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. Nai, an organisation that supports independent media in Afghanistan, on Tuesday released its annual report that said 80 incidents of violence against journalists had been registered so far during the current year, compared to 58 in 2010. Three journalists…
HERAT CITY (PAN's office in a foreign country did not mean the insurgent movement's recognition as a political force. In order to brief local officials on the government's foreign policy, the minister arrived in the western province of Herat. "Our…
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…
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): The Ministry of Commerce and Industries on Monday said it had purchased 10,000 tonnes of liquefied gas which would be available in Kabul utility stores for 55 afghanis a kilogram and 60afs in private stores. Before Eidul Adha, one…
KABUL): The communications and information technology minister on Sunday warned private internet service-providers of cancelling their licences if they failed to filter and block unwanted websites. "Though net cafes have been asked to block websites which are un-Islamic and against…
KABUL and capacity building of the public sector, the Presidential Palace said on Tuesday. In a meeting with President Hamid Karzai in Bonn, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said his country was also interested in developing the Ainak Copper project…
KABUL): Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Monday said the Afghan government had severed its relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for stopping a $70 million payment after the near collapse of nation's largest private bank. Relations were cut…
KABUL): Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal on Monday said the Afghan government had severed its relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for stopping a $70 million payment after the near collapse of nation's largest private bank. Relations were cut…
KABUL) will take effect from June 12, the commerce and industry minister announced on Tuesday. The landmark agreement, granting Afghanistan important trade concessions, was signed in Kabul on October 28, 2010 between Pakistani Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim and his…
ISALAMBAD (PAN): A Pakistani provincial minister survived a suicide attack in the country's northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, but four people were injured, officials said on Sunday. The explosion around 12pm took place in front of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
KABUL, upper house of Parliament, on Sunday asked Defence Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak to stand down following last week's attack on the ministry's building in Kabul. On Monday, an assailant in the Afghan National Army uniform managed to enter…
KABUL sector, a minister said on Sunday, A survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Health shows three billion afs were provided by the government, 9.5 billion afs by donors and the rest by Afghan families. Acting Public Health Minister…
KABUL affairs minister said on Wednesday. The proposed body would pay visit to the jail every month, Husan Bano Ghazanfar, said during a visit to the prison in Badam Bagh area. She also distributed some materials, including shampoo, skin cream…
