Tag Archives: Kabul

KABUL – Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed and Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood held talks with Afghan intelligence chief, national security adviser and acting foreign minister in Kabul in a bid to ease the growing tensions between the two countries, a local news outlet reported on …

KABUL – The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) announced Wednesday that from $4 billion Aid, that international community had funded in Afghan Energy Sector since 2002, the Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) accounts $183 million, BBC Persian reported Wednesday. In its report about Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the …

KABUL – Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) said Wednesday that 30 percent of the Mobile phone services have been suspended across Afghanistan because of the Taliban Threat. In most parts of the country, these telecommunications networks have stopped working after receiving warning messages from Taliban. According to ATRA, in most …

KABUL – Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah during an Exclusive interview with AFP called President Ghani’s 7-Point Peace Plan an “unrealistic wish list”. Abdullah Abdullah said: “To be honest, nobody has taken the so-called seven-points plan as a plan… it’s rather a Wish list.” AFP reported that Ghani’s proposal has been …

KABUL – Afghanistan promised on Monday to “seriously investigate” the incidents of harassment of Pakistani diplomats and staffers of the embassy in Kabul, Daily Times reported. Pakistan said on Sunday that its officers and staff of the embassy were being harassed in Kabul over the past two days and that …

KABUL – Pakistan embassy in Kabul said it was indefinitely closing its consular office in the Afghan capital due to security reasons, amid mounting tensions between the neighboring countries, the embassy said in a statement on Sunday. Closure of the visa section will come as a huge blow for many …

KABUL- Nineteen positive polio cases have so far been registered this year countrywide, with officials blaming the conflict and lack of awareness for the virus existence, Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) officials said on Thursday. The officials added that all cases were reported in the eastern and southern regions of …

WASHINGTON- The US on Thursday called for restraint as Afghans wait for election results, saying the delay was necessary to ensure a fair count. Alice Wells, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, said after her visit to Kabul that all major candidates had vowed to …

KABUL – The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) killed at least 100 Taliban militants and arrested 88 others during the operations in northern Baghlan province, military sources said Friday. As per statement, the Special Forces conducted the operations in Pul-e-Khumri and Dahan-e-Ghori districts of Baghlan province. “The Special Forces also …

KABUL – The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) confirmed Thursday that the Acting minister, Nargis Nehan, has resigned. According to a reliable source from the ministry, Ms. Nehan had resigned because of her personal problems. The source added that Afghan Presidential palace has assigned Enayatullah Momand, the deputy Minister …