KABUL (PAN): The National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (NIFA) on Saturday called for an intra-Afghan dialogue involving all groups to achieve national reconciliation and end the 11-year war in the country.
KABUL (PAN): The new solar year, beginning on March 21, would bring Afghans economic prosperity and see many of their problems resolved, the Afghanistan Astronomy Institute head predicted on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Opposition parties have not yet taken any decision on entering peace negotiations with insurgents, a politician said on Tuesday, dispelling the impression that talks were underway betw
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan on Friday joined the international community in strongly condemning North Korea's recent nuclear test, calling the reported February 12 action in violation of UN's resolutions.
KABUL (PAN): A schoolteacher was shot to death by unidentified gunmen in the Seydabad district of central Maidan Wardak province on Wednesday, an official said.
KABUL (PAN): Afghan and ISAF military leaders on Sunday constituted a 14-member delegation to investigate claims of US special forces’ involvement in torturing and killing civilians in central Maidan Wardak province.
KABUL (PAN): Pardoned by President Karzai in 2009, former Taliban leader Syed Akbar Agha has opposed Pakistan’s role in Afghan peace talks because the Taliban were blamed for having Islamabad's patronage.
KABUL (PAN): A journalist was shot dead in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal region of Waziristan on Wednesday afternoon, his former colleague said.
KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan’s embassy in Islamabad on Wednesday said the Kabul government had not yet confirmed the man Afghan forces had arrested in eastern Nangarhar province was Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, pending to an investigation.
KABUL (PAN): Former captain Nawroz Mangal and Shahpur Zadran would not be able to play against Scotland in the ICC Intercontinental Cup, an official said on Tuesday.
