WASHINGTON (PAN): A visiting group of young Afghan musicians has completed its Washington-leg of the US tour, making a historic enthralling performance at a jam-packed prestigious Kennedy Center, besides entertaining audience at the Capitol Hill and the World Bank since arriving here on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): New US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said he preferred a peaceful resolution to the 11-year-old Afghan conflict, but his country would not hesitate to use "extreme measures" to protect the Americans.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Endorsing the joint statement issued by leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Britain at the just concluded Chequers summit, the United States on Monday called on the Taliban to take steps necessary to opening their much-talked representative office in Doha.
WASHINGTON:(PAN): Ruling out a zero option, the top Pentagon leadership on Sunday said that the US would have a “modest” presence in Afghanistan after 2014, the exact numbers of which they are stil
WASHINGTON (PAN): Capping nearly three decades of public life, John Kerry was sworn in as US Secretary of State on Friday replacing charismatic Hillary Clinton as the country’s top diplomat.
WASHINGTON (PAN): US troops staying beyond 2014 in Afghanistan would have two major roles to play -- countering terrorism and training Afghan forces, the Defense Secretary nominee, Chuck Hagel, told lawmakers on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Breaking new ground, Afghanistan’s only music academy begins its historic tour of the United States this week, with concerts plannned at ancient Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The US Defense Secretary nominee ,Chuck Hagel, on Wednesday said he agreed with President Barack Obama that an Afghan-led reconciliation process was the “surest way” to end violence in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON (PAN): The Pentagon on Tuesday welcomed the Pakistan Army’s offer to train Afghan security forces, saying the US had been encouraging this kind of cooperation between the two for a long time.
WASHINGTON (PAN): Afghanistan has jumped 22 places to reach 128th rank in the latest World Press Freedom Index released by the Paris-based media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, on Tuesday.
