• Kabul: All 15 candidates running against interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai have signed an agreement boycotting the vote because of what they say is widespread fraud. (smh.com.au)
  • However, critics have suggested that the document in its current format has been tailored to grant Afghan Transitional Chairman Hamid Karzai the power to consolidate his rule after a possible victory in the presidential elections scheduled for June 2004. (rferl.org)
  • However, there is a danger that the individual elevated to that position might not possess the good intentions of Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai, but rather those of a despot. (rferl.org)
  • After arm-twisting in the eleventh hour, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted a runoff election with his rival, Abdullah Abdullah. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • CHICAGO - Afghan President Hamid Karzai thanked the United States today for shouldering much of the cost for the decade-old war in Afghanistan, as the NATO alliance readies to hand over primary responsibility to Afghan security forces. (go.com)
  • ISLAMABAD (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has arrived in Pakistan for talks on how Islamabad can facilitate peace negotiations with the Afghan Taliban. (salon.com)
  • President Hamid Karzai spoke a day after Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar distributed a holiday message of his own, saying that insurgents plan to increase operations nationwide and denying once again any efforts at rapprochement with the Afghan government. (foxnews.com)
  • KABUL, Afghanistan -- On the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday expressed sorrow over the "pain and suffering of the American people" but offered a pointed critique of how the subsequent war on terror had been waged. (latimes.com)
  • Trucks transporting Afghan refugees with their belongings are seen along a road toward the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border, following Pakistan's government decision to expel people illegally staying in the country. (rferl.org)
  • Both equilibrium and the history of Afghanistan-Pakistan relations since 1947 aside, calling out Afghans refugees in Pakistan is like tearing the heart out from the very concept of Pakistan. (com.pk)
  • Qayyum Khan and his family are among some 5.2 million Afghan refugees who have returned home with the assistance of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency since the early 2000s. (unhcr.org)
  • After months of minimal results in the hiring search, an opportunity was brought to Husco through Lutheran Social Services to help provide jobs for Afghan refugees who fled from the Taliban and relocated in Waukesha. (nam.org)
  • Over the past several months, Husco has hired and welcomed 33 Afghan refugees. (nam.org)
  • Two employees, Hamza Jebran and Baitullah Jan-Afghan refugees themselves who studied English-serve as translators for their new colleagues. (nam.org)
  • GENEVA, Oct 1 (UNHCR) - Afghanistan's minister for refugees and his counterparts from Iran and Pakistan meeting in Geneva have called for continued strong support from donor states in order to ensure the successful reintegration of millions of Afghan refugees still outside their homeland. (unhcr.org)
  • The large number of Afghan refugees waiting to return and the country's precarious absorption capacity and fragile security situation remain major preoccupations for leaders in Iran and Pakistan as well as for UNHCR. (unhcr.org)
  • But this fast-paced repatriation creates a particular challenge for Afghanistan, while its neighbours, having sheltered up to five million refugees at times during the past two decades, are keen to see all Afghans settle in their homeland. (unhcr.org)
  • Of the nations welcoming displaced Afghans, southern neighbor Pakistan tops the list, hosting more than 1.5 million Afghan refugees and asylum seekers (and 8 of ABC's students). (christianitytoday.com)
  • As Afghanistan continue to remain under the grip of a humanitarian crisis, more than 7,000 Afghan refugees have been deported by Iran in the past week, the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Thursday. (nepalnews.com)
  • Pakistan has 2.18 million registered Afghan refugees. (ipsnews.net)
  • An Afghan student who wished to be identified as Spogmay said Pakistan's announcement regarding the eviction of refugees has also caused alarm among her classmates. (ipsnews.net)
  • Afghan Taliban chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said he doubted that the refugees were the cause of Pakistan's security problems and described Pakistan's "behaviour" towards Afghan refugees as "unacceptable" and urged Islamabad to reconsider its plan, saying if they were staying there voluntarily, Pakistan should "tolerate them. (ipsnews.net)
  • More than 2 million Afghans are living as refugees in Pakistan and Iran with the vast majority consisting of widowed women and children. (feminist.org)
  • Afghan refugees living in refugee camps remain fearful of possible threats to their security while living in camps. (feminist.org)
  • UN officials have voiced their concern of the safety of the Afghan refugees who "have no guarantees about conditions back in their villages but say they have had enough in Pakistan and [they] just want to get back home. (feminist.org)
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogato reiterated that the priority of the UN is to ensure the sustainability of those Afghans returning to their homeland. (feminist.org)
  • In 2021, the United States troop withdrawal from Afghanistan prompted the rapid evacuation and resettlement of more than 76000 Afghans to the United States.5 We analyzed existing data from domestic medical examinations (DMEs) conducted from 2014 to 2016 for refugees and eligible populations 90 days after arrival in multiple states. (cdc.gov)
  • This is a face-saving move for both Karzai and the international community, but a runoff is unlikely to address the reality that many Afghans see Kabul as part of the problem. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Progress can be made on two fronts: by launching a massive Afghan civilian surge through the regional capitals and municipalities, and by announcing a two-year security transition plan whereby indigenous security forces will take over security tasks by 2012, starting with symbolic and stable areas like Kabul and the West and moving to more complex ones. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Afghan officials said Saturday a roadside bomb blast in Kabul has killed two members of the national human rights monitoring group. (globalsecurity.org)
  • U.S. ambassador to Kabul Ross Wilson denounced the attack on the AIHRC as unacceptable, calling for end to the ongoing cycle of violence and the "impunity and indignity" of such attacks on Afghans. (globalsecurity.org)
  • There has been heavy snowfall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, and elsewhere in the country with many provinces experiencing exceptionally cold weather in the last two weeks. (yahoo.com)
  • Afghan girls get taekwondo training at a location in Kabul despite the Taliban banning women's sports. (nypost.com)
  • Afghan girls and their coach in Kabul. (nypost.com)
  • A detailed document outlining the Afghan government's offer to the Taliban was released on Wednesday morning after President Ghani officially opened the Kabul Process meeting. (com.pk)
  • THE ISSUE: Twenty years after being removed from power in the U.S.-led invasion, the Taliban took over the Afghanistan capital, Kabul, on Sunday (8/15), facing little resistance from Afghan government forces. (now.org)
  • Earlier, Iran's Ambassador to Kabul, Bahadur Aminian, said that around 3,000 Afghans per day are entering Iran illegally and the same amount is travelling to Iran with visas and legal documents. (nepalnews.com)
  • Forty European students and ten Afghans from Kabul University will join this three-day programme which will take place in the context of the United Nations International Peace Day on 21 September. (nato.int)
  • PESHAWAR, Oct 12 2023 (IPS) - Amid a looming threat of forceful eviction, Afghan women who arrived in Pakistan after the Taliban's takeover in Kabul have asked the host country to allow them to stay because they want to continue their education. (ipsnews.net)
  • KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan president on Tuesday urged insurgents to abandon violence and accept offers of reconciliation from the government, using the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha to issue a plea for peace. (foxnews.com)
  • The Western world became acquainted with the breed when Major Amps from England was stationed in the Kabul region after the Afghan War of 1919. (dogster.com)
  • Limited prevalence data for HIV, hepatitis B surface an- population of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has in- tigen (HBsAg), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) exist for Afghan- creased to 3 million since 2001 because of returning refu- istan. (cdc.gov)
  • The high prevalence of risky behavior in the border city of Quetta, Pakistan, reported that Afghan indicate that Kabul is at risk for an HIV epidemic. (cdc.gov)
  • The dire humanitarian situation and continued human rights concerns in Afghanistan led the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to issue a joint statement on December 8 calling for Pakistan to maintain a 'protection space for Afghans in need of safety. (rferl.org)
  • One Afghan official boldly declared that the draft constitution had been crafted with the stability of Afghanistan in mind for the next two centuries. (rferl.org)
  • Those watching the sequel to Moscow's pounce on Afghanistan might just as well put aside any notion that President Carter in Washington can do something soon which would cause the Soviets to turn around, go home, and let the Afghans revert their normal condition of political chaos. (csmonitor.com)
  • Prime Minister Sharif told Afghan President Ghani his country considered Afghanistan "as an equal, sovereign state. (voanews.com)
  • Several Pakistani officials, on condition of anonymity, said that factions inside Afghanistan who were either against Pakistan or against the peace process, including the Afghan intelligence agency NDS, had leaked the news of Mullah Omar's death to derail the talks. (voanews.com)
  • Since then, the Afghan Taliban have intensified their attacks inside Afghanistan. (voanews.com)
  • An Afghan refugee family arrives on foot to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border on November 2, 2023, following Pakistan´s government decision to expel people illegally staying in the country. (com.pk)
  • Afghanistan's hesitation to not accept Pakistan as a nation-state is said to stem from its stance on the creation of the Durand Line which Afghans say was without the consent of the Afghanistan state. (com.pk)
  • Diplomatic troubles and travails aside, with the provision for the autonomous regions along the border of Afghanistan, Pakistan simply and informally moved its revenue territory inwards and allowed free movement of Afghans and Pakistanis till the penultimate Soviet incursion into Afghanistan. (com.pk)
  • The 1979 Russian armed incursion in Afghanistan resulted in the first mass exodus of Afghans into Pakistan, with Pakistan hosting a peak of almost 6-7 million Afghans at one point in the early 1990s which was then followed by their return until 1999-2000. (com.pk)
  • From 9/11 onwards and till the advent of the second (2.0) Taliban rule in August of 2021, the Afghan population in Pakistan oscillated between periods of moving into Pakistan and returning back to Afghanistan - barring a small peak inwards towards Pakistan in 2006-07 - mostly reacting to perceived local and often national economic conditions. (com.pk)
  • The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) is a political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan. (prwatch.org)
  • The U.S.-Taliban agreement requires all American and coalition troops to withdraw from Afghanistan by July 2021 in return for the Taliban's counterterrorism guarantees and political reconciliation with rival Afghan groups. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The deadly air strike that hit a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was a mistake made within the US chain of command, the American commander of international forces in Afghanistan said today. (rte.ie)
  • Instead of a new start, what followed for Gulnaz was a quiet, Afghan solution to the "problem" - a telling sign of where women's rights stand in Afghanistan despite the billions that have poured into this country from the U.S. government and its NATO allies during more than a decade of war. (cnn.com)
  • Reconstruction progress is hinged with the law and order situation," Sherpao told the gathered states, while noting the burden Afghans who remain may pose as UNHCR phases out its presence and assistance in Afghanistan over the coming years. (unhcr.org)
  • Since the fall of Afghanistan in August 2021, it has been nearly impossible for Afghan Christians to find fellowship. (christianitytoday.com)
  • One year ago, the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan and tens of thousands of Afghan nationals temporarily resettled in communities across the United States. (constantcontact.com)
  • To make a successful asylum claim, Afghans will be asked to provide proof of their likely persecution if returned to Afghanistan. (constantcontact.com)
  • Utilize funds appropriated for "persons at risk as a result of the situation in Afghanistan" as part of livelihood assistance for Afghan women who are able to relocate. (now.org)
  • The two leaders met in Afghanistan earlier this month where they signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement outlining plans for the U.S.-Afghan relationship from the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2014 through 2024. (go.com)
  • The Afghan war as we understand it is over, but our commitment to friendship and partnership with Afghanistan continues," he said. (go.com)
  • By the end of 2021, there were 7,77,000 newly displaced Afghans during the year due to the deterioration in conflict and insecurity in Afghanistan. (nepalnews.com)
  • Earlier in a statement, Amnesty International urged all countries to cease deporting Afghan migrants to Turkey or Iran, where they risk incarceration, torture, other ill-treatment, and forced deportation to Afghanistan. (nepalnews.com)
  • The forum will focus on NATO's mission in Afghanistan and its implications for the every-day life of Afghan people. (nato.int)
  • How has NATO's presence in Afghanistan changed the life of Afghans? (nato.int)
  • As leaders met for the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan, asylum seekers in Serbia - many of them Afghans - marched toward the border with Hungary. (upi.com)
  • The report provides a unique insight into the role of Afghan women in the opiate trade in Afghanistan. (unodc.org)
  • In 2020, UNODC produced a study based on interviews with active male Afghan drug traffickers - Quchaqbar in Dari/Farsi - who were directly involved in the trafficking of opiates in Afghanistan and abroad. (unodc.org)
  • To better understand the role of Afghan women in opiate trade in Afghanistan the UNODC's Afghan Opiate Trade Project, under the framework of CRIMJUST initiated the current study, based on the data gathered from nine interviews with Afghan female traffickers. (unodc.org)
  • According to the research study, Afghan women are involved in a wide range of roles within the illicit opiate trade, including trafficking outside Afghanistan and selling heroin to users. (unodc.org)
  • Afghan soldiers begin an early morning patrol in Zabul province in southern Afghanistan. (npr.org)
  • Afghan families fleeing from the districts of Malistan and Jaghori, because of the conflict between Taliban and Afghan forces, arrive in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on Nov 14, 2018. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Given Pakistan's close ties to Afghanistan and the US, Pakistan can play vital role in a sustainable Afghan solution. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Through this series of photographs, meet some of the brave and hard-working Afghan women who are leading the battle against this paralysing disease, bringing Afghanistan, and the world, closer to eradicating polio forever. (who.int)
  • Four countries Afghanistan survey in 2005 estimated that there were bordering Afghanistan (Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, 50,000 heroin users in Afghanistan, of whom 14% reported and Iran), which provided refuge to many Afghans during injecting drugs ( 10 , 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • However, healthcare delivery to these mothers is inadequate, although considered better than the care provided to Afghan mothers living in Afghanistan. (who.int)
  • The news led to the disruption of a second round of peace talks between Taliban and Afghan government mediated by Pakistan. (voanews.com)
  • The attack came hours before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was to meet with negotiators from the Taliban and Afghan government in Qatar, amid signs of progress in talks between the two warring groups. (ibtimes.com)
  • The Taliban and Afghan government have been engaged in peace talks in Doha since September 12, but violence on the ground continues unabated. (ibtimes.com)
  • There are some Afghan opposition figures-not Abdullah, but at the provincial level-who have even threatened an open revolt against Karzai if they conclude his reelection was stolen. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • I'm bringing to you and to the people of the United States the gratitude of the Afghan people for the support that your taxpayers' money has provided us over the past decade, and for the difference that it has made to the well-being of the Afghan people," Karzai said after his meeting with President Obama ahead of the start of the NATO Summit. (go.com)
  • I request and hope that all our brothers and countrymen who are unhappy or have taken up weapons against their own people and country for any reason, that they welcome the peace efforts of the Afghan people and accept a happy and safe life through the High Peace Council," Karzai said. (foxnews.com)
  • This week the number of Afghan returnees expelled from Pakistan will exceed 500,000 people, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) told RFE/RL on December 7, and that number is expected to double -- at the least. (rferl.org)
  • In recent weeks, Pakistan has taken steps to expel 1.7 million undocumented Afghans as part of its policy announced in October to repatriate 'illegal foreigners' living on its soil. (rferl.org)
  • The Pakistani statement also said "Pakistan regarded the [Afghan] National Unity Government the only legitimate democratically-elected partner for Pakistan," possibly in response to frequent Afghan allegations that Pakistan supports the Afghan Taliban in hopes of having a future partner to defend its strategic interests. (voanews.com)
  • Afghan officials blamed Pakistan for keeping them in the dark about the death of the Afghan Taliban leader. (voanews.com)
  • The Afghan government has repeatedly blamed Pakistan for supporting the militants, claiming they plan and execute attacks from Pakistani soil. (voanews.com)
  • The Afghan government and the United States want Pakistan to take action against the militants, particularly the Haqqani group blamed for some of the deadliest attacks. (voanews.com)
  • Right after Taliban 2.0 in 2021, the number of Afghans entering Pakistan surged drastically. (com.pk)
  • Despite more than four decades of dealing with waves of Afghans entering and residing and returning, Pakistan's track record on the governance of the Afghans in Pakistan continues to be as it has always been - notoriously poor, mostly reactive and led by security understandings and misguidance. (com.pk)
  • Pakistan was simply unable to capitalize on the definite goodwill generated during the first exodus of Afghans and thereby continues to stumble today. (com.pk)
  • In truth, the Pakistan government never looked at the issue of Afghans in Pakistan holistically or outside reactionary lenses which varied from humanitarian considerations to security. (com.pk)
  • Afghans in Pakistan who were legally registered or were granted visas were largely allowed to operate economically and socially without any legal cover as long as it benefitted the interests of certain elements of the state or those of host communities. (com.pk)
  • Elite Afghans also capitalized on this informality and worked hand-in-glove with their hosts for their own benefit - often at the cost of their fellow common Afghans in Pakistan. (com.pk)
  • Yet on matters of identity, mobility, work, and social security for Afghans in Pakistan, the state protected its real interests through short-sighted approaches. (com.pk)
  • Economically, Afghans in Pakistan contributed to the larger national economic pie but could have made better use of the formal economy if they were granted financial inclusion, and formal trading and connectivity rights. (com.pk)
  • However, the reactionary and shortsighted governance from Pakistan has much to account for both Pakistani and Afghan citizens. (com.pk)
  • Despite all this, the Afghans like most traditional migrant communities in Pakistan worked hard and delivered for their host country - albeit invisibly, due large segments of the Pakistani economy being undocumented. (com.pk)
  • The fact is that Afghan labour, like most migrant labour elsewhere, always undercut local labour in price while delivering better productivity and skills - raising concerns amongst locals [reminds one of the stories of the Polish immigrants in UK] who in turn impacted national sentiments unwillingly, while not realizing that the fault lay solely with the state of Pakistan. (com.pk)
  • That would be like asking the New Orleans Police Department to maintain security with fewer than 100 cops -- and the NOPD doesn't have to worry about militants coming in from nearby Pakistan, which according to Afghan officials, is the main threat here. (go.com)
  • Afghans living illegally in Pakistan have asked the authorities to reconsider their threat to evict them by November 1 because of the Taliban's attitude toward working women and education for girls. (ipsnews.net)
  • On October 4, Pakistan asked more than 1 million undocumented Afghans to leave by November 1 or face deportation or prison. (ipsnews.net)
  • An Afghan-led solution, where the US completely withdraws from the country, as in Vietnam, is the only permanent solution, and Pakistan can facilitate this by providing a safe passage for a US withdrawal. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Large numbers of Afghans who seek refuge in Pakistan seek educational opportunities for their family especially women and girls. (feminist.org)
  • Maulvi Hizbullah Afghan (Pashto: مولوي حزب الله افغان) is an Afghan Taliban politician and military officer served as Chief of Staff of the Al-Badr Corps since 4 October 2021 to 4 March 2022. (wikipedia.org)
  • 7 November 2022 - A research study on Afghan Women and the Opiate Trade was launched by the Afghan Opiate Trade Project (AOTP) at CRIMJUST, Border Management Branch, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). (unodc.org)
  • Their site features information about the oppression of Afghan women and a statement deploring the September 11 attacks . (prwatch.org)
  • They include attacks on highly respected Afghan clerics, civil society representatives and four members, including two lawyers, of the country's Attorney General's office, who were gunned down last week. (globalsecurity.org)
  • On October 3, caretaker interior minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti said that since January this year, 24 terrorist attacks have occurred, and Afghan nationals were involved in 14 of these attacks. (ipsnews.net)
  • On Tuesday, insurgent attacks killed two Afghans with government links and two NATO service members. (foxnews.com)
  • Recently, we and this country's citizens have grieved the deaths of Afghan security forces, innocent civilians, religious scholars, representatives of Afghanistan's judicial system, and now those who defend human rights and liberty. (globalsecurity.org)
  • As Bishop Mario Dorsonville, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Migration, wrote in a recent letter to Congress, "it is both our moral duty and in our country's best interest to provide our new Afghan neighbors with a pathway to permanent legal status. (constantcontact.com)
  • 3 million and 4 million Afghan migrants, estimated to Programming to improve the health status of be 3.5-4.5% of the country's population. (who.int)
  • This descriptive study used data from the electronic registration system of the Maternal Health Office of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education on characteristics, morbidity and mortality among Afghan mothers in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2017 to 2019. (who.int)
  • Deliveries by Afghan women increased from 3.4% in 2017 to 5.2% in 2019, and more than 70% of these Afghan women were vulnerable. (who.int)
  • But Afghan President Hamid Karzai's aides fear Mehterlam is the most fragile of the seven areas earmarked for transition this week. (go.com)
  • The U.N. has removed some Taliban operatives from its blacklist at Karzai's request, though the Afghan government is pushing for more names to be taken off. (foxnews.com)
  • Two other NATO troops were killed by an Afghan army soldier in the far west of the country. (neontommy.com)
  • NATO's Public Diplomacy Division will host its first NATO-Afghan Student Forum from 21 to 23 September 2006 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. (nato.int)
  • The NATO-Afghan Student Forum aims at giving young Europeans the possibility of meeting Afghan counterparts, of exchanging views and of learning about Afghan life through personal contacts. (nato.int)
  • In recent weeks, the Afghan president has been more strident in asserting Afghan sovereignty, sometimes clashing openly with the NATO force and the American administration. (latimes.com)
  • Afghan and Taliban officials have said their peace dialogue will be held in Qatar, where the insurgent group maintains its office, soon after an ongoing prisoner swap between the two adversaries is concluded. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Earlier this week, he denounced the U.S. decision to not hand over several dozen insurgent suspects to Afghan control when the main American military detention facility was formally handed over to the Afghan government. (latimes.com)
  • Most Afghans arrived with humanitarian parole, which only allows someone to remain in the United States temporarily. (constantcontact.com)
  • An argument can be made that governance on the Afghan question was on par given Pakistan's overall record of poor governance since 1947. (com.pk)
  • US President Trump wrote a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Pakistan's help in the Afghan peace process. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • However, in the 2020 study, many male traffickers commented that Afghan women's involvement in the opiate trade had increased in the five years from 2015 to 2020, and that women performed many roles in the business. (unodc.org)
  • For the third episode of our podcast, Andreas Johansson interviewed the scholar Orwa Ajjoub, who joined SASNET in January 2020, on the role of Al-Qaeda in the Afghan peace talks. (lu.se)
  • A university graduate from Mazar-i-Sharif, Hosseini left her home country in 2019 and, unlike most local Afghans, is not a refugee. (christianitytoday.com)
  • We described and compared the prevalence of BLL 5 g/dL among Afghan and non-Afghan refugee children screened and evaluated select characteristics associated with BLL 5 g/dL among Afghan children. (cdc.gov)
  • Amid the Afghan government's growing resistance to an extended U.S. military stay, the Obama administration is trying out a new rationale: the need for a launching pad for drones. (consortiumnews.com)
  • During the Taliban's rule from 1996 to 2001, many Afghan girls were not allowed to attend school. (cnn.com)
  • The U.S. Treasury on December 11 slapped sanctions on a former Afghan official, his son, and 44 related entities, accusing them of misappropriating millions of dollars of funds provided by U.S. government contracts. (rferl.org)
  • Through their Afghan companies, the Rahmanis perpetrated a complex procurement corruption scheme resulting in the misappropriation of millions of dollars from U.S. Government-funded contracts that supported Afghan security forces,' it said , adding that other family members were also designated. (rferl.org)
  • He and his opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, signed an agreement to form an Afghan government in unity on live television on Sunday. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Most Americans would like to see the Afghan war ended, but it's nowhere near the top of their government to-do list. (rand.org)
  • Whoever wins the Afghan presidential election will face the difficult challenge of trying to unite a country riven by ethnic, religious, regional and tribal rivalries into one nation under a strong central government. (bbc.co.uk)
  • It will be the last opportunity for the United States and the new Afghan government to define a political strategy to win the trust of the people and to buy precious time in the face of growing Western discontent. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • According to a group of independent Afghan electoral observers, the Aug. 20 fraud was orchestrated by the very local clients who owed favor or positions to the main candidates, especially those who have been in government. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • That doctrine is premised on strengthening the effectiveness of a legitimate Afghan government. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The Afghan government has so far freed nearly 4,000 Taliban prisoners and is in the process of releasing the remaining 1,000. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Ghani's framework for talks shows a willingness to negotiate with the Taliban high command and states that Afghan stakeholders from across society, in consultation with government and the High Peace Council (HPC), have reached a consensus on the desire for peace. (com.pk)
  • The National Unity Government (NUG) also "seeks a genuine and lasting peace with the reconcilable Taliban," read the document adding that government believes in the common equality of all Afghans and the peoples' right to live in peace and dignity, including those Taliban who are willing to denounce violence. (com.pk)
  • A major concern of UNHCR, the Afghan government and its neighbours is the sustainability of the repatriation and the future of large numbers of Afghan exiles who remain outside their country. (unhcr.org)
  • The Afghan government must reduce corruption, pledge economic and political overhauls. (neontommy.com)
  • In Kunduz province in the north, two Afghan men with government ties were killed by a bomb that had been hidden near the grave of one of their relatives, according to Deputy Provincial Police Chief Abdul Rahman Aqtash. (foxnews.com)
  • About 10.5 million registration cards were handed out ahead of the historic election, a staggering number that UN and Afghan officials say was inflated by widespread double registration. (smh.com.au)
  • And -- while it's not a universal sentiment -- many Afghan and U.S. officials in the city say that the police are so badly underequipped and the justice system so corrupt, there is no guarantee the Afghans can provide the rule of law themselves. (go.com)
  • ABC News spent six days in Mehterlam ahead of today's transition ceremony, speaking with dozens of Afghan and American officials, including Afghan police and army commanders and American officers based in the Provincial Reconstruction Team base inside the city. (go.com)
  • Their shortcomings are compounded by endemic corruption that Afghan and U.S. officials admit runs through the justice system. (go.com)
  • Criminals and insurgents have managed to buy or threaten their way to freedom, according to two Afghan officials and two U.S. officials. (go.com)
  • Some Afghan and U.S. officials based in Mehterlam suggest that picture is too negative. (go.com)
  • Senior Afghan officials say that within two months, Mehterlam should have more police and its police should have more equipment. (go.com)
  • Afghan officials usually blame Taliban insurgents for the violence. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The scheduled parliamentary elections in 2018 and the presidential elections in 2019 are crucial to further solidifying the Afghan people's trust in democratic processes as a means to establishing a mandate to govern. (com.pk)
  • The commission has lately stepped up its campaign to seek a "clear role" for women in the proposed peace talks between the Taliban and representatives of a broader Afghan society to monitor respect for human rights. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Recently, Russia offered its offices for peace talks, proposing the "Moscow Format" for an Afghan solution. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • A statement issued from the Pakistani side after the trilateral summit ends uncertainty over whether the Afghan president would attend a conference in Islamabad in a week. (voanews.com)
  • Resettlement agencies, including the USCCB, together with its Catholic Charities partners and other community-based organizations, have been hard at work during the past year helping Afghans settle into their new homes. (constantcontact.com)
  • The UNHCR report has argued that durable solutions for Afghans include voluntary repatriation, resettlement to a third country, local integration, naturalization and return to the place of origin prior to displacement. (nepalnews.com)
  • An Afghan returnee holds wool he sorts out for women spinners. (unhcr.org)
  • The Taliban's ban on female sports has forced a group of Afghan women from the national taekwondo team to go underground. (nypost.com)
  • I want to help evangelize women," said Hosseini, coordinator for the nascent Afghan Bible College (ABC), "and then equip them for ministry. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The advances in women's rights over the last 20 years are now void as Afghan women are already reporting that they are like prisoners in their homes. (now.org)
  • There are steps that the Biden Administration must take that will assure the safety of Afghan women and girls, many of whom are reportedly in hiding. (now.org)
  • Your members of Congress need to hear how concerned we are about the safety of all Afghan women and girls. (now.org)
  • Ask your Representatives and Senators to tell the White House that they are concerned about the safety of many Afghan women and girls. (now.org)
  • Charter direct evacuation flights (without requiring a visa) for Afghan women activists most immediately under threat and those reporting their fear for their lives under Taliban rule. (now.org)
  • This is the first study to understand opiate trafficking from the perspective of Afghan women. (unodc.org)
  • We recommend targeted interventions to improve the health status of Afghan women living in the Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • But drawing on strong community ties and help from UNHCR and its national partner ABRAR, Afghan authorities and international organizations, the community has gradually grown to more than 7,000 people. (unhcr.org)
  • This is the hope of the Afghan people,' Laghman's young but respected governor, Iqbal Azizi, said at the transition ceremony today. (go.com)
  • Saturday's strike on an Afghan hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières killed 22 people and deeply angered the medical charity. (rte.ie)
  • The Afghan people know that the terrorists and the Taliban are doing these things to threaten girls and stop them going to school," Aseer said last week. (cnn.com)
  • Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh vowed Sunday to track down those responsible for a rocket attack on the capital that killed at least 10 people, even as the Islamic State group claimed to have fired the salvo. (ibtimes.com)
  • Five years later, his Afghan Hope Church has 10 congregations in cities throughout Turkey, serving a total of 150 believers in fellowships averaging 10-30 people. (christianitytoday.com)
  • Any army which bestrides the range has a theoretical capacity to walk down either side.That is precisely why the British and the Russians reached a mutual agreement toward the end of the last century to leave it in the hands of the Afghans themselves on the sound theory that internal tribal rivalries among the Afghans would keep British and Russians at a safe distance from each other. (csmonitor.com)
  • The only vehicles allowed in past razor-wire checkpoints were American armored trucks and Ford Rangers belonging to the Afghan army and police. (go.com)
  • And they point out that the Afghan Army is always on standby to help inside the city, if needed. (go.com)
  • By Steve Coll I've got a new post on Think Tank on the legitimacy of the Afghan Army. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Each one has a massive Afghan flag snapping in the breeze, like banners from some ancient army. (npr.org)
  • The two key asylum states estimate that they shelter some 3 million Afghans. (unhcr.org)
  • Of them, 1.3 million have Proof of Registration (PoR) cards, and 880,000 have Afghan Citizens Cards (ACCs). (ipsnews.net)
  • Mr Campbell said US forces had responded to a request from Afghan forces and provided close air support as they engaged in a fight with Taliban militants in Kunduz, a provincial capital that the Taliban captured late last month. (rte.ie)
  • These Afghan nationals-many of whom served alongside U.S. servicemembers-are now in need of a legal pathway to real and lasting safety here in the U.S. (constantcontact.com)
  • When Margaret Warner interviewed Hillary Clinton on Newshour on Monday , Clinton said that no matter what the Obama Administration decided about its Afghan strategy or the numbers of troops required, it would not send new troops until the disputed Afghan presidential election is on a clear path to resolution. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • With ten affiliated lecturers, including three with PhDs, it aims to prepare leaders for the next generation of Afghan Christians-estimated to number up to 12,000 before last year's takeover of their homeland by the Taliban. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The prisoner exchange and the intra-Afghan negotiations, which are aimed at discussing a permanent cease-fire and a power-sharing arrangement, are the key provisions of a landmark deal the United States signed with the Taliban in February. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Afghan soldiers assemble at Camp Eagle in Shah Joy district in Zabul province. (npr.org)
  • Afghan soldiers shoot at suspected Taliban members in Tazir Abad and the parched hills beyond. (npr.org)
  • Afghan soldiers at Camp Eagle roll out in a pickup truck mounted with a machine gun for an early morning patrol. (npr.org)
  • Afghan Education Minister Dr. Farooq Wardak told the Education World Forum in London in January 2011 that the Taliban had abandoned its opposition to education for girls, but the group has never confirmed that. (cnn.com)
  • The Afghan president would enjoy virtually unlimited power under the document as it currently stands. (rferl.org)
  • The Afghan president chooses his or her own vice presidential candidate, for instance, but the draft is unclear about whether the two run on a joint ticket or the vice president is nominated by the president. (rferl.org)
  • The Afghan president set new demands for U.S. involvement in the country beyond 2014. (neontommy.com)
  • During the recently held SCO Summit, the Afghan president was invited as a guest and observer, and hopefully will soon gain full membership. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • In Istanbul, a Turkish pastor gave her a Bible in Dari, her native language, and introduced her to an Afghan church when she moved to Ankara. (christianitytoday.com)
  • An Afghan soldier moves through a riverbed toward the village of Tazir Abad. (npr.org)
  • An Afghan soldier at Camp Eagle prepares to leave for a morning patrol. (npr.org)
  • An Afghan soldier drinks yogurt offered by residents of Tazir Abad. (npr.org)
  • Relations between the two countries took a downturn at the end of July when news broke that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been dead for two years. (voanews.com)
  • Today, in a ceremony kept secret from the public, the United States officially handed over security of Mehterlam to Afghan security forces. (go.com)
  • The insurgents have set free more than 600 of the promised 1,000 Afghan security forces in their custody. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Neighboring Iran to the west and Germany follow (with 3 students each), while Turkey hosts 140,000 displaced Afghans (and 20 students). (christianitytoday.com)
  • This study, supported by the United Nations Population Fund, was conducted to review available data associated with health indicators of Afghan mothers living in Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • Afghan mothers in the Islamic Republic of Iran use primary health care services provided for mothers in the country. (who.int)
  • Afghan troops - joined this day by local police - patrol Tazir Abad. (npr.org)
  • The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is urging Catholics to contact their Members of Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act (S. 4787/H.R. 8685). (constantcontact.com)