Afghan president to attend Davos meeting...
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left here on Wednesday for Switzerland to participate the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting there, the Afghan Presidential Palace said. "President Moham
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Afghan president to attend Davos meeting...
Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left here on Wednesday for Switzerland to participate the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting there, the Afghan Presidential Palace said. "President Moham
Over 21,000 Afghan refugees return home ...
KABUL, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Over 21,000 Afghan refugees have returned or been deported from neighboring Pakistan and Iran since January this year, the UN's migration agency International Organization
Police arrest local Taliban leader in Af...
KABUL, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan National Police have arrested a key local Taliban leader in the country's western province of Herat, Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs said Friday. "An overnig
Significant progress in U.S.- Taliban ta...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Afghan Taliban made significant progress on vital issues after six days' consultations in Qatar, U.S. Special Representative for Afghan Reconcili
Afghan analysts warn U.S. troops withdra...
The U.S. talks with the Taliban to find negotiated settlement for the Afghan crisis and end the country's costly and prolonged war entered the sixth day on Saturday and the crucial dialogue may cont
Significant progress in U.S.- Taliban ta...
The United States and Afghan Taliban made significant progress on vital issues after six days' consultations in Qatar, U.S. Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said Sat
1st LD Writethru: Afghan army frees 38 f...
KABUL, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan army waged an operation and freed 38 people from a Taliban prison in eastern province of Ghazni overnight, authorities said on Monday. "The Afghan National Army
Afghan army frees 38 from Taliban prison...
The Afghan army waged an operation and freed 38 people from a Taliban prison in eastern province of Ghazni overnight, authorities said on Monday. "The Afghan National Army (ANA) waged a special oper
331 new graduates join Afghan national a...
KABUL, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- More than 330 newly graduated Afghan officers joined the country's national army on Monday, an army source said. "Up to 331 army officers received their certificate during a
Armed drug smugglers arrested in E. Afgh...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan troops have arrested two armed drug traffickers in the eastern Nangarhar province, an army statement said Tuesday. The Afghan National Army perso
3 suspects arrested for murder of 2 Afgh...
KABUL, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three major suspects were arrested late Thursday, less than 48 hours after the murder of two local Afghan reporters, Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs confirmed on Friday.
Afghan army frees civilians from Taliban...
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five civilians were freed from a Taliban prison after the Afghan army waged an operation overnight in northern Kunduz province, authorities said Friday. "Speci
Afghan forces destroy 4 heroin labs in r...
KABUL, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have destroyed four heroin manufacturing labs following a joint operation in eastern province of Nangarhar, in a latest effort to fight illegal drugs
Former Afghan President Sibghatullah Muj...
KABUL, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The body of former Afghan President Sibghatullah Mujaddadi was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard here in Kabul on Wednesday amid tight security. Hundreds of people in
Afghan forces kill 20 militants, overrun...
SARI PUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Afghan government forces have killed 20 militants and overrun a main base of the Taliban outfit in Sayad district of Afghanistan's northern Sari Pul provinc