KABUL (PAN): Loya Jirga Chairman Prof. Sibghatullah Mujaddedi said on Wednesday Afghanistan needed a strategic cooperation pact with the United States to prevent foreign meddling, especially by Pakistan.
KABUL (PAN): The chairman, his two deputies, as many secretaries and a spokesperson for the traditional Loya Jirga on the strategic cooperation pact were appointed on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): As part of the proposed strategic cooperation deal, Afghanistan and the US had agreed on issues concerning the country's economy and good governance, a presidential advisor told the Wolesi Jirga on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): Meshrano Jirga, or upper house of parliament, members on Sunday said that participants of the traditional Loya Jirga should have been provided with enough information on the proposed strategic agreement with the US ahead of holding the grand assembly.
KABUL (PAN): Seventeen people were sentenced from five to 20 years in jail on charges of drug trafficking, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) announced on Saturday.
KABUL (PAN): The number of Wolesi Jirga members, intending to take part in this month's Loya Jirga, has reached 171, but still others MPs stand firm on their previous decision of staying away from the event.
KABUL (PAN): The first post-Hajj flight carrying 237 Afghan pilgrims from Saudi Arabia touched down at the Kabul International Airport at 9am on Friday, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Pakistani revealed its real face to the international fraternity by refusing to lend its weight to the Afghan peace effort at the Istanbul Conference, an analyst said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): As many as 152 lawmakers have filled out forms for participation in the mid-November consultative Loya Jirga on the proposed US-Afghanistan strategic partnership agreement, but others say attending the event is a violation of a Wolesi Jirga decision.
