KABUL were facing a common enemy in the form of terrorism that could be eliminated through a joint strategy. During a meeting with Pakistani Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Ghani said the two countries…
President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to bring home the bodies of Afghan nationals drowned on Monday in Turkey. The president was shocked after being informed about the tragedy, a statement from…
KABUL Jan Kubis. Kubis was honoured at a special ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, the palace said in a statement issued here. Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah and acting foreign, education’s affairs ministers and a number of…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Saturday called peace in the country as a national goal, saying that dealing with the challenge of enforcing stability had not been easy. Addressing a press conference in Kabul on his return from…
KABUL. At a meeting with Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the visiting president also called for more robust links between parliaments of the two countries. According to a statement from his office,…
KABUL had the potential to become the region’s largest iron and copper exporter over the next decade. Delivering a speech on integration of Asia at Xinhua University in Beijing and the importance of reviving the Silk Road, Ahmadzai said the…
KABUL for the sake of stability in the region. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the offer at a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai during a meeting in Beijing, according to the Presidential Palace in Kabul. On…
During his first international trip, President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Tuesday won concrete aid pledges at talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. As Ghani began his four-day visit, China agreed to provide $81.8 million in grant assistance…
KABUL's head of state, his office said. During his four-day visit, the president would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, the country’s prime minister and parliament speaker. Improved economic and business links between Kabul and Beijing figure atop his agenda.…
KABUL's booming construction sector. The president expressed these views while meeting a delegation of private and public construction company representatives who called upon him at the Presidential Palace here. A statement from the Palace said the president urged them to…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai’s special representative on reform and good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud on Monday formally assumed office, the Presidential Palace said. A statement from the palace quoted Ahmadzai as calling Massoud a determined and patriotic person,…
KABUL in diverse fields. Ambassador Jon Philp held out the pledge at a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in Kabul. The diplomat called on Ahmadzai at the Presidential Palace, where they discussed multiple issues, including Australia’s efforts for the…
KABUL. Doval, who led a delegation to Kabul, called on President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai at the Presidential Palace here. They discussed matters of mutual and regional interest, including the fight against terrorism. A brief statement from the Presidential Palace quoted…
President Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Tuesday said his administration would prove its worth at the upcoming London Conference. At a meeting with UK’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Simon Gass, the president referred to the preparations made for…
KABUL. Chairing a high-level meeting on preparations for commemorating Yaum-i-Ashur, the president said the Ministry of Information and Culture was seriously investigating the blasphemous opinion piece. Last night, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah directed the ministries concerned to arrest…
KABUL with European markets via Uzbekistan. Speaking to Uzbek and Tajik diplomats during separate meetings late on Monday at the Presidential Palace, Ahmadzai vowed to turn Afghanistan into an a power-generating hub. A statement from his office said president and…
KABUL, saying that mere assurances were not enough to achieve stability. At a meeting with visiting Pakistani Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz in Kabul, the president underlined the role Islamabad could play in bringing…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has appointed Habibullah Ahmadzai as his special security advisor and Khalil Zmar as advisor on detainee and prisoner affairs. The Presidential Palace said that based on his constitutional authority, Ahmadzai made the appointments through…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Wednesday directed governors to allot land plots to teachers. He also promised an increase in salaries of teachers and other privileges. Addressing a Teachers’ Day function at the Amani High School in Kabul,…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Monday said he had directed the authorities concerned to initiate legal action against individuals having grabbed state properties. Ahmadzai was talking to influential figures and elders of southeastern Khost province through a video…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai on Sunday said he was strongly determined to enforce laws on powerful individuals, vowing equal rights for the Afghans. Ahmadzai said this while talking to a delegation led by Syed Mansoor Naderi, the Afghanistan…
KABUL cannot achieve economic prosperity without peace and stability, which he called the most important job to be done. Ahmadzai was talking to US and NATO top commander in Kabul Gen. John F Campbell and a senior US Embassy official…
President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai held a consultative session with university teachers, defence lawyers and public prosecutors on reforms in the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Presidential Palace said on Wednesday. The gathering took place at the Presidential Palace…
President Dr. Ashraf Ghani on Thursday directed all provincial governors to serve in acting capacity until their replacements were announced. The president issue the new under article 64 of the constitution, the Cabinet Secretariat said in a statement.…
