An explosive device was planted on a wall of the campaign office, which went off on Tuesday evening, an official said.
September 25, 2019Meanwhile, the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack,
September 3, 2019US Special Representative on Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad had said that Washington was ready to seal a peace deal with the Taliban if the group was ready for it.
August 23, 2019During Eid al-Adha, the largest annual religious festival observed on Sunday, Afghans offered their prayers amid tight security in Kabul and other cities and so far no unpleasant incident has been reported.
August 11, 2019Ghani's visit comes ahead of the seventh round of peace talks between US and Taliban negotiators slated to be held on Saturday
June 27, 2019The blast came one day after an Islamic State suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Afghan army military academy, killing at least six people.
May 31, 2019The blast comes as the US and Taliban representatives continue negotiations in Qatar aimed at bringing an end to the nearly 18-year-old conflict.
May 8, 2019Zalmay Khalilzad, the US envoy negotiating with the Taliban, met with Russian and Chinese representatives in Moscow as he seeks international consensus for his efforts to end the war.
April 27, 2019Ghani called the US its "key ally" and praised the Trump administration's South Asia policy as a "game changer" for Afghanistan.
November 28, 2018The slain Sikhs were scheduled to meet Ghani.
July 2, 2018Even as he spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an angry Afghan President Ashraf Ghani refused to take a phone call from Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi who wanted to speak to him over the recent spate of terror attacks in the war-torn nation. ”Modi called me to offer condolences over the recent senseless …
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January 31, 2018Afghan President Ashraf Ghani refused to speak to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi when the latter telephoned to offer condolences following a devastating terror attack in Kabul, the media reported. TOLO News said Abbasi telephoned Ghani “in connection with the spate of recent attacks in Afghanistan.” The Afghan daily said Ghani had sent a …
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January 31, 2018External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani here on Tuesday and discussed issues of bilateral and regional interests. “#Neighbourhoodfirst. EAM @SushmaSwaraj calls on visiting Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in New Delhi. Bilateral & regional issues discussed,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. Ghani arrived here on Tuesday morning on …
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October 24, 2017Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that he has the “worst job on Earth” and did not deny that it had been a difficult three years since he took office in September 2014. “This is the worst job on Earth,” the President said in an exclusive BBC interview. “We were like 12-year-olds taking on the …
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October 5, 2017Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has called for international action and a long-term strategy to counter the terrorist organisations sheltered in the region warning that they do not differentiate Kabul and other cities when they strike. Speaking at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly here on Tuesday, Ghani said: “The future of Afghanistan matters …
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September 20, 2017Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday held a bilateral meeting here before the commencement of the Heart of Asia ministerial conference. “Beginning together before the Heart of Asia Ministerial. PM Narendra Modi and President Ashraf Ghani hold an important bilateral meeting,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. Modi and …
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December 4, 2016Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday evening for talks on bilateral issues on the sidelines of an international conference for peace and stability in the war-ravaged Afghanistan, an official said. Modi will reach Amritsar in the evening and Ghani is also expected in the Punjab city around the same …
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December 3, 2016