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): Deputy Foreign Minister Ershad Ahmadi and his Egyptian counterpart Mahmoud Auf on Monday discussed expanding political and cultural relations investment and increasing the number of scholarships for Afghan students at Al Azhar University. The current situation in Egypt and…
NEW DELHI(PAN. Mukherjee told visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai that India was proud to help, a statement from Mukherjee's office said. The Indian leader said his country would stand by the government and the people of Afghanistan in the critical…
NEW DELHI (PAN and efforts for security and stability in the war-ravaged country should be Afghan-led. The talks in New Delhi during Li's ongoing visit to India were followed by a joint statement saying both sides agreed that the Afghanistan…
KABUL and Oman have decided to develop a memorandum of understanding on establishing a joint commission to work for a cooperation framework in various fields, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The decision came during Foreign Minister Zalmai…
JALALABAD (PAN): Thousands of people rallied in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, against Pakistan on Thursday, supporting Afghan security forces. Afghan forces pulled down a border gate following a seven-hour clash with Pakistani troops in the Goshta district…
BRUSSELS (PAN): Focused on how to end the war in Afghanistan, an important meeting involving foreign ministers of NATO and ISAF nations began in Brussels on Tuesday. The alliance and its international partners will deliberate on how to support Afghan…
JALALABAD, (PAN) : Footage of the gate constructed by Pakistani border force in Goshta district, having border with Momand Agency of Pakistan. By: Babrak Amirzada and Obaidullah Hussam
KABUL. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, former foreign minister and Amrullah Saleh, ex-chief of National Directorate of Security and former interior minister Hanif Atmar, were invited to attend a conference in Ottawa on 26th October, 2012. Embassy officials in Kabul had advised…
KABUL): The two-day Islamic Solidarity Summit ended early on Thursday in the holy city of Makkah, with participants stressing pragmatic focus on inter-sectarian harmony and Islamic unity, and a clear and unambiguous stand against the Bashar Al-Assad regime in Syria.…
KABUL): The Afghan government assured international community that the development aid pledged at the just-concluded Tokyo Conference would be spent according to the country’s 10-year strategic plan. “Assistance pledged by Japan would be spent by Afghan government according the priorities…
New Delhi (PAN, said a ministry’s statement. The Tokyo Conference organised by the government of Japan on July 8th follows a series of conferences held on Afghanistan during the last one year. According to India's External Affairs Ministry, at the…
KABUL and the ongoing “Heart of Asia” conference in capital Kabul is a step forward. In a statement on Thursday, Danish Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal, representing the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, also reiterated the bloc’s commitment to support Afghanistan…
WASHINGTON (PAN was to prevent the country from becoming an Al Qaeda safe haven again. The US has made considerable progress in dismtalinng the terror network in Afghanistan, the Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt John Kirby told reporters during an off-camera…
KABUL of the country, the president's office said on Tuesday. Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced his government’s assistance during a meeting with President Hamid Karzai on the sidelines of the 25th NATO summit in Chicago. A statement from the…
On 20-21 May in Chicago, NATO will not be the only subject on the agenda, but it will be one of the most important. At the last NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, NATO and ISAF, together with the…
Ambassador Simon Gass On 20-21 May in Chicago, NATO will not be the only subject on the agenda, but it will be one of the most important. At the last NATO Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, NATO and ISAF,…
WASHINGTON (PAN but in a “different way” -- a commitment that would be revealed in coming days. At a joint news conference at the White House, Hollande reminded Obama that he would keep his recent election promise made to his…
KABUL): The minister of refugee and repatriation affairs said on Wednesday the international community and regional countries have pledged facilities for the Afghans who are ready to return home. The pledges were held out at a conference on "Voluntary repatriation,…
KABUL): Following is the text of the long-term bilateral cooperation agreement signed between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Wednesday: The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Government of the Federal…
KABUL’s economic revival. "History shows that the enemies of Afghanistan have always tried to block fruitful projects and economic development of the country," Shahrani told a news conference in Kabul. Without naming the foes of Afghanistan’s economic recovery, he said…
