KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai has reminded US secretary of state John Kerry of his call for a commitment to sustainable peace in Afghanistan before signing a proposed bilateral security agreement between the allies, his office said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): An Afghan judicial delegation, led-by Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, visited the deputy head of Iran’s judicial department during its trip to Iran, an official said on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday dispatched essential materials to nine northern provinces for the distribution of new voter cards ahead of the April 2014 presidential and provincial elections, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Some Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday said several articles of the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law ran counter to the Afghan constitution and Shariah.
JALALABAD (PAN): Hundreds of people in this eastern city of Jalalabad on Saturday staged a protest against what they called anti-Pashtun conspiracies being hatched by Pakistan and Iran.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday decided to set up a committee for investigating Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal’s allegations against six lawmakers.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan has made significant progress in terms of security over the last 12 years, says the NATO secretary-general, who charaterised the headway as “real and tangible”.
WASHINGTON (PAN): President Barack Obama on Friday slashed by 10 percent his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other foreign operations, a White House official said.
KABUL (PAN): A Pakistani diplomat has urged the US to stop drone attacks in its tribal region, saying the strikes are damaging America’s image, a media report said on Saturday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said.
