KABUL activists on Thursday said the government has been unable to name its negotiating team owing to lack of coordination between the Presidential Palace and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) office. Rangina Yari, a member of Afghanistan Home to Peace,…
The People’s Peace Movement (PPM) on Wednesday called for a prompt start of peace negotiations inside the country and countrywide ceasefire. Zalmai Zaland, a member of PPM talking to a meeting in Pul-i-Khumri, capital of northern Baghlan province,…
KABUL have focussed on reduction of violence, but no significant progress has been made in this regard, says a US official. An American official at the US Embassy in Kabul, to media representatives Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, after a meeting with…
KABUL is hard and peace maintenance even harder. A VOA Pashto report said that Sopko expressed made these remarks while briefing the US Congress about peace related issues on Tuesday. He said cooperation among the US, Afghanistan and other allies…
KABUL officials. US ambassador to NATO, Kay Hatchison, tweeted that she met with Khalilzad and NATO commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller and they discussed the Afghan peace process. She said NATO and allies remained committed to their military and…
A survey has found that all Afghans want peace as 60 percent of them are optimistic about peace and 40 percent pessimistic. The survey conducted by Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Afghanistan Group of Policy by interviewing 600 people…
The Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO) has called on the warring parties in Afghanistan to use international experiences in achieving peace in the country. Participants of a conference about ongoing peace negotiations in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of northern…
KABUL should be based on international guarantees. Fawzia Kufi, MCA head, told a press conference here that there were hopes for a possible agreement between the Taliban and the US in next few days. The MCA and the people of…
KABUL and Afghan government talks in the future. Addressing a graduation ceremony here, Danish said the Taliban during the past one year showed that they have no determination for the establishment of peace. “We believe that peace talks should begin…
KABUL. The views were expressed at a conference organized by Afghan Mediothek, a peace and democracy advocacy organization in Kabul. Speaking on the occasion, deputy information and culture minister Ajmal Shahpor said the Taliban should listen to the demands of…
KABUL insurgents on the Bagram military base despite ongoing peace talks between the insurgent group and the US in Qatar. At least two civilians were killed and 80 others, including NATO soldiers, were injured in the Wednesday’s attack on the…
World. The call came at the conclusion session of a two-day conference on Afghanistan, organised by the Political Science Department at the University of Swabi. Iranian consulate’s representative Bagheir Baigi, journalists Rahimullah Yousafzai and Hassan Khan, Major ®Mohammad…
KABUL on Wednesday decided to determine its position regarding the peace process and summoned the state minister for peace to brief the lower house on formation of a government delegation for talks in China. A meeting between Afghan government representatives,…
A number of women, but say women’s rights should not be sacrificed for the sake of peace with the rebels. Efforts at resuming peace talks between Taliban and the US increased following recent trips of senior foreign…
KABUL’s Network (AWN) on Thursday called for resumption of peace talks which the group said should be associated with ceasefire and intra-Afghan dialogue. Roshan Mashaal, coordinator of AWN, told a press conference here: “As a stable, just and inclusive peace…
The State Ministry for Peace on Wednesday said the government would participate in the intra-Afghan meeting in China only if acceptable standards were observed. A statement from the ministry received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that the ministry…
Veteran former jihadi. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Ismail Khan said the China meeting would probably happen in next two weeks while some sources say the meeting would take place on October 28 and…
KABUL is progressing towards peace and self-reliance that will be a keystone of stability in the region. “We are bringing to life our vision of connectivity, cooperation, and economic growth for our region where Afghanistan, as Asia’s roundabout, once again…
KABUL have been started from multiple sides, generating new hopes among the Afghans. Peace talks between the US and the Taliban were suspended one and a half months earlier by US President Donald Trump after the insurgents attacked a foreign…
KABUL was aimed at obtaining the release of two US hostages and had nothing to do with the peace process. Idrees Zaman, deputy foreign minister, told a press conference here that discussions, probably still ongoing, in Islamabad (between the Taliban…
KABUL delegation to Islamabad. A Taliban team, led by the group’s political office head Mullah, where it met Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and America’s top peace negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad. On Thursday, presidential spokesman Sidiq Sidiqi told a press conference…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Tuesday said regional countries and the international community have once again intensified efforts to revive the Afghan peace process. MoFA spokesman Sibghatullah Ahmadi told a press conference here that efforts by…
KABUL is among his priorities. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Trump said: “We will continue to work with coalition partners to make peace a reality in Afghanistan. Unfortunately the Taliban have chosen to continue their savage attacks.” The American…
Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FFEFA) on Wednesday said peace and election were national processes and they should not be turned to obstacles to each other. FFEFA organized a conference about peace and democracy in Mazar-i-Sharif,…
