KABUL, the alliance announced on Friday. The soldier was killed in the blast in south of the country, the force said in a brief statement, which released no details about the fallen soldier’s nationality or the exact location of the…
KABUL will focus on civilian fronts, defending his plan for early exit. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai, Hollande said he travelled to Afghanistan for two reasons --- to visit some of the French…
KABUL a failure, on Thursday said Afghans should not have blind faith in international commitments that often turned out to be untrue. Speaking at the weekly radio and TV programme, “Your Voice”, a joint initiative of the Killid media group…
WASHINGTON (PAN as the international community not only firmed up its troops withdrawal plan, but also pledged its long-term commitment to the country, America’s top general said Wednesday. “I left the summit heartened by the overwhelming international commitment to Afghanistan…
KABUL. Gen. John Allen hailed the “resounding commitment” by ISAF partner nations to the long-term support of an Afghan force in the post-2014 period. On the conclusion of the ISAF session at the NATO summit in Chicago: “This spring and…
KABUL-led troops warned militants on Tuesday not to take advantage of their planned departure in 2014, as they were ready to strike in case of need to protect Afghan forces and civilians. The warning came hard on the heels of…
KABUL, the alliance said on Tuesday. The death was announced in a brief statement from the multinational force that neither revealed the servicemember’s nationality nor the exact location of the Taliban assault. With the latest fatality, the number of international…
CHICAGO (PAN. “The summit was very important gathering for the world,” Allen told Pajhwok Afghan News on the sidelines of the 25th NATO summit in Chicago. “The presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan will not be a threat to Iran…
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (PAN in 2014 but reaffirmed its long-term commitment -- primarily focusing on training, advising and assistance missions -- assuring Afghans of its steadfast support in the post-transition period. Endorsing President Barack Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for…
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (PAN Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Monday. Addressing a galaxy of world leaders on the concluding day of the Chicago summit, Obama and Rasmussen urged the international community to come forward and help them sustain Afghan security…
CHICAGO (PAN and in facilitating the completion of the transition process. While hailing the progress on transit arrangements with Central Asian partners and Russia, the alliance said it continued to work with Pakistan to reopen the ground lines of communication…
WASHINGTON (PAN Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sunday. Speaking to journalists in Chicago, Rasmussen said: “There would be no rush for the exit from Afghanistan” and they would stay committed to their operation and see it through successfully.…
KABUL on Sunday, the alliance said. The deaths were announced in a brief statement from the multinational force that neither revealed the servicemembers’ nationalities nor the exact location of the Taliban assault. With the latest fatalities, the number of international…
WASHINGTON (PAN by 2014. “Tomorrow we begin our NATO summit in my hometown of Chicago, where we’ll discuss our plans to responsibly end the war in Afghanistan,” US President Barack Obama said after the two-day G-8 summit in Camp David.…
WASHINGTON (PAN chief said on Saturday. “We will take stock of the progress we are making in Afghanistan. We will set out our plans for the future. Our goal is to make sure that Afghanistan will never again be a…
KABUL on Friday, the alliance said. The deaths were announced in a brief statement from the multinational force that neither revealed the servicemembers’ nationalities nor the exact location of the attack. With the latest fatalities, the number of international troops…
KABUL on Wednesday said that 4,400 insurgents had so far joined the reintegration programme since its launch in 2009. Director of the Force Reintegration Cell (FRC) of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Maj. General David Hook said the initiative…
KABUL) congratulated Afghan border and customs police on their momentous seizure of 16,000 kilograms of ammonium chlorate in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar province Wednesday. An ISAF statement said the 3rd Kandak Afghan Border Police Zone 3 and Afghan Customs Police discovered…
KABUL on Friday, the alliance said. The deaths were announced in a brief statement from the 50-nation force that neither revealed the servicemembers’ nationalities nor the exact location. Mostly US, British and Canadian troops are stationed in the Taliban’s southern…
KUNDUZ CITY (PAN-led soldiers and another four arrested on charges of having links to militants in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Tuesday. Two brothers were wounded in the Mang Tepa area of Khanabad district on Monday, when International…
KABUL on Sunday, raising foreign troops’ death toll to 135 this year. One of the soldiers was killed in a roadside bombing, a weapon commonly used by Taliban militants, in the eastern part of the country, while the second servicemember…
KABUL-led soldiers were killed in a bomb attack and a fourth was shot dead by his Afghan counterpart separately in south and east of the country, the alliance said on Friday. An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF late on Thursday.…
KABUL, the alliance said on Monday. The two soldiers were killed on Sunday following an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led troops said in a brief statement. In line with its policy, ISAF neither revealed the…
BRUSSELS (PAN security transition in Belgium, pledging long-term assistance to the war-torn country during and after the transition. The summit, inaugurated a day earlier by the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was attended by defence and foreign ministers of…
