KABUL (PAN): The Attorney General Office on Saturday rejected as groundless an American watchdog’s claim that $50 million in aid had been missing in Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): A majority of Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday voted overwhelmingly for barring colleagues from withdrawing their requests to summon a minister, ending tension within the lower house.
MAIMANA/GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Anti-Pakistan rallies continued on Saturday in major Afghan cities against the May 1 border skirmish between forces of the neighbouring countries near their shared frontier.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghanistan-US Bilateral Commission, created under the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), on Saturday met in Kabul to review progress in implementing the vision of a secure, democratic and prosperous Afghanistan.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Friday telephoned former Pakistani prime minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, regretting the kidnapping of his son at an election rally in Multan.
KABUL (PAN): A joint Afghan-US commission on implementation of the strategic partnership agreement is scheduled to meet in Kabul today (Saturday), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
KABUL (PAN): German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during an unannounced visit to northern Afghanistan, on Friday urged the global fraternity not to forget the conflict-devastated country after the pullout of foreign combat troops in 2014.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The Obama administration on Thursday refuted President Hamid Karzai’s remarks on America’s demand for nine military bases in Afghanistan, saying it had no intention to have a permanent presence in the South Asian country.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday conferred the Medal of Courage on Mohammad Qasim, a border policeman who was killed in last week’s clash with Pakistani forces.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Thursday appointed a team to launch an investigation into a firing incident that killed nearly a dozen protestors in the Maiwand town of southern Kandahar province.
