Afghanistan’s new leaders were seeking to build bridges with the West at a conference in London Thursday as they struggle to bring peace while foreign combat forces withdraw after 13 years. The conference, opened by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, is not expected to deliver new cash pledges but does[…]
The South African woman whose family was killed in Afghanistan believes God saved her life for a reason, Beeld newspaper reported on Tuesday. In a phone interview with the Afrikaans daily, Hannelie Groenewald said she would have wanted to die with her husband and two teenage children, “but God clearly[…]
Taliban insurgents have launched a prolonged attack on a major Afghan army base that was handed over by NATO forces last month, officials said Friday, in another sign the militants are on the offensive as foreign troops leave. Camp Bastion, now know as Shorabak, was Britain’s biggest military base in[…]
Pakistan and Afghanistan pledged to begin a new era of economic cooperation Saturday, with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani saying three days of talks had ended 13 years of differences. Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said collaboration on economic and energy issues would form the basis of better security[…]
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has arrived for his first state visit to neighbouring Pakistan, seeking to improve ties that are crucial to his hopes of reviving Taliban peace talks. Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif are expected to attend a cricket match between the two countries in Islamabad on[…]
Taliban suicide bombers struck two buses carrying Afghan soldiers in Kabul early Wednesday, killing seven people and wounding 21, just a day after the signing of a key U.S.-Afghan security pact. The long-awaited deal allows U.S. forces to remain in the country past the end of 2014, ending the uncertainty[…]
Afghanistan will host a grand presidential inauguration on Monday, with former US-based academic Ashraf Ghani taking power as NATO troops end their 13-year war without defeating the fierce Taliban insurgency. A small bomb attached to a cart exploded in east Kabul early in the morning, injuring no one, police said,[…]
At least 14 people, including four Taliban fighters, were killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, a day before the country inaugurates a new president. A policeman working with the Taliban killed five of his colleagues in an outpost in the western province of Farah, police said. The[…]
Afghanistan’s election commission has declared Ashraf Ghani the winner of the country’s disputed presidential election. The commission’s announcement on Sunday came hours after Ghani signed a power sharing agreement with rival Abdullah Abdullah, who will fill the newly created position of government chief executive. The final vote tally from a[…]
Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates signed a deal to share power in a unity government, capping months of turmoil over a disputed election that destabilised the nation at a crucial time as foreign troops prepare to leave. Ashraf Ghani, a former finance minister who will be named president under the deal[…]
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