Tag Archives: Afghan News

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday spoke over the telephone and discussed peace process, presidential palace said in a statement. Gen. Bajwa congratulated Ashraf Ghani on his re-election and for the formation of an inclusive team for the intra-Afghan dialogue, the …

KABUL – Exchange of prisoners between the Afghan officials and Taliban has been postponed for the third time, local media said in a report. “Taliban prisoners release process planned for Thursday has been postponed and the course may kick off on Saturday,” TOLO News said in a report on Thursday. The report …

KABUL – The US State Department strongly reacted to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s move regarding the dismemberment of the Ministry of Finance as the US Institute of Peace (USIP) had earlier warned that the move would harm the country’s development and jeopardize the sustainability of peace if an agreement is …

Afghanistan is in a snowballing trouble. Covid-19 that has challenged the whole world is now ready to challenge Afghanistan. However, the people of Afghanistan are in a state of denial and not ready to accept that it is going to be disastrous for us or may be we are just …

KABUL – Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu, in a ceremony on Thursday, handed over the first batch of China-aided medical supplies to Afghanistan and said China stands together with Afghan people to fight the novel coronavirus. “On behalf of Chinese government, I’m handing over the much-needed medical assistance to …

KABUL – Former president Hamid Karzai and Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf in a meeting with Dr Abdullah Abdullah proposed him the leadership of High Council of Reconciliation, but Abdullah apparently denied the leadership, sources disclosed. Former president Hamid Karzai and Ustad Sayyaf, a Jihadi leader met again with Abdullah, pushing …

KABUL – Taliban, on Wednesday, said that they were ready to declare a cease-fire in areas of Afghanistan under their control if the areas are hit by coronavirus outbreak. The announcement follows a UN Security Council statement Tuesday urging Afghanistan’s warring parties to heed the UN secretary-general’s call for an …

KABUL – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, in a press conference on Wednesday, stressed that there is a need for Afghan unity and a united approach to start the peace talks with the Taliban. “Of course we are aware of the political crisis in Kabul and of course we urge the …

KABUL – The spokeperson’s office of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement on Wednesday, welcomed the formation of negotiation team by Afghan leadership. The statement said that the formation of negotiation team can pave the way for the commencement of intra-Afghan talks. “The US-Taliban peace talks have provided …

KABUL – The National Security Council (NSC) of Afghanistan in a tweet said that a technical committee of the Peace Initial Contact Group (PICG) hosted a Taliban technical delegation in Kabul yesterday to “hold in-person discussion on matters related to prisoners release.” “The PICG technical committee and the Taliban delegation …