Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Usmani is likely to leave for Azerbaijan next month while President Hamid Karzai is also scheduled to Baku to meet his counterpart in April, an official told an Azeri Press Agency (APA) on Thursday.…
KABUL would continue whether or not the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) was signed. Addressing a seminar in Kabul, the minister said the government was ready to initiate peace talks with the rebels under all circumstances. The four-day seminar that began…
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MCIT) on Sunday said the bilateral security agreement (BSA) with the US would help overcome insecurity that continued to pose a big challenge to bringing about improvement in the telecom sector.…
KABUL on Wednesday. First Vice-President Qasim Fahim introduced five Cabinet nominees and two others for the Supreme Court Council membership for a vote of confidence to the lower house on Dec. 21. Karzai, counting his last days in office, has…
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): Refugee and Repatriation Minister Jamahir Anwary on Saturday came under harsh criticism from some lawmakers, but managed to convince the lower house not to consider a no-confidence motion against him. The Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of the parliament,…
KABUL, or lower house of the parliament. The assembly confirmed Omar Daudzai as minister of interior, Mohammad Akram Khpalwak as minister of border and tribal affairs and Prof. Barat Ali Matin as member of the Supreme Court High Council. Lutfur…
BRUSSELS (PAN): The security transition process, when completed, would have a positive effect on the protection of Afghans, Defence Minister Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi hoped on Thursday. Speaking Afghan journalists here, Mohammadi said at their two-day meeting, NATO-contributing nations had…
KABUL): Cultural Minister Syed Makhdom Raheen on Sunday denied if he ordered journalists out from a ceremony marking a week long festivities to declare Ghazni City as an Islamic Capital of Culture in 2013. Some journalists on Saturday said they…
KABUL and staff capacity, three million children remain out of school across the country, Education Minister Ghulam Farooq Wardak said on Saturday. He made the remarks after President Hamid Karzai rang the bell at the Amani High School in Kabul…
KABUL (PAN): Four of the 11 ministers, summoned by their lower house over under-spending their development funds, failed to appear before the Wolesi Jirga on Monday. On Saturday, the deputy speaker warned that lawmakers could bring no-confidence motions against the…
Herat Jihadi commanders distribute weapons to units (Video) HEART (PAN): Led by Afghan Water and Energy minister Muhammad Ismail Khan, Jihadi Council commenced distributing weapons among its members in western Herat province, an official said on Wednesday. Spokesman of the…
KABUL): Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul and his Peruvian counterpart, Rafael Roncagliolo, agreed to establish direct diplomatic relations at the non-resident ambassador level for the first time, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The agreement on Sunday came at a…
KABUL on Monday said more than 18,000 students, who failed a recent university entry test, would be enrolled in private higher education institutions. About 40,000 of the 147,000 students who participated in the test had so far found their way…
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): Afghan foreign minister Zalmay Rasul is scheduled to visit Qatar, where he is expected to hold high level bilateral talks with Qatari leaders, an official said on Saturday. But, neither the exact dates of his official trip nor the…
KABUL): Nine new ministers in the Cabinet of President Hamid Karzai were sworn in at a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on Wednesday. Taking oath after winning a trust vote from Parliament, the ministers promised to follow Islamic…
KABUL on Sunday briefed parliamentarians on their future plans. Karzai named nine people for Cabinet slots two weeks ago. Mohammad Ismail Khan has been nominated as water and energy minister, Amirzai Sangin as telecommunications and information technology minister, Dr. Suraya…
KABUL members on their failure to spend development funds during the last fiscal year. A day earlier, as many ministers were caught in a similar situation on the issue. Last week, the lower house unanimously decided to call the 14…
KABUL on Saturday said the refugee minister had appointed an unqualified advisor to his ministry, and accused the Bamyan governor of bribery and distributing land to ineligible people. The Minister of Refugee and Repatriate Affairs, Jamahir Anwari, had hired a…
KABUL ministry officials said on Wednesday all private schools across the country would be monitored throughout the new academic year to observe their education standards. There are 500 private schools across the country, with 200 in the capital Kabul alone.…
KABUL members, said on Wednesday no irresponsible changes had been made in the current year’s budget. On Monday, some lawmakers said the Ministry of Finance had irresponsibly brought changes to the budget, calling for the minister to be summoned to…
KABUL and Iran on Monday in Kabul on Monday. One of the accords was inked between Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance and the Iranian Ministry of Economic Affairs and the second between the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) and the Iranian…
KABUL, UNICEF and the Afghan Ministry of Education said on Tuesday. An international consortium of countries, the GPE is working to provide financial and technical assistance to education programmes in conflict, post-conflict and developing countries around the globe. The ministry…
