KABUL. In its annual report released on Monday, the Brussels-based group said signing the pacts would help Afghan security force reduce their casualties and fight the insurgency more effectively. It also stressed strengthened anti-corruption measures to ensure that security personnel…
KABUL Bank has announced approving $526.5 million in grant and credit financing for the Central Asia-South Asia electricity transmission and trade project (CASA-1000). Afghanistan and Tajikistan will benefit from the transmission infrastructure project that would put in place the commercial…
KABUL (UNAMA) on Tuesday stressed the need for elections free from malpractice, including fraud, which could prejudice the results. Nicholas Haysom, the secretary-general’s deputy special representative for Afghanistan, issued the call after a meeting with Independent Election Commission (IEC) Chairperson…
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 Football Federation (AFF) said on Friday. Blatter expressed his intention to visit Kabul at a meeting with AFF President Karamuddin Karim in the UAE, a statement from the game’s regulatory body said. However, it did not give a specific…
KABUL on Monday welcomed the ongoing process of registration for the 2014 presidential and provincial council elections, promising support in this regard. "ISAF will support the process, as necessary and at the request of the Afghan government," said Alexandra Taylor,…
KABUL Bank has approved an additional grant of $12.5 million to fund the continuation of a project to provide safety nets to the country’s poorest people and improve the public pension schemes. Coming from the International Development Association (IDA), the…
KABUL): The Red Cross said on Wednesday it would remember a guard who was killed in the attack on its offices in the eastern city of Jalalabad a week back. "To honor the memory of Abdul Bashir Khan, we will…
KABUL. Gherardo Pontrandolfi, ICRC head of delegation in Kabul, said they would be able to determine the level of humanitarian services to be provided around the country once the ongoing review of last week's attack on its office in Jalalabad…
KABUL (SCA) said on Monday it provided medical care to more than 2.9 million patients in four provinces of Afghanistan last year. In an effort to improve the quality of and access to maternal and child health care, the SCA…
KABUL) to ensure necessary facilities for people with disabilities at polling stations. At a day-long workshop organided by the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan SCA), speakers also recommended polling stations should be made accessible to the special people. Presidential and provincial…
KABUL Bank semi-annual meetings popularly known as spring meetings. The high level joint delegation of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Da Afghanistan Bank (central bank) will attend the plenary session of the Development Committee Dialogue (DCD) and International Monetary…
KABUL on Monday condemned two recent suicide attacks that killed 19 civilians, including nine children, and wounded another 31 people. In a statement, the UNAMA renewed its call for all anti-government elements to stop the use of improvised explosive devices…
KABUL Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen arrived in Kabul on a surprise visit on Monday, the alliance said. He will meet Afghan leaders on issues of mutual interest. During the trip, the secretary general will hold talks with President Hamid Karzai,…
KABUL and essential hospital services. The Afghanistan System Enhancement for Health Action in Transition (SEHAT) Program will cover rural and urban areas in 22 provinces, strengthen the health system and build the capacity of the Ministry of Public Health to…
KABUL remained a dangerous place where international and local journalists received threats during 2012, a global watchdog said on Thursday. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report on its website media outlets united to block a bill…
KABUL, Qatar plans to organise an Afghan art exhibition in Doha, a media report said on Sunday. The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Doha would arrange the event in March to highlight the heritage of Afghanistan, a land known…
Kabul, as well as in Kabul. The recipients are recent returnees from Pakistan and Iran, internally displaced people (IDP) - including people displaced by conflict - and others at risk in the cold weather. "We are aware that really destitute…
KABUL till 2014. EUPOL Civilian Operations Commander Hansjoerg Haber told a news conference in Kabul that their current mandate was to expire in May 2013. The extension was unanimously approved by all EU member states, he said, adding a decision…
KABUL (SCA) pledged to continue its social development aid to Kabul for the next few decades as the nation continues to grapple with political uncertainties. The SCA, established about 30 years ago during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, had been…
WASHINGTON (PAN and Islamabad, Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul cautioned the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday. The unprovoked shelling inside Afghanistan coming from across the border was a matter of deep and serious concern for the government and…
