of political parties and expressed his…
KABUL forward to aligning its development with the China's Belt and Road Initiative, President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday. At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana, Ghani said his country would actively participate in cooperation on transport…
KABUL forward to aligning its development with the China's Belt and Road Initiative, President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday. At a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana, Ghani said his country would actively participate in cooperation on transport…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said foreign diplomats were not killed but 150 Afghans lost their lives while 350 others were wounded in the May 31 truck bombing in the capital Kabul. Speaking at the maiden meeting of…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said those who had committed negligence in preventing yesterday’s triple suicide attack on the funeral ceremony for a lawmaker’s son in Kabul should be dealt with seriously and brought to justice. President Ghani,…
President Ashraf Ghani has stressed the need for increased bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan, asking Heart of Asia (HoA) countries to enhance their focus on combating terrorism and its supporters. Araz Azimov, Azarbaijan’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, on…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday ordered the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) and the Kabul Municipality to reconstruct the areas damaged in Wednesday’s deadly attack in the capital. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Ghani issued the…
KABUL, the Presidential Palace said. The meeting at Presidential Palace was also attended by the deputy foreign minister, Hikmat Khalil Karzai, and Director General of Administrative Office of the President, Abdul Salaam Rahimi. It said Ambassador Mohammad Reza Bahrami, on…
KABUL. “Our challenge is simultaneity. You cannot make the economy wait for security. You have to be able to do it … What is important about our people: they take a certain degree of insecurity as contextual…” Hit by 40…
A number of senators have slammed the president’s recent allegations of corruption against certain ministries, warning against a selective or partisan policy on eradicating the scourge. A day earlier, President Ashraf Ghani told the European Union’s anti-corruption conference…
KABUL and other terrorist groups. A well-placed government source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News Afghanistan handed ISI chief, Naveed Mukhtar, enough evidence of the presence of Taliban and other rebel insurgents in Pakistan. During his day-long visit to Kabul on…
A woman from the Kot district of eastern Nangarhar province, who lost six sons in the fight against Daesh, thanked Pajhwok Afghan News on Tuesday for filing a detailed report on her plight. After Pajhwok released her interview,…
The Afghan government on Sunday said the visit of a Pakistani parliamentary delegation to Kabul would help create trust between the two countries. Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, heading a parliamentary delegation, arrived in Kabul on Saturday on a…
The first-ever conference on promoting tourism, urban planning and preserving cultural heritage was held in Herat City, the capital of western Herat province, on Saturday. Herat governor, acting information minister, state minister for tourism, deputy urban affairs…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday offered his condolences to families of victims of recent Kabul terrorist attacks and stressed timely access to their problems. A statement from the Presidential Palace said President Ghani met members of the bereaved…
President Ashraf Ghani calls drug addiction a serious threat to the future of youth, stressing the need for taking effective measures to eradicate the scourge. Ghani made the remarks during a meeting with Chris Stone, head of the…
President Ashraf Ghani calls drug addiction a serious threat to the future of youth, stressing the need for taking effective measures to eradicate the scourge. Ghani made the remarks during a meeting with Chris Stone, head of the…
KABUL while wide opportunities in the country remain hidden. On the day two of his ongoing visit to Indonesia, the Afghan leader said efforts were underway to draw the world’s attention towards positive things in the country. Ghani was paid…
KABUL, a official said in Jakarta on Thursday. The Jakarta Globe quoted a foreign ministry official as saying that Ghani would arrive on his first official visit in Indonesia on April 5-6 for talks on boosting relations between the two…
