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    Culture

    Karzai praises poets

    KABUL (PAN): A number of poets from across the country on Tuesday attended a spring poetic session at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.



    Governance

    Karzai, French minister discuss troop pullout

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Monday directed the ministries of defence and interior to extend all possible assistance to France in the troop withdrawal process from central Kapisa province.



    Governance

    Karzai prioritises anti-corruption drive

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai on Sunday said his administration would remain focused on ensuring good governance and combating corruption over the next two years.



    Security and Crime

    Top Al-Qaeda leader killed in airstrike: ISAF

    KABUL (PAN): A high-ranking Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan was killed by Afghan and coalition security forces during an operation over the weekend in Watahpur district in Kunar province, said the alliance.



    Security and Crime

    Ali denies receiving money to derail Afghan-US pact

    KABUL (PAN): Hazrat Ali, a powerful lawmaker from eastern Nangarhar province, on Saturday vehemently rejected claims that Iran had given him money to be distributed to his colleagues to block the approval of a US-Afghan strategic deal in parliament.



    Security and Crime

    ISAF soldier killed in latest green-on-blue attack

    KABUL (PAN): A US-led coalition soldier was shot dead by a man in the Afghan National Army (ANA) uniform in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, officials said. The attacker was killed in return fire from coalition troops.



    Governance

    Strategic accord a major success: John Kerry

    KABUL (PAN): US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, who met President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Place in Kabul, on Saturday said making the proposed strategic agreement r



    Governance

    Karzai, Finland’s speaker discuss bilateral ties

    KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai and Finland’s parliament speaker on Saturday discussed bilateral cooperation in Afghan’s civil services, mines development and education.



    Governance

    Anti-Taliban forces deceived in 2001: Massoud

    KABUL (PAN): Afghanistan National Front chairman Ahmad Zia Massoud on Friday alleged jihadi leaders and forces who resisted the Taliban in Afghanistan had been deceived at the first Bonn conference



    Governance

    HIA satisfied with new round of peace parleys

    KABUL (PAN): The Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HAI), which resumed peace negotiations with government this week, on Monday expressed its satisfaction over a meeting with President Hamid Karzai.