“Killing of Hazaras must be stopped and crimes against them must be investigated,” the EU Political Representative in Kabul said in a Twitter message. The union’s political office in Kabul raised the issue at the same time as announcing that Thomas Nicholson, the EU Special
Bagram, the largest US military base in the country, will be handed over to Afghan security forces in 20 days. Afghan and US security sources said the operation to hand over the base to Afghans was ongoing. An Afghan security official said the handover was expected in about 20 days and the defense ministry had […]
Former President Hamid Karzai speaking at a meeting on “Kabul Peace Symposium” on Monday, June 10, that negotiations would be concluded sooner if peace emerged from the status quo of a project and became a national process. Mr. Karzai says peace in Afghanistan has not yet been finalized because it is a “foreign project”. The […]
Mohammad Masih Hamidi, an Afghan citizen and a third-year student in mathematics at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, became the first person in the Iranian Students’ Scientific Olympiad in mathematics. IRNA news agency reported that the results of the final stage of the 25th Iranian Student Scientific Olympiad in 2020 were announced on Sunday […]
Fawzia Koofi, a member of Afghanistan’s peace negotiation team and a former representative of the people of Badakhshan province in Wolesi Jirga (Parliament), has been named one the world’s top 50 leaders by Fortune magazine In this list of 50 great world leaders, published by Fortune magazine, Ms. Koofi is in 40th place. “I only […]
The Supreme Court announced that Khatera Sadat, a former deputy finance and administration minister at the Ministry of Urban Development, and five others had been sentenced to prison for embezzlement and fraud. Ahmad Fahim Qawim, a spokesman for the department, said that the primary court for investigating serious crimes of corruption had issued this sentence […]
Sources in the local authorities confirm to Shahed News Agency that Daud Laghmani has been appointed as the governor of Ghazni province. Mr. Loghmani had previously been appointed governor of Faryab by President Ghani, which was met with protests from the people of Faryab.
The Ministry of Public Health has reported that the growing number of people infected with the Corona virus has caused serious concern to the health sector and Government of Afghanistan and has sounded a serious alarm. The number of patients with Covid disease is increasing by 19 daily, the ministry said in a statement. According […]
The National Security Council office announced today (Wednesday, June 5) that Hamdullah Moheb, the national security adviser, spoke by telephone with Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to the United States. According to the statement, the two sides discussed continuing security co-operation and the fight against terrorism. The statement noted that Mr. Sullivan
Ghulam Mohammad Ishaqzai has been appointed Afghanistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations. Mr. Ishaqzai has been representing the United Nations Development Program in Azerbaijan since 2016. Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hiwad, said he would soon begin work as Afghanistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations.























