AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amidst Kabul’s struggles to bring the Taliban to the table of negotiations and establish joint efforts with Islamabad in war on terror, Pakistani Prime Minister’s Advisor on National and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, said Sunday that the Afghan government and the Taliban have formed committees for talks, …
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KABUL: During the widely-reported peace talks, the Afghan government would offer Taliban with a 30 per cent share in the cabinet and in three provinces, Pakistani media reports on Sunday. The Express newspaper report said that the discussions over peace talks were underway between Afghan government and the Taliban and …
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KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday said that ties between Afghanistan and Turkey were moving ahead with tandem, which would help the peace drive more successful. Speaking at a ceremony marking 94th year of Kabul- Ankara friendship, Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai said both the countries …
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KABUL: After a 30-hour closure due to heavy snowfall, the vital Salang Highway has been reopened to traffic, officials in central Parwan province said on Sunday. Lt. Gen. Mohammad Rajab, the highway maintenance head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the highway was reopened after hectic efforts at around 5:00 pm. Snowfall, …
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Eight members of a single family have died due to the collapse of the roof of a room in their house in eastern Nangarhar province. Officials say that the incident took place in Wali Sar area of Shirzad District last night. Malim Mashoq, Governor of Shirzad District says that the …
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Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing Afghan Air Force pilot in nation’s history, on Friday was presented with the prestigious International Women of Courage award for the year 2015. Rahmani along with nine others from various parts of the world, including Tabassum Adnan, founder, Khwendo Jirga from Swat, received …
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There are immense problems the government has to deal with. For many there would be zero chance of improvement in the situation on ground. However, there is a ray of hope that the nation should gaze at to move forward with zeal and enthusiasm. Decision of the chief executive officer …
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AT-KABUL: The ex-President Hamid Karzai urged the people of Afghanistan to support the government of national unity. Talking to a gathering, organized on the occasion of the 20th death anniversary of the founder of Wahdat-e-Mili party Abdul Ali Mazari, Hamid Karzai on Friday said that floods and avalanches killed hundreds …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The civil society activist voiced concerns over presence of foreign advisors in electoral bodies. Afghanistan’s Civil Society Network (ACSN), Jandad Spinghar, said that presence of the foreign advisors in electoral bodies could pave the ground for fraud and ragging in the future elections. Spinghar in an interview …
Read More »AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited Afghanistan’s chief executive officer Abdullah Abdullah to pay an official visit to Islamabad. The CEO office said in a statement the other day that Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul, Syed Abrar Hussain, extended the invitation to Abdullah at his office in …
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