The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday urged candidates in the Asian country's presidential elections and their supporters to respect the two national electoral institutions as vote counting continues, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
The international communities and Afghans hailed the presidential and provincial councils elections as "successful" despite allegations of fraud and irregularities.
In an exclusive interview with APD, Karzai says he would sign the deal only if the U.S. agreed to support meaningful peace talks with the Taliban, stop searching civilian houses and ensure transparent elections.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the elections in Afghanistan as "critical" to securing its democratic future and continued international support, while pledging to continue the U.S. partnership with the new Afghan government.
Pakistan on Monday dismissed allegations that the country was behind recent attacks in Kabul ahead of the Afghan presidential elections on April 5.
Pakistan on Thursday urged neighboring Afghanistan to stop militant from entering its territory as a result of the ongoing airstrikes in northwest tribal region.
Pakistan in collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency on Tuesday started to issue new Proof of Registration cards to more than 1.6 million registered Afghan refugees that will allow them to stay legally until the end of 2015, officials said.
Afghan Taliban has denied media report that a delegation of the government-backed High Peace Council met Taliban figures in Dubai to find a negotiated settlement to the longstanding conflict.
Pakistan on Friday angrily reacted to remarks by Afghan security adviser, who described Islamabad as the main "obstacle" to the Afghan government's peace talks with the Taliban.
U.S. President Barack Obama defended his Afghanistan policy on Monday, saying he continues to have "faith" in the U.S. mission in the country.
The White House on Wednesday insisted on Afghanistan's signing of a security agreement with the United States "as soon as possible," warning the scenario of no U. S. military presence is not in the interest of the Asian nation.
The White House on Wednesday insisted on Afghanistan's signing of a security agreement with the United States "as soon as possible," warning the scenario of no U. S. military presence is not in the interest of the Asian nation.
China supports an Afghan- led and Afghan-owned national reconciliation process, with a view to achieving peace and stability in the country, a Chinese envoy said here on Tuesday.
Despite the world community campaigns to end violence against women, an Afghan man chopped off the lips and nose of his wife in the western Herat province on Friday.
Australia has extended the Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) deployment to Afghanistan providing high resolution Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) support until July 2014
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is scheduled to hold talks with Pakistani civil and military leaders about security issues on Monday, officials said.
Pakistan's new Army Chief, General Raheel Sharif, has assumed his post at a critical time when the country's military is still facing serious security challenges, foremost of which is the possible impact of the situation in neighboring Afghanistan after next year's pullout of NATO forces.
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