KABUL: Hamid Karzai, former president met Monday with a delegation of the National Democratic Institute in his office, talking on the electoral reforms in the country. Karzai called the noninterference of the foreign countries in the Afghan elections as the biggest help in reforming Afghan election, asking them to let Afghan people make their destiny with their free intention. “The ...

KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, on Monday met with a number of Pak-Afghan intellectuals, writers and journalists in his office. The intellectuals who called on Karzai have participated in the two-day joint conference “Cultural Corridor—a path for people solidarity” on finding out ways and means for strengthening of cordial relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which concluded here on ...

KABUL: A disturbing video which purportedly shows a kidnapped a child has gone viral and is widely being shared in media since last week. The video which apparently emerged for the first time a month ago, has started to catch attraction in media, specifically in social media during the recent days. A bare child is shown in the video as ...

KABUL: The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) arrested one of the attackers of German consulate who was at large, the security officials said Sunday. The officials further added that the arrested suspect was among the three suicide bombers who had launched a coordinated attack on German consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of Balkh province. A photograph ...

KABUL: Reports have emerged regarding the possible picks in Donald Trump’s administration less than a week after he was elected as the new US President. A list of the possible picks for the cabinet and other key posts has been handed over to Vice President-elect Mike Pence, which include a host of corporate consultants and lobbyists in addition to independent experts. According ...

KABUL:  Nat Geo’s famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula on Wednesday said she kept her Afghan pride throughout the migration and never asked for help amid hard times and fame. Gula, who was made famous by a National Geographic cover in 1985, arrived in Kabul from Pakistan through the Torkham border after completing a 14-day jail sentence she served in hospital ...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday arrested an official of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for allegedly issuing a fake Computerised National Identity Card (CNICs) to Nat Geo’s famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula. Nadra’s Assistant Director Amaad was arrested during a raid in Peshawar and presented before the judicial magistrate. The official had been suspended last ...

KABUL: A number of civil activists and political figures in a large gathering organized by Loya Afghanistan Movement in Kabul urged the international community to resolve the Durand Line issue. They also emphasized that Afghan people should solve the problem of the de-facto border by forging unity between their ranks. Head of the Loya Afghanistan Movement, Abdul Jamil Woqair, said ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani conferred High State Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Medal on National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar. The Office of the National Security Adviser in a statement said the medal was conferred ahead of a high level meeting in ARG Palace on Wednesday. The statement further added that the medal was conferred on Atmar for his major ...

KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with the iconic Afghan woman Sharbat Gula and her family members after they returned to Afghanistan after more than 30 years. Office of the President, ARG Palace, said President Ghani handed over the key of an apartment to Gula as he called her a symbol of pain, oppression, and the hopes of Afghanistan and ...