KABUL Council, involving the country’s top religious scholars, was in accordance with the Sharia. Issued on Feb. 2, the guideline prohibits women from meeting men in public places like bazaars, offices and educational institutes. It said women, while travelling, must…
ISLAMABAD (PAN’s interior minister said. Rehman Malik told journalists in Islamabad late on Sunday: “After we approached the Afghan president with facts and figures, he was kind enough to look into the issue, promising a stop to insurgent infiltration from…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday strongly condemned a suicide attack on former Pakistani interior minister and seasoned politician Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao. A two-time former chief minister, Sherpao survived the attack involving a suicide bomber, who blew himself up…
KABUL secretary-general says the US-Afghan strategic cooperation agreement be signed ahead of the Chicago conference, but President Hamid Karzai insists on his government’s conditions being met. Karzai and NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the strategic pact providing for US bases…
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KABUL): President Hamid Karzai and his Bulgarian counterpart on Wednesday discussed bilateral cooperation in diverse fields, the Presidential Palace in Kabul said. Karzai told the Bulgarian leader, Rosen Plevneliev, that they were interested in sending Afghan students to Sofia for…
KABUL. Nine people were killed and a dozen others wounded when the suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near the entrance to the Jalalabad Airfield on the Torkham-Jalalabad highway. “The enemies of peace and stability of Afghanistan would earn nothing,…
KABUL by US troops, on Sunday renewed his call for calm, as violent protest continued in different parts of the country. Addressing a news briefing a day after the killing of two US military officers inside the high-security Ministry of…
WASHINGTON (PAN to discuss the situation in the aftermath of two American soldiers’ deaths. “We welcome President Karzai's statement encouraging peaceful expressions, and his call for dialogue and calm,” the White House said in a statement, following a telephonic conversation…
KABUL’s desecration in the future. A number of reliougs scholars from Nangarhar province, headed by Afghanistan Council head Qayadamudin Kashaaf, issued the call at a meeting with President Hamid Karzai. A statement from Karzai’s office quoted Maulvi-led soldiers conducted night…
KABUL and other insurgent groups to join the ongoing reconciliation process. Earlier in the day, the Pakistani prime minister appealed to all rebel outfits to take part in the intra-Afghan process for national reconciliation. “Now is the time to turn…
KABUL by troops at the Bagram Airbase, the Presidential Palace in Kabul said on Thursday. "I wish to express my deep regrets for the reported incident. I extend to you and the Afghan people my sincere apologies," Obama wrote in…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai has urged lawmakers to keep national unity in mind while voting on the fate of ministers-designate, an official said on Thursday. On Feb 15, Karzai introduced some of his Cabinet picks to the Wolesi Jirga for…
KABUL by US soldiers, an official said on Wednesday. At least eight people were killed and 21 others wounded as protests over the incident continued across Afghanistan for a second day on Wednesday. Wolesi Jirga (lower house) Speaker Abdur Rauf…
WASHINGTON (PAN leaders to enter direct negotiations with his government. “We have been gratified to see President Karzai speaking out publicly in support of Afghan-to-Afghan reconciliation,” a State Department spokesperson told reporters at her daily news conference. “Our job, our…
KABUL by US troops at the Bagram military base in central Parwan province, on Tuesday ordered a delegation of religious scholars to probe the incident. Headed by Maulvi Council, a statement from the Presidential Palace said. Initial reports said US…
KABUL leaders to enter direct negotiations with his administration. Since peace was the most important aspiration of the Afghan nation, his government would continue to prioritise efforts at stabilising the country through the reconciliation programme, the president said. A statement…
ISLAMABAD (PAN. “Karzai underscored Pakistan’s importance in the peace process … and reiterated his request for its assistance in the reconciliation process,” the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad said.. He thanked Gilani for Pakistan’s hospitality and hosting last week’s trilateral…
KABUL): The Afghan government on Tuesday listed a halt to nighttime raids and the transfer of coalition-run prisons to its control as key conditions for a strategic cooperation deal with the United States. The reaffirmation of the terms comes two…
WASHINGTON (PAN): US President Barack Obama on Monday called his Afghan counterpart to discuss with him regional support for the reconciliation process, the White House said. “They discussed regional support for Afghan-led reconciliation, the Afghanistan-Iran trilateral meetings last week in…
KABUL as an important, unique and result-oriented trip over the past decade. At a meeting with High Peace Council members, the president said his talks with Pakistan’s political leaders and religious figures had been successful in terms of support for…
KABUL, his office said. At a meeting with German Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Michael Steiner, who paid a farewell call on him, Karzai praised the diplomat’s role in further cementing bilateral ties. Michael Steiner expressed satisfaction with…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday renewed his call for an end to nighttime raids and the transfer of the main US prison’s control to his government. At a meeting with a US Senate delegation, led by John McCain, the…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai returned home on Saturday afternoon from a three-day official visit to the Islamabad, where he attended a trilateral summit on regional challenges, an official said. Accompanied by senior officials, President Karzai met his Pakistani and Iranian…
