KABUL’s efforts to increase solidarity and develop consensus among regional and Islamic countries. Talking to lawmakers from Khost, Paktia, Paktika and Logar provinces at the Presidential Palace, the president said Afghanistan’s current challenges were the legacy of decades of war.…
KABUL’s efforts to increase solidarity and develop consensus among regional and Islamic countries. Talking to lawmakers from Khost, Paktia, Paktika and Logar provinces at the Presidential Palace, the president said Afghanistan’s current challenges were the legacy of decades of war.…
President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to establish durable peace in the country even if it costs him his life. In a meeting with members of Grand Ulama Council on Friday, the president said sincere efforts were underway to…
KABUL’s prisons. Ghani said this at a meeting with visiting United States Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Tom Malinowski, at his office, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. The statement quoted the president as…
President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the creation of two separate teams to investigate a recent suicide attack at a protest rally and administrative corruption in southeastern Khost province. The president issued the directives at a meeting with tribal…
A high-powered Saudi Arabia delegation has arrived in Kabul on an official visit to discuss a range of issues with Afghan authorities, a statement from Presidential Palace said on Tuesday. The Saudi delegation included officials from the Interior,…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said that corruption has reached to its peak in major cities and the poor continues to suffer. Speaking at an event in Presidential Palace on citizens’ rights on Tuesday, the president said it…
KABUL. According to a statement from the Presidential Palace, Ghani expressed these views in his meeting with a number of industrialists on Friday evening. The meeting was attended by ministers of interior, mines and petroleum, commerce, deputy finance minister, deputy…
KABUL but said that 20 percent of the land was still posing threat because of planted landmines. Talking on the occasion of World Mine Awareness Day, the president said: “I thank youth who sacrificed their lives or lost part of…
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday met with Farkhunda’s family, saying oppression, torture and persecution fly in the face of Islamic values. Farkhunda, 27, was killed two weeks back by an angry mob in front of Shah Du Shamshira…
Traders of southern Kandahar province have complained that the fresh fruit market in the province was monopolized by a specific individual, prompting President Ashraf Ghani to appoint a committee to resolve the problem without further delay. A statement…
KABUL Cup title after crushing New Zealand by seven wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday last. The president held telephonic conversations with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot and Governor-General Peter Cosgrov on Wednesday and thanked Australia for according…
President Ashraf Ghani held telephonic conversation with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reports both the leaders discussed bilateral relations between “the two fraternal…
As a result of Pakistan, President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday. “This year, Pakistan» is going to have its own season of fighting, and that changes the dynamic,” the visiting Afghan leader told an audience at the Council…
Bowing to a request from his Afghan counterpart, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday decided to maintain the current troop level of 9,800 in Afghanistan through the end of the current year. "Based on President Ghani’s request for…
President Ashraf Ghani, accompanied by his Chief Executive Officer Dr Abdullah Abdullah, are holding talks with US President Barack Obama at Oval Office on Tuesday. Topping the agenda of the talks, scheduled to last several hours, is a…
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday refrained from making any commitment on peace talks with the Taliban, as the United States extended its full support for an Afghan-led process. “Sustainable peace is our goal. I’m not committing to…
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday assured the United States that the Afghanistan would never be a burden and its people would die but would never be defeated. “We will die, but we will never be defeated,” Ghani said…
KABUL in Kabul. An angry mob beat Farkhanda to death on March 18 before setting her body on fire. She was accused of burning a copy of the holy Quran and Religious Affairs. The President Palace said in a statement…
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday issued a decree for constituting a long-awaited electoral reform commission, meeting a key condition in the power-sharing agreement. The panel would suggest reforms in the electoral system, ways of improving democratic norms,…
At the head of a high-level delegation, including Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani has left for his maiden state visit to the United States, his office said on Sunday. President Barack Obama will host the…
KABUL attached utmost importance to an ambitious four-nation gas pipeline project. He underlined energy-starved Afghanistan’s interest in the project during a meeting with petroleum ministers from Turkmenistan, Pakistan and India in Kabul. The ministers were in Kabul to attend the…
President Ashraf Ghani has held a flurry of meetings with several cabinet picks, who may be introduced to the parliament for a vote of confidence on Monday, Pajhwok Afghan News reliably learnt on Saturday. A government official, requesting…
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said Afghan security institutions lacked coordination, an issue his administration would try to address soon. Speaking to Ministry of Defence officials in Kabul, the president spoke of long-term plans to boost coordination among…
