President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday inaugurated five major development projects after arriving in southeastern Paktia province at the head of a high level delegation. The presidential delegation was comprised of six ministers, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, accompanied by a number of ministers, arrived in southeastern Paktia province on Sunday. The president will meet officials of the 203rd Thunder Military Corps besides addressing a gathering in Gardez, the provincial capital. Ghani…
KABUL officials and his advisor to take ‘special steps’ for processing, packaging and marketing pine nuts produced in Paktia, Paktika and Khost provinces. The president issued these directives at a meeting he presided over at the Presidential Place, a statement…
A visiting US Congress delegation called on President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah at the Presidential Palace said Thursday. A statement from the Presidential Palace to Pajhwok Afghan News said President Ghani and Abdullah…
KABUL themed “Peace process, security cooperation and regional collaboration.” A statement the Presidential Palace said the president was accompanied by a high level delegation. Besides delivering his speech in the conference, President Ghani would also discuss bilateral relations and cooperation…
KABUL’s chilgoza pine should be relieved from its dependence on Pakistani market and that revenue from the pine, saffron, almond and other dried fruits could reach $2 billion annually if market is found for them. The president said this while…
President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday insisted on continuation of efforts to revive the peace talks but in the same breath described strengthening the security forces as the only option to achieve durable peace and stability. Addressing the Parliament’s…
Pakistan has warmly welcomed President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of seeking peace through dialogue and understanding, promising to facilitate the realisation of the unity government’s initiative. At a meeting with Afghan Ambassador Omar Zakhilwal in Islamabad on Wednesday afternoon,…
A bodyguard of President Ashraf Ghani has been stabbed to death in limits of the 3rd police district of Kabul, an official said on Tuesday. Nasrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the interior ministry, confirmed the guard’s body was…
KABUL would emerge victorious on both war and political fronts on the back of the national security forces. Addressing military officers upon their graduation from a course at the Marshal Qasim Fahim Military Academy in Kabul, the president said security…
KABUL where all people enjoy equal rights, a statement from the Presidential Palace said on Sunday. On day four of his visit to western Herat province, the president met with some representatives of the Shia community in Herat city before…
President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said the ongoing crises in Afghanistan had been inherited from the past and their solution would pave the ground for national unity and an honorable life. Addressing a ceremony marking the distribution…
With differences between the Presidential Palace and the governor of northern Balkh province going unresolved over the past two months, President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday no powerful figure would be allowed to misuse the current situation and…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday fired seven senior officials, including two generals, over negligence in preventing a recent attack on an army base in the capital Kabul. Shah Hussain Murtazavi, spokesman for the president, tweeted Ghani ordered the…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday fired seven senior officials, including two generals, over negligence in preventing a recent attack on an army base in the capital Kabul. Shah Hussain Murtazavi, spokesman for the president, tweeted Ghani ordered the…
During an overnight visit to a police station in Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani has directed the police personnel to take strict measures to maintain security, his office said on Monday. A statement from the Presidential Palace said Ghani…
KABUL Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. Instead, the president sent his spy master and interior minister to Islamabad. The officials would present evidence of Pakistani Taliban chief Naved Mukhtar. A credible source confided to Pajhwok Afghan News that the Pakistan…
KABUL’s international friends to adopt a united front against countries supporting and equipping terrorists. In a joint press conference with visiting Indonesian counterparty Joko Widodo, Ghani lambasted the Taliban for claiming barbaric incidents of violence in the country and asked…
KABUL’s international friends to adopt a united front against countries supporting and equipping terrorists. In a joint press conference with visiting Indonesian counterparty Joko Widodo, Ghani lambasted the Taliban for claiming barbaric incidents of violence in the country and asked…
Findings of a preliminary investigation into the attack on a luxury hotel at the weekend were presented to President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday. The Taliban Ministry says 22 people were killed, including 13 foreigners. At least a dozen…
KABUL members on Wednesday said they visited government departments during recruitment process in order to prevent injustices not to get hired their own people. Their reaction came a day after President Ashraf Ghani addressing freshly graduated police cadets at Kabul Police…
President Ashraf Ghani, chairing a meeting of the High Economic Council (HEC) on Sunday, said ensuring security of economic projects was part of the five-year security plan. A statement from the Presidential Palace said the HEC meeting at…
KABUL after a deadly attack in Kabul. After May 31 truck bombing in the vicinity of German Embassy, the embassy’s consulate section ceased functioning. According to reports, at least 150 people were killed and hundreds of others were wounded, most…
KABUL leaders and politicians have welcomed the Afghan government’s timely and clear response to the United States' unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The government’s condemnation of President Donald Trump’s decision to move the American Embassy in…
