| Pajhwok Afghan News

May 17, 2020 - 09:10

KABUL (Pajhwok): The German ambassador to Afghanistan has asked the Taliban to live up to their comment to shunning violence and battling terrorism in Afghanistan. Peter Prugel, commenting on Taliban’s statement regarding recent attacks tweeted on...

Ghani off to Germany for Munich Security Conference

Feb 13, 2020 - 09:47

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday morning left for Germany to attend the 56 th Munich Security Conference, his office said. Heading a high-level delegation, Ghani would meet leaders of some countries on the sidelines of the...

Green Central Asia initiative launched by Germany

Sheer Ahmad Usmani

Jan 29, 2020 - 15:09

KABUL (Pajhwok): Central Asian and Afghanistan are particularly affected by climate change, a challenge to regional security, says Germany. A ministerial conference in Berlin was looking at the impact of climate change on regional security in...

Germany provides 327m afs for Afghan extractive sector

Navid Ahmad Barakzai

Aug 26, 2019 - 18:01

KABUL (Pajhwok): Germany provided 327 million afghanis in assistance to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum as part of a good governance program in Afghanistan ’s extractive sector. A statement from German Corporation for International Cooperation...

NATO chief praises Germany’s role in Afghan mission

Parwez Karokhil

Jul 31, 2019 - 20:49

KABUL (Pajhwok): NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has hailed Germany’s role as part of NATO’s resolute support mission in Afghanistan where he said violence continued amid new possibilities for peace. Appearing at a joint presser with German...

Doha, Berlin to host intra-Afghan talks next week

Jul 02, 2019 - 09:48

KABUL (Pajhwok): Germany and Qatar will host the upcoming intra-Afghan dialogue on July 7 and 8, says the US special envoy for peace in Afghanistan . Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted on Tuesday the dialogue was an essential element of the peace...

Berlin affirms support for Afghan peace process

Jun 29, 2019 - 13:32

KABUL (Pajhwok): The German foreign minister says peace could be brought to Afghanistan only by the Afghan people. Heiko Maas and his visiting Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani met in Berlin on the ongoing peace process in the war-ravaged...

German envoy offers to facilitate intra-Afghan dialogue

Javied Hamim

May 16, 2019 - 17:59

KABUL (Pajhwok): Germany’s special envoy for Afghanistan during a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani has said his country would facilitate intra-Afghan dialogue for peace. A statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan News...

Germany ready to attend 3rd Kabul Process Conference: MoFA

Nizamuddin Hameedi

Mar 04, 2019 - 19:46

KABUL (Pajhwok): Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman has held a meeting with with the Special Representative of the Federal Government of Germany for Afghanistan and Pakistan , Ambassador Markus Potzel, a statement from the...

German mission in Afghanistan extended for a year

Feb 14, 2019 - 08:42

KABUL (Pajhwok): Amidst US plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan , the Angelina Merkel administration has decided to extend German military mission in Afghanistan for another year. The cabinet’s decision came a day after an internal strategy...

Germany pledges over 20b afghanis in aid to Afghanistan

Naheed Bashardost

Sep 27, 2018 - 19:57

KABUL (Pajhwok): Germany has pledged 20 billion afghanis in aid to Afghanistan to help the country strengthen good governance, stabilize economy and develop infrastructures. Officials said 9.1 billion afghanis of the German assistance would be spent...

17 more Afghan deportees arrive in Kabul from Germany

Sep 12, 2018 - 12:46

KABUL (Pajhwok): Seventeen Afghan citizens on Wednesday arrived in Kabul after being deported from Germany, an official said. Hafiz Ahmad Miakhel, spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR), told Pajhwok Afghan News the deportees...

Afghan awarded 7 years in jail for stabbing girlfriend

Sep 08, 2018 - 09:32

KABUL (Pajhwok): An Afghan asylum seeker has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a court in the German city of Darmstadt for a stabbing his 17-year-old girlfriend. The Afghan was found guilty on Friday of seriously injuring his ex-girlfriend...

Young Afghan citizen arrives back in Germany

Aug 13, 2018 - 11:24

KABUL (Pajhwok): A 20-year-old Afghan citizen, who was wrongfully deported last month, has arrived back in Germany. Nasibullah was sent back to Afghanistan along with 68 others, Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) acknowledged...

Deported wrongly, Afghan may return to Germany

Jul 19, 2018 - 08:36

KABUL (Pajhwok): A 20-year-old Afghan citizen, who was wrongly deported earlier in the month, may find his way back to Germany. Nasibullah was erroneously sent back to Afghanistan along with 68 others, Germany's Federal Office for Migration and...

Germany to resume deportation flights to Afghanistan

Jun 07, 2018 - 11:59

KABUL (Pajhwok): The administration of Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to resume deportation flights to Afghanistan as soon as next week, German media reported on Thursday. Failed asylum-seekers from Afghanistan could be sent back to their country...

Atmar seeks continued German cooperation with Afghanistan

Mar 22, 2018 - 11:24

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Security Advisor (NSA) Mohammad Hanif Atmar during meetings with German officials has stated that Afghan government was implementing peace and war strategy simultaneously, an official said on Thursday. Qader Shah, spokesman...

Atmar off to Germany for talks on expanded cooperation

Mar 20, 2018 - 10:06

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Security Advisor (NSA) Mohammad Hanif Atmar on Tuesday left Kabul for Germany for an official visit, his office said. Atmar would meet high-ranking defense officials, parliament members and visit some academic institutions...

Amidst protest, 14 Afghans deported from Germany