Elements of the 1st Brigade, 205th Afghan National Army Corps, advised by Coalition forces, defeated an attempted ambush while conducting a combat patrol near Kakrak village, western Uruzgan province
International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking being markedBilal Basharat from Kabul The International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking is being commemorated yesterday by Ministry of Counter Narcotics at Inter Continental Hotel Conference Hall.
Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan agree to strengthen counter-narcotics effortsBilal Basharat from Kabul Senior officials from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan have agreed to work more closely to stop the threat of drug trafficking along their common borders. The United Natio
UNHCR to Host the 13th Tripartite Commission Meeting in DubaiKABUL, June 6 - Bilal Basharat This Friday (June 8), representatives of the Governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will meet in Dubai for a regular re
ANKARA DECLARATIONHis Excellency General Pervez Musharraf, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and His Excellency Hamid Karzai, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, visited Ankara on 29-
Over 18,000 unregistered Afghans repatriate as deadline nearsMore than 18,000 Afghans have returned home from Pakistan since this years voluntary repatriation season to Afghanistan started on March 1. This comes amid increased checks at the voluntary repatriat
Avian Influenza H5N1 Outbreak in Afghanistann response to concerns about the possibility of re-introduction of H5N1 due to outbreaks in Pakistan, government veterinarians and FAO field workers have intensified surveillance, actively seeking cas
Air Arabia flys from Kabul to Alexandria, Assiut and LuxorAir Arabia LLC, the first low-fares airline in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced its decision to offer extra flights to three Egyptian destinations in response to increasing customer dem
Indian soap opera transfixes AfghanistanChances are, he or she will be settled down in front of the television for a daily fix of an Indian soap opera. And they won't want to be disturbed. The series "The mother-in-law was a daughter-in
Afghan repatriation form Iran resumesANKARA, (IRIN) - The Iranian government predicts that half a million Afghan refugees will return to their homeland from Iran when the countrys voluntary repatriation operation resumes on 29 April, th
UN calls for regional cooperationKABUL (IRIN) - The United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan called for better cooperation between the country and its neighbours on Thursday. "Afghanistan is surrounded by nations which are hig
IOM assists return of Afghan professionals from neighbouring countriesKABUL, (IRIN) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Ministry of Afghan Diaspora and Experts (MoADE) on Wednesday launched a new stage of the Return of Qualified Afghans (RQA) pr
Now Fly to the UAE for Super Low Fares with Air ArabiaKabul, 10th April, 2006 Air Arabia LLC, the first and only low-fares airline in the Middle East and North Africa, announces the start of operations between Kabul and Sharjah, UAE from 4th May 2006 w
Afghanistan urges Pakistan to stop naming missiles after its heroesKABUL (AFP) - Afghanistan's government said it had asked neighbouring Pakistan to stop naming its nuclear-capable missiles after Afghan heroes. Kabul had also asked Islamabad in a letter to consid
India to test TAP as alternative to IranNEW DELHI - India is ready to test the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan gas pipeline as an alternative to energy supply from Iran. The Times of India newspaper said Monday India is prepared to te
Durand line serves as a line of hate: KarzaiPESHAWAR, Feb 19 (SANA): Dubbing Durand line as a line of hatred Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said he does not accept this line as it has raised a wall between the two brothers. He said this
UAE's Etisalat says eyeing Afghan telecoms marketDUBAI, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (Etisalat) is in talks to enter the Afghan telecoms market, a company official said on Sunday. "Etisalat has shown interest in the Afgha
Rocket attack at Pakistan-Afghan border kills 14Rocket attack at Pakistan-Afghan border kills 14 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A rocket hit a home owned by an elder in a Pakistani tribal region Friday, killing at least 14 people, and wounding several oth
BACKGROUND NOTE ON PRESIDENT KARZAI'S VISIT TO TURKEYHis Excellency Hamid Karzai, the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, in his speech at the inaugural session of the Afghan National Assembly, stated that `Afghanistan continues to further
Iran Elbows Afghanistan From Pipeline Project With TurkmenistanKabul, 2 January: Iran has wrested the opportunity from Afghanistan by nearing an accord with Pakistan and India on a 7bn- dollars gas pipeline project. The opportunity for Afghanistan was in the
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