President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday expressed his concern over bad condition of the cities, saying 70 percent of urban centres had been built in unplanned manner which showed government’s failure. Speaking on the second day of the National…
President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday cancelled a multimillion government’s contract with a former Kabul Bank chief executive and major defaulter Khalilullah Ferozi for an ambitious residential scheme. The notable businessman stood with top government officials on Wednesday as…
KABUL by killing the Afghans particularly religious leaders could not reach their nefarious designs. In a statement from the Presidential Palace, the president strongly condemned the murder of Mualvi Ghulam Jilani, a prominent religious scholar in Ghazni province as a…
President Ashraf Ghani talked to the 207th Zafar Military Corps commander and the governors of Herat, Farah and Badghis provinces through a video conference to assess security situation and governance. A statement from the Presidential Palace said it…
KABUL pilgrims at the Kabul airport, on Thursday said he planned to appoint a committee to assess transparency in hajj operations. A statement from the Presidential Palace said the President welcomed pilgrims on their arrival at the Hamid Karzai International…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said relevant officials should implement programmes for recovery of usurped government lands. The president said this while chairing a meeting of the Land Authority Council on Monday, a statement from the Presidential Palace…
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said his government’s anti-corruption campaign was not verbal but practical. The president was presented its findings into investigation in logistic contracts of the Ministry of Defence by an investigation delegation, the Presidential Palace…
The National Procurement Commission (NPC) has approved nearly a dozen project contracts worth 915 million afghanis, the Presidential Palace said on Sunday. At the NPC meeting presided over by President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday evening, a total of…
Stressing proper land management and expropriation and implementation of national infrastructure development projects, President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said those preventing welfare projects from execution would be dealt with in accordance with the law. The president was speaking…
KABUL from an importer into an exporting country. The president expressed these views during a meeting with traders and investors, who called on him at the Presidential Palace, yesterday evening. A statement from the palace said Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce…
President Ashraf Ghani met with members of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) or Doctors without Borders on Friday, two days after the group pressed its demand for an international commission to investigate the bombing of its hospital…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday evaluated the country’s civil and security situations and talked to local commanders through a video conference. A statement from the Presidential Palace said President Ghani was briefed about the situations Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan,…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday evaluated the country’s civil and security situations and talked to local commanders through a video conference. A statement from the Presidential Palace said President Ghani was briefed about the situations Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan,…
President Ashraf Ghani, who met elders from northern Kunduz province, on Thursday appointed a high-level fact-finding delegation to review the troubled province’s security situation. The delegation comprising Amrullah Saleh, a former head of the National Directorate of Security,…
President Ashraf Ghani, who met elders from northern Kunduz province, on Thursday appointed a high-level fact-finding delegation to review the troubled province’s security situation. The delegation comprising Amrullah Saleh, a former head of the National Directorate of Security,…
The Afghan government on Wednesday said terrorist groups fighting in several provinces aimed to create fear and accomplish the goals of outsiders and drug smugglers. In a statement, the Presidential Palace said President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday chaired…
KABUL National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) through separate decrees, his office said on Wednesday. Mohammad Yasin Zia has been appointed as the new governor of Takhar, Zahiar Wihdat as Sar-i-Pul governor, Syed Anwar Sadat as Faryab governor, Abdul Satar Baris…
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said he had received complaints claiming Afghan security officials misbehaved with local people during their operations in northern Kunduz province, asking the forces to shun such behaviour. During a video conference with commanders…
President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday acknowledged universities could not been paid adequate attention due to the security problems in different provinces. The president was talking to professors and lecturers of higher education institutes from southern Helmand province, who…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday met elders from Kunduz and discussed with them the security situation in the embattled northern province. The elders praised the security forces’ courageous response to the insurgent siege of Kunduz City, the…
KABUL militants this week. The Taliban seized Kunduz City late on Monday after launching a multi-thronged assault, capturing government buildings. The rebels torched some government departments, including the spy service provincial building and blocked all roads, patrolled the streets and…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday directed security officials to go ahead with an ongoing operation to purge Kunduz and the entire northern zone of militants. Speaking to military officials through a video link, the president pledged that…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said Afghan forces had tactically retreated from Kunduz City to avoid civilian casualties and the northern city was being cleared of militants. The Taliban remained in control of Kunduz City, the capital of…
KABUL the religion could not be preached properly. The president expressed these views during a meeting with members of the Afghanistan Grand Ulema Council (AGUC) here, a statement from the Presidential Palace said. He said the role of ulema was…
