KABUL (PAN): The Spanish government on Tuesday granted $26 million to the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and the United Nations for the uplift of northwestern Badghis province, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday announced talks on a strategic cooperation agreement with Pakistan had been suspended, as relations between the neighbours hit a new low.
KABUL (PAN): Following protests over economic difficulties and unemployment, representatives of the special people on Saturday met President Hamid Karzai and urged him to resolve their problems.
KABUL (PAN): The Afghan government is close to finalising a strategic cooperation agreement with Turkey, the Presidential Palace announced on Wednesday.
Visiting Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz discussed with Karzai the proposed agreement and other issues of mutual interest.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai called Monday a good day when the US military finally ceded full control of the Bagram detention facility to his administration -- removing a major irritant in relations between the two countries.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday rejected NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s remarks and said the alliance’s war on terror inside Afghanistan was meaningless.
KABUL (PAN): The Bakhtaria treasure of Afghanistan, one of the five largest international historical marvels, has reached Melbourne after seven years of travel, an official said.
