KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday appointed senior career diplomat Ershad Ahmadi as deputy minister of foreign affairs for political affairs, replacing Jawed Ludin.
BRUSSELS (PAN): Defence Ministers from 50 nations contributing to the ISAF and representatives of the European Union and the United Nations are holding an important meeting at NATO headquarters to discuss the long-term international commitment to Afghanistan. General Joseph Dunford, who took over as ISAF commander on February 10, will brief participants on the overall security environment.
BRUSSELS (PAN): The NATO chief on Thursday called for allies to undo defence spending cutbacks to keep the western alliance strong enough to deal with present and future challenges.
BRUSSELS (PAN): With the current situation in Afghanistan on its omnibus agenda, a two-day meeting of NATO defence ministers began in this Belgian capital on Thursday.
BRUSSELS (PAN): The NATO secretary-general on Wednesday billed the alliance’s ongoing mission in Afghanistan as a success, ruling out a security vacuum in the country after the withdrawal of foreign troops.
