KABUL, where the Afghan leader is due next week on a fence-mending trip, the Presidential Palace said on Wednesday. During a phone a call on Tuesday evening, the UN chief hoped Karzai's visit, set for Aug. 26, would yield a…
KABUL status and also talked to his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, the Presidential Palace said on Saturday. Bush, who is said to be recuperating well and expected to leave the hospital Wednesday, underwent surgery on Tuesday morning to insert a…
KABUL (PAN): Following his inauguration, Iran's new President Hassan Rohani met his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai in Tehran on Sunday afternoon. The Iranian leader thanked the visiting dignitary for attending his oath-taking ceremony, according to the IRNA news agency. Given…
KABUL's new President Mamnoon Hussain and congratulated him on his success in a one-sided election earlier in the week. Mamnoon was elected on Tuesday as Pakistan’s 12th president, bagging 277 votes from the National Assembly and the Senate. He replaces…
KABUL James on Friday briefed President Hamid Karzai on his visit to Islamabad. The diplomat had met Karzai before flying to Islamabad, where he assisted Secretary of State John Kerry at meetings with senior Pakistani officials. A brief statement from…
KABUL’s 12th president in a one-sided election earlier in the week. Mamnoon was elected on Tuesday as Pakistan’s new president, bagging 277 votes from the National Assembly and the Senate. He replaces Asif Ali Zardari of the Pakistan People’s Party…
KABUL border. At least 57 people were killed and nearly 170 others injured as a result of the back-to-back explosions, including one suicide bombing, Pakistani officials said. In a statement from his office, Karzai condemned the deadly assaults targetting fasting…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai would visit Tehran on August 4 to attend Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani’s inauguration, his office said on Thursday. Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul would accompany Karzai, a statement from the Presidential Palace said, calling Iran a…
KABUL): Poachers continued to kill and capture wild birds and animals in violation of a government ban on hunting in the country, President Karzai said on Thursday. In his biweekly radio address to the nation, the president called for preserving…
KABUL ambush a day earlier. Karzai issued the directives to Governor Arsala Jamal during a telephone call today, the Presidential Palace said in a brief statement. The president assured the bereaved families of all possible support. The Taliban stopped a…
KABUL, President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday. Congratulating Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by militants in the northwestern picturesque valley of Swat last year, on her 16th birthday, the president said education had been a major casualty of…
HERAT CITY (PAN): The foundation stone for the paramedical institute was launched in the western province of Herat on Thursday, officials said. Governor Fazlullah Wahidi told the foundation stone-laying ceremony the construction of the building was important for training health…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday asked traders to avoid increasing prices of daily-use items and financially help destitute families. During his biweekly speech, Karzai said assisting the needy was a necessary act for the wealthy, especially during the holy…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday promised land plots for families of victims of a motorised rickshaw explosion in western Herat province. Nineteen people were killed during the blast in the Taj area of Obe district on Tuesday. A dozen…
KABUL will not put up with foreign interference in the process. Karzai made the remarks at a meeting with US Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham at the Presidential Palace late on Wednesday night, according to a statement from his…
WASHINGTON/KABUL): US President Barack Obama, in a video conference with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, reiterated his commitment to an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process. “The leaders reaffirmed that an Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process is the surest…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai will be leaving for neighbouring Iran to attend the oath-taking ceremony of the country’s newly elected president Hassan Rohani, the Karzai’s office said on Tuesday. During a telephonic conversation on Monday, Karzai once again congratulated Rohani…
KABUL is in a state of tumult, asking whether the campaign has reduced or further fuelled radicalism. Addressing the US-Islamic World Forum -- titled “A Decade of Dialogue” -- in Doha late on Sunday, the president said he had repeatedly…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai, heading a high-level delegation, on Sunday left for Qatar to participate in a three-day international conference in Doha, his office said Organised jointly by Brookings Project on US Relations with the Islamic World and Qatar, the…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Saturday renewed his call on the people to use fabric bags instead of plastic ones and keep planting trees to check increasing environmental pollution and subsequent diseases. Speaking at an event marking World Day in…
KABUL's neighbours. Nine days ago, hundreds of Kabul residents took to the streets and torched the portraits of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as some Afghan officials. While burning the neighbouring country's flag…
KABUL-Turkmenistan-Tajikistan railroad was formally launched. Karzai and Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmon joined their Turkmen counterpart in laying the foundation of the 250 mile regional railway line near Atamurat city in southeastern Turkmenistan. Karzai was warmly received on his arrival in…
NEW DELHI/KABUL): President Hamid Karzai, who returned from a two-day official visit to India, on Wednesday told reporters in New Delhi he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India. "We have a wish list that we have…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai, who is in India on a two-day visit, on Monday night accepted an honorary degree from the Lovely Professional University in the northern state of Punjab. Indian president Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Doctorate to Karzai at…
