Iran accused of assisting Afghan Taliban
Danish Karokhel - Jan 28, 2010 - 13:46LONDON (PAN): A senior British official has said Iran was actively involved in deteriorating security scenario in Afghanistan, a country devastated by decades of strife.

Neighbours asked to back Afghan govt
Mohammad Nauman Dost - Sep 29, 2009 - 10:37KABUL (PAN): Canada has urged Afghanistan's neighbours to help the conflict-devastated country restore peace and security and supplement international efforts at bringing prosperity and stability to the war-weary nation.

Durand Line not a legitimate border: Zoori
Muhammad Jawad Sharifzada - Aug 3, 2009 - 20:41KABUL (PAN): Presidential candidate Abdul Ghafoor Zoori says he does not recognise the Durand Line and, if elected to the top office, he will resolve the issue by seeking the intervention of the international community.

Arsala opposes federal system in country
Zubair Babakarkhail - Jul 12, 2009 - 18:59KABUL (PAN): Presidential candidate Hidayat Amin Arsala has opposed the introduction of federal system in the country and said it would not create even a single complete institution.

Extra NATO troops due for poll security
Javed Hamim & Nauman Dost - Jun 24, 2009 - 09:31KABUL (PAN): The outgoing spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force has said a dozen member nations have pledged to deploy additional troops to Afghanistan to help maintain security for the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections.

Turkish PRT a template for other teams: Yavuzcan
Hakim Basharat - Jun 17, 2009 - 09:39MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN): Cuneyt Yavuzcan, head of the Turkish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Maidan Wardak, says their success in the central province essentially stems from sustained concentration on facilitating civilians.

'No talks till eviction of foreign troops'
Janullah Hashimzada - Apr 11, 2009 - 12:57TORKHAM (PAN): Taliban Saturday denied having any contacts with Afghan government or foreign forces.

Laghman IDPs await emergency aid
Najibullah Inqilabi - Mar 23, 2009 - 13:15LAGHMAN (PAN): Residents of Garoch village in eastern Laghman province, who fled their homes as a result of several US forces air raids, are in dire need of shelters, fuel and drinking water in their makeshift arrangements near the capital city of Mehtarlam.

Militants use civilians as human shield: Blanchette
Pajhwok Team - Feb 16, 2009 - 10:55KABUL (PAN): Brigadier-General Richard Blanchette, ISAF spokesperson in Afghanistan has said that Militants used civilians as human shield that was why despite great caution sometimes civilians were being killed during operations.

Coordination to help reduce civilian deaths: ISAF
Najib Khelwatgar - Sep 13, 2008 - 15:03KABUL (PAN): NATO does not want jihadi groups to take part in the drive against terrorism in the war-battered Central Asian country to avoid a lack of coordination and chaotic situations on the battlefield.

Power sharing with Taliban would be detrimental: British envoy
Borhan Younus - Jul 23, 2008 - 20:41Supporting reconciliation with the Taliban militants in Afghanistan individually, not as a faction the British ambassador to Kabul Sir Sherard Cowper Coles said on Wednesday said any power sharing with the militia would prove detrimental to the country.

Taliban vying to use Ghazni as a frontline: Osmani
Sher Ahmad Haider - Jun 24, 2008 - 09:31GHAZNI CITY (PAN): Governor of the southern Ghazni province says Taliban fighters from the whole south and southeast are trying to use the province as a frontline to capture Kabul.

246 projects completed in Kapisa, Parwan provinces
Abid Jan Razarwal& Zubair Babakarkhel - May 25, 2008 - 18:12BAGRAM AIRBASE (PAN): With a mission to extend the reach and legitimacy of the government of Afghanistan, the Parwan/Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) has so far completed 246 reconstruction projects in the two central provinces.