KABUL (PAN): Nine individuals were sentenced up to 20 years in jail on charges of trafficking drugs, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) announced on Saturday.
BRUSSELS (PAN): NATO foreign ministers, at a two-day meeting that began in Belgium on Thursday, vowed to continue supporting Afghanistan beyond 2014, when all foreign are scheduled to leave the war-hit country.
KABUL (PAN): Up to 60 people were killed and more than 160 others wounded when a suicide bomber hit Shiite mourners at a shrine in the capital on Tuesday, officials said
KABUL (PAN): A group of people, some carrying guns, on Monday tried to storm a private television channel's office in Kabul, officials and witnesses said.
KABUL (PAN): A campaign for removing security barriers from roads and around offices would launched on Thursday in Kabul and other major cities to ensure a smooth flow of traffic, an official said on Monday.
KABUL (PAN): The governor of Badakhshan on Monday said they were ready to shoulder the security responsibility if additional forces were deployed to the northern province.
KABUL (PAN):The second phase of security transition from international troops to Afghan forces started in the central province of Parwan on Thursday, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): With insurgent attacks falling, improvement has been noticed in the security situation over the past three months, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Wednesday.
KABUL CITY (PAN): The second phase of security transition from international troops to Afghan forces would be launched in at least one province on Thursday, a Ministry of Defence official
KABUL (PAN): Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) officials on Tuesday said forced eradication of poppies was prompting support to the Taliban among growers.
