NEW DELHI: Amid growing wrangle with the US over signing of the bilateral security agreement (BSA), President Hamid Karzai has ruled out being “intimidated” or coerced into signing the vital pact. The Afghan president is scheduled to hold meetings with…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai is scheduled to leave neighboring Iran for South Africa to attend the burial ceremony of the late Nelson Mandela, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday. Nelson Mandela died some days back at his…
KABUL (PAN): At the head of a high-level delegation, President Hamid Karzai on Sunday landed in Tehran for a one-day state visit to hold talks with Iranian leadership on issues of mutual interest amid a row with the US over…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
KABUL’s faltering peace process through sincere cooperation by pushing for formal negotiations. In a radio speech to the nation, Karzai said he would sign the bilateral security agreement (BSA) if their demands were considered and the people of Afghanistan felt…
KABUL, calling it the handiwork of those out to destabilise the country. Suspected Taliban Kot district of Faryab province, which borders Turkmenistan. The men were dragged from their car before being gunned down six kilometers from Maimana, the provincial capital,…
KABUL): Showing little flexibility, President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said that the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) could not be signed unilaterally, asking the United States to consider the Afghan government’s demands as well. “We consider this agreement to be in…
KABUL): Political analysts and lawmakers on Monday accused President Hamid Karzai of resorting to delaying tactics on signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) in an effort to gain US to support for a presidential candidate of his choice. Earlier, Karzai…
KABUL due next Thursday, President Hamid Karzai on Saturday reiterated his government’s position that the assembly would only discuss the security pact with the US. Nearly 3000 tribal elders and civil society and the US should be accepted. There have…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday asked government officials and foreigners not to middle in presidential and provincial elections, warning violators of removal from jobs. Addressing a press conference in Kabul, the president said all candidates, having friends and supporters,…
KABUL of their children and ensure their admission to school. In his radio address, Karzai said: “Efforts should be made to motivate our children to go to school, because kids can learn swiftly. Families should focus on their children’s studies…
KABUL): Presidential runner Dr Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and his campaign managers on Friday exchanged views with President Hamid Karzai on the current electoral process and the upcoming tribal forum on a security deal with the US. Satisfied with the ongoing…
KABUL Islamic Economic Forum and a trilateral summit with UK and Pakistani prime ministers. Apart from talks with host leaders, the president also met several Muslim world leaders on the sidelines of the forum, visited the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.…
KABUL until 2017, President Hamid Karzai's office said on Thursday. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Secretary Justine Greening held out the pledge during a meeting with Karzai in London. The president is currently on a five-day state visit…
KABUL Islamic Economic Forum and a trilateral summit with British and Pakistani prime ministers. Leaders from 120 countries, economic experts, corporate managers, investors, educationists and others experts are scheduled to attend the 9th meeting of the forum at the ExCel…
KABUL’s lawless regions. On Friday, Lavrov told reporters: "Not so long ago, information emerged that third countries have been illegally using regions of Afghanistan not under Kabul's control to train rebels to fight against the Syrian regime, including by training…
KABUL would be called in a month’s time to discuss the Afghan-US bilateral security agreement. Negotiations on the security pact with the US began a year ago, with the Obama administration saying in mid-September the deal could be clinched during…
BEIJING (PAN) combat mission is scheduled to end, a source said on Friday. A member of the visiting Afghan delegation confided to Pajhwok Afghan News Karzai, who arrived in Beijing at the head of a high-level delegation after attending the…
KABUL (PAN): Heading a high-level delegation, President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday left for a four-day state visit to China, a trip aimed at further cementing political and economic relations between the two countries. During the presidential trip, Afghanistan and China…
KABUL factors.” Addressing more than 500 youth at the Presidential Palace, Karzai said the three decades old conflict had been imposed on the Afghans, devastating theie country and continuing to unleash misfortunes on them. “Therefore, Afghans are asking the US…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai through a decree has ordered the creation of a committee for thoroughly investigating the situation of prisoners in the country’s jails. A statement issued from the Presidential Palace Administrative Affairs and the Cabinet Secretariat said the…
KABUL to let ordinary children go to schools the way they allowed adults of some leaders to study in foreign universities. “End your enmity with education and let Afghan children go to school,” Karzai asked the armed opposition group in…
ISLAMABAD (PAN. During their meeting at the Prime Minister's House, the two leaders discussed issues of common interest, including strengthening bilateral ties and the evolving situation in the region, Pakistan Television reported. They also exchanged views on the common challenges…
KABUL): India's newly-appointed Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh called on President Hamid Karzai at his office in Kabul on Saturday evening, a day after Afghan Vice-President Karim Khalili returned from a three-day visit to New Delhi. She conveyed best wishes from…
