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In a consultation meeting which was held by Afghan Research Center on reviewing the challenges of Durand Line, the outgoing President, Hamid Karzai said that Pakistan with its aggressive efforts would never achieve its goals in Afghanistan. The former Afghan president Hamid Karzai declared that recognizing the Durand Line as …

Afghanistan first lady, Rolla Ghani says that if Afghan residents do not mobilized and combat against this deadly phenomenon, we will lose a large number of our youths. Rolla Ghani voiced concern over counter narcotics in the country, saying the number of addicts become more by each day passing in …

A number of Afghan senators in Afghan Senate called for the announcement of Parliamentary election date. The Senators criticized the proposals of Election Reforms Commission (ERC), saying this process is extremely time-consuming and postpones the parliamentary elections. “The concerning issue is the date of holding Parliamentary election. The reforms process …

Officials in Ministry of Interior Affairs urged that we are waiting for the President decree on issuing the National Electronic Identification Cards. Minister of Interior Affairs NoorulHaq Ulomi said,” despite of all the preparations and existence of approved laws yet the President to order on beginning of the National processing …

Afghan officials confirmed that an improvised explosive device (IEDs) replaced in a police container explodes in capital, Kabul. Security officials say that the incident took place in Kabul’s 5th security headquarters near the Qamber square at around 7:30 PM late Monday night. Preliminary reports suggesting there were no casualties following …

With continued commitment to the country’s health sector, the Bayat Foundation (BF) has reconstructed the Gynecology maternity unit of the Malalay Hospital and also donated advanced equipments to the hospital. The chairman of Bayat Foundation, Engineer Ehsanullah Bayat says that the Bayat Foundation has assisted advanced equipments due to a …

The Afghanistan monitoring and observation institutions are said to consider the Election Reforms Commission (ERC)’s seven proposals are effective for holding the upcoming elections but the transparency of the elections would not be guaranteed. The members of these institutions noted that of the ten proposals, three of them were sent …

Pakistan’s army chief of staff claims that Pakistan has always acted honestly against Afghanistan and brining peace and stability to the country. Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif, noted that Afghanistan’s enemy is also Pakistan’s enemy; citing the security situation of Afghanistan is alarming. “We have always …

United Nations special envoy is said to consider the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) summit effective, adding unlike previous summits, the senior officials have discussed more on Afghanistan demands and needs. Nicholas Haysem, UN special representative for Afghanistan has also considered the SOM summit essential for Afghanistan. Haysem noted that the …

 A number of civil society activists have stated that Afghan officials have failed to convince the International community members and representatives who had attended the Senior Officials Meeting SOM,warning if the Government doesn’t adopt serious measurements in order to fulfill its commitments given for the International donors ,they will decrease …

No clue has been given on the assassination of the legendary military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud during the last 14 years. The Massoud Foundation established in 2003 accuses the government for negligence to investigate the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud, who was assassinated at the instigation of al-Qaeda, in a …

Afghan Parliament members resumed their first session on Monday after their summer breaks and discussed security issues in the country. The Speaker of the House of Representatives says the International Community and specially those countries who have committed to support Afghan security forces to bring security and stability in Afghanistan …

For the fifth time in almost a week, at least 30 schoolgirls and female teachers have been poisoned in the western Herat province of Afghanistan today. Nearly 300 schoolgirls, including teachers have been poisoned allegedly by some type of gas during the last couple of days in Herat. At least …

Reaction of the representatives of the nations that have been engaged in Afghanistan’s rebuilding and came together in the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Saturday in Kabul was disappointing. Kabul hosted the sixth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA) and Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) Summits on Tuesday, Friday and …

President Ashraf Ghani has approved the recommended package of the Electoral Reforms Commission, Shah Sultan Akefi head of the Commission said on Sunday. “The recommendation of the commission was approved in the cabinet session and the President may issue a decree soon to implement the recommendations,” Akefi emphasized. Akefi emphasis …

Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industries called industry as the main factor for the economical progress of Afghanistan. Hamayoun Rassa, Minister of Commerce and Industries who was speaking at a conference to support Afghanistan’s industries said Afghanistan’s industry faces difficult challenges and we will take the required solutions in the …

Afghan refugees repatriated back to Afghanistan complain about Pakistani police harassment and abuse. Kabul – Islamabad political relations do affect Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Both Afghan and Pakistani governments should register nearly one million unregistered Afghans in Pakistan and extend their stay by 2017, but the relations between Kabul and …

Fighting between the two rival militant groups in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan left at least five Taliban fighters dead and three others injured. The clashes occurred between the supporters of the Taliban new supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour and a senior Taliban military commander Mullah Mansour Dadullah who has …

  Holding of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA-VI) has approved that Afghanistan hasn’t been fallen from the attention of the International community. A number of the political experts have insisted that holding of such regional summit has added up to the value of the Afghanistan for international …

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has promised to the International community donors to hold the most transparent Elections up to 2019 to be an example within the region. He has also insisted on his commitments on ensuring peace, strengthening of Afghanistan’s independency, Human rights, and be as transparent on spending money …