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KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday said senior US and Taliban leaders have resumed their negotiations suspended a year ago in Qatar. Speaking at

KABUL was better than it had been 10 years ago and his country was committed to helping them create a better future for themselves. In

WASHINGTON (PAN, making among the worst rated country out of 22 asked about, a latest opinion poll said on Thursday. Afghanistan, is slightly above neighbouring

WASHINGTON (PAN): New US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday called his Afghan counterpart, Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, and discussed bilateral issues and the progress

WASHINGTON (PAN after 2014, when the local forces are to take control of the country’s security. At the same time, he said no decision has

WASHINGTON (PAN of Courage Award that she would receive from US First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry on March 8. The

WASHINGTON (PAN, the US said on Monday, throwing its weight behind the Afghan-led process.       “So we continue to have the objective of Afghans

WASHINGTON (PAN) were in a good position to defend their country.                 “I walked away from a pretty good sense that while there’s still work

WASHINGTON (PAN): Young Afghan boys, Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz, received a hero’s welcome at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department on their

WASHINGTON (PAN, his spokesman said. “Secretary Hagel approved his first deployment orders this afternoon, including orders to deploy combat arms and combat support units to

WASHINGTON (PAN): Decorated Vietnam War veteran, Chuck Hagel, was sworn in as new US defense secretary on Wednesday morning, replacing Leon Panetta. Hagel, 66, was

KABUL. The State Department said the outfit, whose leader Mullah Nazir was killed in a drone strike early this year, was responsible for assassinations and