KABUL on Afghan Peace begin here on Monday, with President Ashraf Ghani and thousands of public figures in attendance, About 3,000 representatives of different groups of people from across the country, 30 percent of them women, are attending the event…
KABUL on peace and called it a campaign for presidential election. The three-day Consultative Loya Jirga is expected to start on April 29 and it would be attended by around 3,000 people from across the country. Some of the invitees…
KABUL ‘an extravagant election campaign’ and against the country’s interest. She told a press conference in Kabul that in a country like Afghanistan where above 50 percent of people lived under the poverty line, the arrangement of a costly jirga…
KABUL members on Wednesday expressed concern over a political gathering to be held tomorrow in southern Kandahar province. The legislators feared the gathering in Kandahar could be used as a ‘Loya Jirga’ to make efforts at collapsing the government. It…
KABUL, saying such figures wanted to restore their authority and their attempts would not succeed. Abdullah told a meeting of the Council of Ministers that solution to decide the fate of Afghanistan lied in elections. “The calls for an interim…
KABUL as contrary to the country’s applicable laws and hence deemed ‘incompatible’. About a month back, the former President Hamid Karzai had asked for a Loya Jirga to be called into session to ensure peace and national unity and prevent…
KABUL and district council elections next year. Javed Faisal, acting CEO spokesman, told a press conference here that holding a Loya Jirga was certainly required to make changes to the Constitution. “After the Wolesi Jirga and district council elections, we…
KABUL to amend the Constitution. Deputy spokesman for the CEO, Javid Faisal, speaking at a press conference here stressed implementation of the political agreement on the national unity government, including change in the political system. “The aim of decentralizing the…
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…
WASHINGTON (PAN to be a strong and sovereign nation with a significant future, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday, explaining transition is that country was intended to be orderly and responsible. “We want them (Afghanistan) to be a strong sovereign…
KUNDUZ (PAN): Voters in northern Kunduz province said they were regretted for casting their valuable votes to Members of Parliaments (MPs) representing the province and blamed those MPs for making false promises to them. Wakil Ahmad, a tailor and resident…
KABUL on the strategic cooperation deal with the United States were busted in Kabul, an intelligence official said on Monday. The groups were instructed to attack the tribal assembly venue from Dasht-i-Barchi, Khak-i-Jabbar, Qargha and other areas close to the…
KABUL on the strategic partnership pact with the US. The assembly concluded on Saturday with the endorsement of the agreement between the US and Afghanistan. In a 76-article declaration, the delegates backed the creation of American bases in the country…
KABUL participants' suggestion regarding changes in the commission's composition. The four-day traditional Loya Jirga on the strategic cooperation pact with the US concluded on Saturday with the release of a 76-article declaration, recommending the creation of American bases in the…
KABUL as false. The Taliban claimed on Sunday they had received a security plan for the upcoming traditional Loya Jirga and posted it on their website. In a statement sent to Pajhwok Afghan News on Monday, the Taliban said the…
KABUL on Saturday said the grand assembly would take place as planned, brushing aside the rumors that the event had been postponed. More than 2,000 government officials and elders are scheduled to meet on November 16 in Kabul to discuss…
KABUL and the US. The four-day assembly is expected to be attended by more than 2,000 influential figures, tribal elders and scholars to float their suggestions for the strategic relations with the US and setting up a mechanism for peace…
KABUL on the proposed strategic cooperation pact with the United States. More than 2,000 government officials and tribal elders are scheduled to meet in mid-November in Kabul to discuss the pros and cons of the agreement. Convening at the Polytechnic…
ASADABAD (PAN for a decision. "If talks and efforts through diplomatic channels fail to stop the attacks from Pakistan, the matter should be referred to the Loya Jirga," said Syed Ishaq Gilani, the delegation leader. He said the Wolesi Jirga…
KABUL lawmaker after a verbal clash during Tuesday's session, but shocked colleagues pulled them apart. Zaki threw a water bottle at fellow MP Hamida Ahmadzai. A stunned Ahmadzai chucked a bottle back towards Zaki, who then launched herself at Ahmadzai,…
KABUL on strategic cooperation with the US as illegal, vowing not to attend it. President Hamid Karzai has appointed Sibghatullah Mujaddedi as head of the preparatory commission for the Jirga and the US. A lawmaker from Kabul, Mohammad Mohaqqiq, told…
KABUL on strategic cooperation with the US as illegal, vowing not to attend it. President Hamid Karzai has appointed Sibghatullah Mujaddedi as head of the preparatory commission for the Jirga and the US. A lawmaker from Kabul, Mohammad Mohaqqiq, told…
KABUL have been appointed in compliance with a decree from President Hamid Karzai, an official said on Tuesday. The tradition gathering will take a decision on a draft strategic cooperation deal between Afghanistan and the United States. Sibghatullah Mujaddedi heads…
KABUL on strategic cooperation with the US. The traditional jirga and the US, a government-run news agency reported on Sunday. Mujaddedi, the former chairman of the Meshrano Jirga, has been tasked with leading the preparatory body, Bakhtar said. Leading the…
