MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN): The security responsibility for Maidan Shahr, the capital of central Maidan Wardak province, was on Wednesday formally transferred to Afghan forces control during a special ceremony, an official said. The ceremony was attended by the Security Transition…
KABUL. Karzai and Koichiro Gemba discussed preparations for the major meeting on Afghanistan, a statement from the Presidential Palace said. They hoped the event would prove beneficial for Afghanistan. The Tokyo conference, due in July this year, is expected to…
KABUL in Tokyo were expected to pledge assistance for fundamental projects and identify development priorities. Addressing a joint news conference with his Japanese counterpart, Koichiro Gemba, Rassoul said they had discussed issues concerning bilateral relations, security transition and the conference…
KABUL on Tuesday took strong exception to a meeting of Afghan political figures with US lawmakers in Berlin, the capital of Germany. Ex-vice president Ahmad Zia Masoud, Junbish-i-Millie party chief Abdul Rashid Dostum and Hezb-i-Wahdat leader Mohammad Mohaqiq were urged…
KABUL officials from the Guantánamo Bay detention facility in exchange for a captive American soldier. Earlier in the day, media reports said the US had swapped Mullah Khairullah Khair Khwa, a former interior minister, Noorullah Noori, an ex-governor, and Mullah…
KABUL): A commission set up by the Ministry of Justice to curb human trafficking and kidnappings on Sunday started working by holding its maiden session. The commission had been set up in an effort to control human trafficking and kidnappings,…
KABUL): The security switch from foreign troops to the Afghan forces had a negative impact on foreign investment in 2011, when cash flows into the country fell by $36 million, an official said on Saturday. Director at the Afghanistan Investment…
ISLAMABAD (PAN and convey him the best wishes of the Afghan government and people, the Presidency in Islamabad said. During the telephone conversation late on Wednesday evening, the two leaders also discussed the current situation in the region, said Zardari's…
KABUL's political office in Qatar, saying Turkey or Saudi Arabia remained his government's preferred places for such a liaison point In an interview with Turkish journalists at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Karzai said they had already declared Saudi Arabia…
KABUL Muhammad Omar's name from its list of the most wanted terrorists, carrying huge bounties on their heads, media reports said on Tuesday. Several Pakistani media outlets, including private Geo News and Dunya TV channels, quoted an unnamed FBI source…
KABUL): Talks on a strategic cooperation pact with the United States would begin next year, despite a warning from President Hamid Karzai to walk out of the agreement, a foreign ministry official said on Sunday. Nighttime raids and civilian house…
KABUL, the President's Office said on Sunday. The EU special representative for Afghanistan, Vygaudas Usackas, who met President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Sunday, said the key points of the pact would include respect for human…
KABUL planned to include programmes of Global Rights International Organization in curriculum for public universities, officials said on Saturday. Global Rights is a human rights capacity-building organization working in partnership with local activities. In Afghanistan it started its operation in…
د بهرنيو چارو وزارت وايي، چې له قطر څخه يې د افغانستان سفير د يو لړ مشورو لپاره راغوښتی دی. د بهرنيو چارو وزارت د مطبوعاتي دفتر له خوا پژواک خبري اژانس ته په يوه…
KABUL insurgents setting up an office in Doha. In a statement, the ministry said Kabul enjoyed good relationship with Doha and was thankful to its considerable support in Afghanistan. Keeping in mind the recent developments in the region and Afghanistan,…
SHARAN (PAN's troubled tribal region of South Waziristan, an official said. A day after his arrival in Kabul on an unannounced trip, Panetta told troops Pakistan should take more steps to secure its side of the border, the Paktika governor's…
KABUL (UNAMA) head, Staffan de Mistura, said that his two-year mission was difficult, but interesting. De Mistura said during a farewell call on the President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday evening: "I should say that my two-year mission in Afghanistan was…
KABUL): The foundation stone of a building for the Kabul Customs Training Centre, a $18 million (874.2 afghanis) project being jointly funded by the US and European Union, was laid on Tuesday. Being constructed on 17 acres of land, the…
KABUL): US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Kabul on Tuesday on a surprise visit for talks with the top American commander and senior Afghan officials on the current situation in the country, a source said. The defense secretary would…
KABUL would import 50,000 tonnes of fuel from neighbouring Turkmenistan in the near future, the minister of commerce and industries said on Tuesday. A delegation would be sent on December 28 to Turkmenistan, which had agreed to sign an agreement…
KABUL said on Monday the Obama administration was trying to repair its relationship with Pakistan. The already strained relations between Islamabad and Washington further soured after a cross-border attack by NATO-led international forces killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in the Momand…
KABUL's deputy foreign minister announced on Monday. Addressing a joint press conference with German Ambassador Rüdiger König, Javed Lodin said talks on the pact that were briefly stalled by the December 5 Bonn Conference would resume soon. In response to…
KABUL 3-0 to retain the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup title for a second consecutive year. The first half remained goalless, with Afghans showing great skills and courage to restrict the Indians who scored the first goal in the…
MAHMOOD RAQI (PAN): Officials in the central province of Kapisa on Wednesday said French soldiers had denied killing and wounding civilians in a rocket strike earlier in the week. Six people were killed and three others wounded on December 3,…
