Kabul: Face-to-Face Meeting with Taleban

IWPR 4 months ago Region: Afghanistan

Paris conference latest attempt to talk about talking peace. By Mina Habib, It may not have amounted to formal peace talks, but a two-day meeting outside Paris last month at which Taleban repres... more

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In Soviet-occupied Kabul

Proloy Bagchi a year ago Region: India

In April 1983 I went to Kabul as a Universal Postal Union (UPU) consultant with the Postal Administration of Afghanistan. I got a rather short notice as I was told about the assignment only in the third week of March. Alth... more

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12 Afghan civilians killed in NATO's operation Mushtarak

Imran Schah 3 years ago Region: Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan:The NATO force claims the responsibility for killing 12 Afghan civilians in the ongoing operation against Taliban insurgents. The NATO force claimed the responsibility for the killing of 12 Afghan civil... more

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Kabul under attack

Imran Schah 3 years ago Region: Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan: The Afghan capital came under heavy attack by the taliban insurgents today. Some 20 Taliban insurgents attacked the Afghan capital from different directions in the morning when some memebrs of Afghan c... more

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Kabul attack handiwork of enemies of Indo-Afghan ties

Shekhar Jangra 3 years ago Region: India

At least 17 people were killed and over 80 injured when a Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives near the Indian embassy in Kabul Thursday morning. Barring three Indian paramilitary personnel who wer... more

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Afghan Adabi Baheer: The Writers’ Association of Afghanistan

Abudlhadi Hairan 3 years ago Region: Afghanistan

‘My name is Ameenullah Watanpal. I have just arrived from Kandahar,' announced the young enthusiastic poet, about 24, after he was invited to the stage to read his poem to the Afghan Adabi Baheer’s weekly gathe... more

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PIA first direct flight between Kabul and Peshawar

Shah Zaman Khan 4 years ago Region: Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Pakistan International Airline-PIA has started direct flights between Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province of Pakistan and Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. "PIA operated its first flight PK-249 from ... more

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Op-Ed: In Afghanistan, Obama Set to Replace One Puppet With Another

Obert Madondo 4 years ago Region: Afghanistan

Now President Barack Obama is ready to cut Karzai adrift? And Mr. Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President, is former President Bush‘s puppet in Kabul? Even more shocking: Mr. Obama is considering backing a “dream ti... more

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Year 2008, claimed 151 US forces in Afghanistan

Imran Schah 4 years ago Region: Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan: The record 151 US troops were killed in Afghanistan, in the US-led invasion to oust Taliban and Al-Qaeda insurgents since 2001, one of the deadliest year in terms of death toll of US troops.   Mi... more

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Obama meets Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Abudlhadi Hairan 4 years ago Region: Afghanistan

Kabul: Democrat presidential hopeful in the coming elections Barack Obama on Sunday morning met Afghan President Hamid Karzai, whom he had harshly criticized for not doing enough to rebuild the country and reform police. ... more

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