KABUL): The Afghan Special Operations Unit has enough equipment to conduct nighttime raids and other offensives, Ministry of Defence officials said on Tuesday -- two days after a memorandum of understanding was signed with US troops on the issue. night…
KABUL. The visiting Indian union minister inked an agrrement with Mines Minister Wahidullah Shahrani on developing Afghanistan’s iron-ore reserves and promoting its steel industry. "We want to step up investment here," Verma said, adding that an agreement signed in October…
KABUL and Pentagon said on Monday. Hoping the strategic deal would be inked before the Chicago summit in May, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters in Kabul that leading the raids and taking control of all prisons were major Afghan…
HERAT CITY (PAN. Addressing a news conference in western Herat province, Zarar Ahmad Muqbil, asked the international community to accept "its responsibility" in the war against drug smuggling. He said: "If Afghanistan is the producer of drugs, the users are…
KABUL and India, a spokesman for the ministry in Kabul said on Friday. A feasibility study for the multibillion-dollar Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline, long delayed by security concerns, has already been completed and work on the project's design is expected…
ISLAMABAD (PAN. The supply line was closed immediately after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) airstrike in the Mohmand tribal region in November. Relations between Islamabad and Washington plummeted to a new low after…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai, at a meeting with a US general, on Wednesday insisted on a professional and apolitical Afghan army, his office said. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Defence Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak and National Security…
KABUL’sliaison office in Doha. Rassoul and Dr. Khalid Bin Mohamed Al Attiyah also conferred on the opening a Qatari embassy in Kabul and agreed on more consultations on the Afghan-led peace effort. At a joint news conference after Tuesday’s meeting,…
WASHINGTON (PAN. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides will travel to Islamabad on April 4 to continue with the talks, the State Department said. Nides will build on the recent high-level engagement with the Pakistani government, as its parliamentary…
GARDEZ (PAN): Afghan forces are ready to take security control from international soldiers in the southeastern province of Paktia, a senior official said on Friday. Security Transition Commission Chairman Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai said night raids by foreign soldiers in the…
WASHINGTON (PAN): Funding the Afghan security forces post 2014, when the international forces are scheduled to withdraw from the country, is going to be a shared international resposibility, a Obama administration official said on Thursday. Details of financing Afghan forces…
WASHINGTON (PAN told American lawmakers on Thursday. “I have not, sir,” International Security Assistance Force commander Gen. John Allen said when asked by Senator John McCain: “Have you seen any change in the ISI relationship with the Taliban and the…
WASHINGTON (PAN (UNAMA) for a year to continue supporting crucial security transition in the country. In an unanimous resolution, the 15-membered body decided the UNAMA would continue to “lead and coordinate” international civilian efforts in the country in accordance with…
KABUL burning incident by delaying the outcome of its investigation. Last month, NATO-led soldiers mistakenly burnt four copies of the Quran on the Bagram Airbase, an incident that provoked anti-US sentiments across the country. As a result, more than 30…
KABUL national museum. “The competition marks a significant, tangible milestone in both United States and Afghan support in promoting and protecting Afghanistan’s rich cultural heritage,” the US embassy said in a statement. The event, which calls for proposals of ideas…
KABUL): Afghan security personnel would independently conduct all operations across the country in 2013, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday. “When foreign troops withdraw, the country’s defence will be your responsibility,” the president told a graduation ceremony at the National…
KABUL. Greeting the people of Afghanistan on the occasion of Nawroz, the US embassy in Kabul said Afghan New Year represented a time of renewal. A statement from the embassy referred to the Dari proverb: “As goes the spring, so…
KABUL under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GAGP), officials said on Sunday. A contract to the effect was inked between Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan Reiichiro Takahashi and representatives of non-government organisations. A statement from the Japanese Embassy said the…
KABUL beyond 2014, on Wednesday said the shooting of civilians by a US soldier in Kandahar was shocking. The US soldier was detained after he shot dead at least 17 civilians, including nine children and three women, in Zangabad area…
KABUL on Tuesday urged Swedish foreign minister to ensure his country leave Afghanistan after its mission of fighting terrorism was completed, the party said in a statement. Abdullah Abdullah, the coalition head, and the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, heading…
KABUL): German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed sympathy to President Hamid Karzai on the killing of 16 civilians in Kandahar’s Panjwai district, officials said on Monday. According to a statement from the president’s office, Merkel had phoned Karzai to express her…
KABUL’s rights and assist victims of violence. Over the past few months there had been several cases of violence against women in Afghanistan, EU Special Representative Vygaudas Ušackas said on the eve of International Women’s Day. The Afghan government, people…
KABUL beyond 2014, when all foreign forces are scheduled to leave the war-battered country. Turkish ambassador to Afghanistan Bassat Ozturk held out the promise at a meeting in Kabul, marking the 91st anniversary of a friendship treaty between the two…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai and his Bulgarian counterpart on Wednesday discussed bilateral cooperation in diverse fields, the Presidential Palace in Kabul said. Karzai told the Bulgarian leader, Rosen Plevneliev, that they were interested in sending Afghan students to Sofia for…
