KABUL (PAN): Hamid Karzai on Wednesday yet again failed to meet a deadline imposed by the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament, to introduce his remaining cabinet picks.
KABUL (PAN): Four groups of insurgents who planned to disrupt a three-day peace advisory jirga in Kabul were either killed or arrested, a senior official said on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): Foreign troops are needed in Afghanistan and there should be no talk of them withdrawing until Afghan security forces are capable of protecting the country, experts said Friday.
KABUL (PAN): Hundreds of university students protested in Kabul on Monday, demanding the government stop international groups from converting Muslims to Christianity and Judaism.
KABUL (PAN): Only the suicide attacker was killed in the bombing on the eastern outskirts of Kabul on Saturday, an official of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
KABUL (PAN): Lahor Gul has spent the past 18 months at a detention facility at Bagram Air Base, the largest US prison in Afghanistan. Now, his case is being heard by a US military panel which will determine if he should be released or held longer.
KABUL (PAN): Afghan soldiers have been sent to central Maidan Wardak province to stop the fighting between Hazara and Kuchi tribes, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): More than 200 people were killed last week in 140 security incidents across Afghanistan, a 14 percent drop from the week before, an official said on Sunday.
