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15 years a long time for US to decide regarding Pakistans lies: Karzai The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed his opposition to the new US strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia as he expressed doubts regarding the latest stance Washington has adopted against Pakistan.
Speaking to Foreign Policy in his office in Kabul, Karzai said the new US strategy has... |
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Suicide Bomber Targeted Foreign Troops Convoy In Kabul City Security officials said that the explosion happened in Afshar area in Kabuls PD5 on Sunday morning.
A suicide car bomber targeted a Danish troops convoy in Kabuls PD5 on Sunday morning wounding at least five civilians, security officials confirmed.
The Afghanistan National Police Academy and other... |
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US Mission to Reconstruct Afghan Security Forces Failed: American Watchdog Pentagon has failed to reconstruct Afghan national defense and security forces 16 years after the US attacked the Asian country allegedly to eradicated terrorism there, an American watchdog reported.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) issued a critical report... |
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Rehab Center To Be Built At Kabul Military Hospital A major rehabilitation center to treat wounded military and civilian patients will be built at Kabul Military Hospital - also know as Mohammad Daud 400-bed Hospital - the NATO Resolute Support mission said in a press release.
The $54 million USD facility is designed to treat 100 patients and offer a... |
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Man Throws Shoe At Hekmatyar In Herat Mosque+Video A man threw his shoe at Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar when he was giving speech at the Great Mosque of Herat on Friday, eyewitnesses said.
Hekmatyar signed a peace deal with the Afghan government last year and returned to the country in April - after a two decades.
Eyewitnesses said at first... |
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Regional Ties More Important Than US Relations: Spanta The former national security advisor said friendly relations with the region was more important than strategic cooperation with the US. Former national security advisor Rangeen Dadfar Spanta on Thursday said that friendly relations between Afghanistan and neighboring and regional countries was more important... |
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Afghan ambassador meets Pak army chief amid new political developments The Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Dr. Omar Zakhil has met with Pakistans Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss of mutual interest, a meeting which was organized after recent political developments in the region.
"Today, met with Pakistans COAS Gen Bajwa for detailed discussion... |
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Political and military victory is within our side, Ghani tells Trump The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with the US President Donald Trump earlier this evening, Afghanistan Time, in Washington as he thanked his counterpart for latest commitments and pledging the Afghan governments commitment to ensure proper utilization of the resources for the development... |
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Khalili Says Platform Established For National Peace Senior officials from government, former jihadi leaders and High Peace Council (HPC) officials attended a conference in Kabul on Thursday to mark the International Day of Peace and said peace in Afghanistan was critical.
According to HPC chairman Mohammad Karim Khalili, peace was a national requirement... |
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CIA honors officer who had saved Hamid Karzais life The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has honored one of its veteran officers who had once saved the life of the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
The officer who has now retired after serving for almost thirty years has been identified as Greg Vogle.
According to the reports, Vogle... |
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Taliban and their backers cannot win militarily, Ghani says The Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said the Taliban and their backers cannot win militarily as he called on the group to engage in intra-Afghan talks to end the violence.
Speaking during the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, President Ghani welcomed the announcement of the new... |
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Hekmatyar Calls For End To War and Transparent Elections Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Tuesday told a gathering in western Herat province that people must not support insurgent groups.
Hekmatyar was in Herat on Tuesday to drum up political support for Hizb-e-Islami.
He said groups that want war in the country have no place among the... |
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First batch of Black Hawks for Afghan Air Force arrive in Kandahar The first batch of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters for the Afghan Air Force arrived in southern Kandahar province on Monday.
The NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan informed regarding the arrival of the first Black Hawks late on Monday.
In a short statement posted online, the alliance... |
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Abbasi admits German embassy bombers in Kabul travelled from Pakistan The Pakistani Prime Minister in an unprecedented statement has confessed that the bombers who blew up a tanker near the German embassy in Kabul late in May, had likely travelled from Pakistan.
PM Abbasi made the remarks during an interview with a UK-based newspaper, The Financial Times.
He said at... |
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NATO To Decide In A Month On Its Troop Levels NATO has said it will take another month to respond to Washingtons demands for alliance allies to send more troops to Afghanistan, AFP reported.
During a meeting of the NATO Military Committee in Tirana in Albania on Saturday, defense chiefs from 29 member nations recognized the need to send in more... |
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Ghani off to US to attend UN General Assembly and meet President Trump President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left for the United States on an official visit to participate in the UN General Assembly and meet his US counterpart President Donald Trump.
The Office of the President, ARG Palace, confirmed that President Ghani has left for New York city after concluding his visit... |
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Explosion in Khost city mobile phone market leaves several dead, wounded Around eighteen people were killed or wounded after an explosion ripped through a mobile phone market in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan.
According to the local officials, the incident took place around noon time in the provincial Khost city.
Provincial police chief Faizullah Ghairat confirmed... |
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Torkham reopens between Afghanistan and Pakistan after Friday incident The main gate between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopened late on Saturday after an incident resulted to its closure on Friday.
The local officials in eastern Nangarhar province however are saying that issues still remain in the area close to the gate since hundreds of people and trucks were stranded... |
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Ghani to Discuss War on Terror, Peace and Security at UNGA The Presidential Palace (ARG) on Sunday said that war on terrorism and threats emerging from terror hideouts and safe havens will be key points in President Ashraf Ghanis address to the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York which is set to begin on Tuesday.
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Noor demands Dostums return and end to monopoly of power The provincial governor of northern Balkh province and chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata Mohammad Noor demanded the removal barriers preventing the return of Abdul Rashid Dostum to the country.
Noor made the remarks during a gathering organized in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of... |
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AAF To Take Delivery Next Week Of Six Black Hawks The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said six Black Hawk helicopters will be handed over to the Afghan Air Force (AAF) by next week.
The Black Hawks will eventually replace the Russian Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters currently in use by the AAF.
A few months ago, the United States announced... |
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MPs To Summon IEC Officials Over Ongoing Problems Members of the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) on Saturday raised concerns over a range of issues including the existence of corruption in the IEC, the contract issue around the purchase of electronic equipment for the IEC and the inactivity of IEC officials.
The concerns also come days... |
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McMaster And Atmar Discuss US Strategy In Video Conference The Afghan National Security Advisor Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Thursday spoke with his US counterpart H.R. McMaster in a video conference and discussed the USs new strategy for Afghanistan, the National Security Council said in a statement issued on Saturday.
According to the statement, they went through... |
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Massoud slams Ghani for lack of will to eliminate terrorism, bring reforms The former presidential advisor for good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud slammed President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani for the lack of will to eliminate terrorism and implement reforms.
Speaking during a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif to mark the week of martyrs, Massoud claimed the government has no will to bring... |
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US considering dropping Pakistan as an ally over terror sanctuaries Washington is considering dropping Pakistan as an ally amid growing pressures regarding the terror sanctuaries that remain intact despite repeated calls to take actions, it has been reported.
Sources privy of the development have told the UK-based The Financial Times that Washington is examining tougher... |
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Abdullah says formation of political coalitions a legitimate move The chief executive of the government of national unity Abdullah Abdullah says the formation of the political coalitions is a legitimate move.
Abdullah endorsed the move for the formation of a new political coalition, coalition for salvation of Afghanistan, as he was addressing a gathering in Mazar-e-Sharif... |
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Ghani to meet Trump on Thursday Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to meet with his US. counterpart Donald Trump on coming Thursday.
The scheduled meeting was announced by U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster during a press conference at the White House on Friday.
"On Thursday, the President (Trump) will meet with... |
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US drone attack kills 3 in Pakistans tribal region A US drone strike has killed three people in the tribal area of Pakistan near the Afghanistan border.
"Two missiles were dropped on the home of Maulvi Mohib and three people have been killed," said Baseer Khan Wazir on Friday. Wazir is the political agent and the most senior administrator in the Kurram... |
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Ghani Says Taliban Will Never Win The War In an address to military forces in Paktia province on Friday, President Ashraf Ghani said the world has heard Afghanistans voice on counterterrorism efforts and that "the Taliban must know they cannot win the war".
"You (enemies) should know that Afghanistans strategic situation has changed and you... |
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Defense Ministry To Form Militia To Secure Volatile Areas The Ministry of Defense has a plan on hand to mobilize the public forces otherwise known as ‘militia to maintain security in areas cleared of insurgents by the Afghan National Army, an official from the ministry said.
"People will be recruited from their areas, because they know their region... |
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