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    Aid is no charity, but investment in peace: Kabul

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 20, 2012 - 19:01

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday said international assistance “is not charity for Afghanistan, but a necessary investment in lasting peace in the entire region.”

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    Security and Crime

    4,400 rebels joined IRP since 2009: ISAF

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 16, 2012 - 20:22

    KABUL (PAN): An official of NATO-led international soldiers in Afghanistan on Wednesday said that 4,400 insurgents had so far joined the reintegration programme since its launch in 2009.

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    Security and Crime

    Rahmani laid to rest amid calls for killers’ arrest

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 14, 2012 - 20:46

    KABUL (PAN): The Senate chairman and High Peace Council members asked the government to use all its resources to arrest the killers of Maulvi Arsalan Rahmani, a prominent peace negotiator who was b

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    Governance

    Central Asian FMs to attend June 3 meeting in Kabul

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 12, 2012 - 20:13

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday said Kabul would  host an international conference on June 3, hoping the event would serve as an important opportunity to strengthen relations with other nations.

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    Governance

    Tehran summons Afghan diplomat over US deal

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 10, 2012 - 18:10

    KABUL (PAN): The foreign ministry in Tehran on Thursday summoned Afghanistan’s charge d’affaires and lodged a protest with him over anti-Iran propaganda by some Afghan media outlets.

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    Security and Crime

    Iranian diplomat grilled on controversial remarks

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 9, 2012 - 16:00

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday grilled Iran’s first consular over the recent remarks made by Iran’s ambassador to Kabul on the US-Afghan strategic partnership agreement.  

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    Governance

    Senators spurn Iran’s request on strategic pact

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 7, 2012 - 18:05

    KABUL (PAN): Parliamentarians on Monday denounced as interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs a request from the Iranian ambassador to the upper house to reject a recently-signed strategic pa

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    Security and Crime

    Iranian news agency reporter held on spying charges

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 6, 2012 - 20:15

    KABUL (PAN): An Afghan  journalist with the state-run Iranian news agency was detained has been detained by intelligence operatives on the charge of spying for the neighbouring country, an official said on Sunday.

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    Governance

    Kabul assuages Tehran’s concerns over US deal

    by Mir Agha SamimionMay 6, 2012 - 17:15

    KABUL (PAN):  Allaying Iran’s concerns over the US-Afghanistan strategic partnership agreement, the foreign ministry in Kabul said on Sunday Afghan territory would not be used against other countries.

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    Governance

    Karzai expects tough talks on security accord

    by Zarghona Salehi & Mir Agha SamimionMay 3, 2012 - 17:13

    KABUL (PAN): The strategic cooperation  pact with the United States was in Afghanistan’s interest and a bilateral security agreement would be signed next year if the country’s core concerns were addressed, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday.

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