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.
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.
KABUL (PAN): The United States has demanded nine permanent military bases in Afghanistan, something that has long fuelled concerns among regional countries, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday.
KABUL (PAN): An Indonesian court on Tuesday convicted a man of Afghan origin on the charge of human smuggling and sentenced him to six years in prison, a media report said.
KABUL (PAN): Maintaining their winning spree, Afghanistan under-19 thrashed Hong Kong in the ACC Under-19 Elite Cup in Malaysia on Tuesday, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Political parties on Monday strongly condemned a second attack in less than a week by Pakistani forces on Afghan counterparts in eastern Nangarhar province.
KABUL (PAN): The All Afghanistan Federation of Trade Unions (AAFTU) president on Wednesday said joblessness was increasing with each passing day but the government was doing nothing for provide work opportunities for the people.
KABUL (PAN): Afghan cueists Saleh Mohammad Saleh and Muhammad Rais Senzai have advanced in the Jubilee Insurance 29th Asian Snooker Championship being played in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, an official said on Tuesday.
