KABUL, India said, pledging the country ample access to Indian markets. Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar said at an event on regional integration in Brussels the scale of terrorism and violence unleashed against Afghanistan did not allow…
Afghan, Indian and American diplomats have agreed to continue consultations on ways of stabilising the war-torn country, a spokesman for the State Department said. Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai, Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra and US Special…
KABUL three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in areas of prisoners’ extradition, judicial system and technology during President Ashraf Ghani’s two days visit to New Delhi. President Ghani left for India three days ago and on Wednesday he met…
KABUL a positive step for the country’s economic, social and political development but demanded the president should monitor the implementation of the package in order to prevent any embezzlement. A day earlier, Indian Prime Minister Modi during his meeting with…
President Ashraf Ghani is expected to travel to India on an official visit in near future, his deputy spokesman said on Saturday. Dawa Khan Menapal said the president would head a high-level delegation during the trip that might…
KABUL will be held next month on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Addressing a press conference with Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi on Tuesday, Kerry said the purpose of the meeting…
The two Afghan cyclists, who travelled to 15 countries in Europe, Asia and the America and delivered the message of peace to the UN chief, have reached India. The Afghan Embassy in New Delhi in a statement said…
The United States has ruled out involving India, Iran and any other country in the Afghan peace process until actual negotiations with the Taliban kick off. “With regard to the quadrilateral there clearly is a role at some…
KABUL, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The assistance was pledged by Indian ambassador in Kabul Manpreet Vohra during a meeting with Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, the ministry said in a statement. According to the envoy, it would…
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Thursday said it was investigating the arrest of two Pakistani citizens who traveled to India using Afghan passports. MoI spokesman Sediq Sedidqui told reporters here that Indian security officials had arrested two…
Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani said on Sunday India had added some formaltiesand Saudi Arabia had imposed new restrictions on visas to Afghans for some reasons. Briefing the Meshrano Jirga or Senate, Rabbani said India had blamed the move…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday offered his heartfelt condolences to the government and the people of India over a massive fire breakout in a temple that killed more than100 people and injured some 280 others in Kerala state.…
Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has called regional platforms as appropriate mechanisms to organise collective efforts at fighting terrorism, drug smuggling and other such threats. “The Heart of Asia Process, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and the South…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, at the head of a high-level delegation, on Sunday left for India to participate in a counter-terrorism conference, his office said. The CEO during his four-day visit will attend the conference…
KABUL Manpreet Vohra on Wednesday formally took charge of office in Kabul. Replacing Amar Sinha, Vohra wrote in his twitter account: “I have arrived in Kabul and have started my first day’s work here.” Vohra has served as secretary-general of…
KABUL Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said on Saturday. Five months ago, India banned apple importsfrom Afghanistan via the Wagah border of Pakistan. But the Indian embassy in Kabul has now informed ACCI through an email of lifting the…
India has assured it is committed to establishing an international cricket stadium in southern Kandahar province, tweeted Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hikmat Khalil Karzai on Saturday. Karzai said he held talks with Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Amar Sinha…
Senior experts and government officials from Afghanistan’s key neighbours attended the two-day Seventh Regional Conference on Peace and Stabilization in Afghanistan in New Delhi on Thursday and Friday. Hosted by the Delhi Policy Group (DPG), the conference…
India has reiterated its strong commitment and support for a united, sovereign, democratic, stable and prosperous Afghanistan. The pledge was reiterated by Indian interlocutors of Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar who visited New Delhi from November…
KABUL to bring to justice the 2008 Mumbai attack perpetrators. US Secretary of State John Kerry and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj co-chaired the first India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in New Delhi. In their joint statement on combating terrorism,…
A group of 29 Indian workers returned to India on Monday after being rescued by local authorities from Afghan Folad Company, a steel-manufacturing plant based in western Herat Industrial Park, a statement said. These distressed workers were rescued…
KABUL Renewable Energy Union and the Ministry of Energy and Water hosted a two day Afghanistan-India Renewable Energy Summit in New Delhi aimed at promoting Afghanistan’s energy sector. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Embassy of India…
