U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for a quick signing of a bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan after the country's tribal elders gave their blessing to the pact that governs future ties between Washington and Kabul.
Afghanistan's traditional Loya Jirga or grand assembly of tribal elders and notables after four-day debates approved a security pact know as Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States on Sunday, deputy to the Jirga Abdul Karim Aymaq said while reading out the resolution issued at the end of the Jirga.
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured the visiting Afghan High Peace Council President that his government will fully back the peace efforts in Afghanistan, reported local media here Thursday.
With the thorny issue of granting immunity from suit to American servicemen assigned to Afghanistan reportedly resolved, analysts here said that the Loya Jirga, the highest policy-making body in the country, would likely approve the bilateral security agreement (BSA) between Washington and Kabul.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday met with visiting Russian special envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov in Arg, the country's presidential palace, to discuss bilateral ties and cooperation between the two nations.
Pakistan on Wednesday said Afghanistan should not allow its soil to be used against it, days after the Pakistani Taliban elected a new chief, who operate from the neighboring country according to Pakistani officials.
China, India and Russia Sunday stressed the need to find a political solution to the Syria crisis, while expressing hope that a peaceful transition can be achieved in Afghanistan.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied reports by Western media that a diplomat has held talks with Afghanistan's Taliban movement over the release of a Russian held captive since April.
Afghan newspapers on Sunday gave wide coverage of the death of Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of Tehrik-e- Taliban Pakistan (Pakistan Taliban movement) who was killed in a U. S. drone attack in Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan on Friday.
"Australia's longest war" is ending and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) mission in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, is drawing down and will be complete by the end of the year, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in a statement on Tuesday when he made a surprise visit to Afghanistan.
Exactly 12 years ago on Oct. 7, 2001, the U.S.-led military coalition forces invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban regime that harbored Osama Bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the deadly 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Two soldiers of the NATO-led coalition were killed Sunday in explosion in eastern Afghanistan, said the coalition forces early Monday morning. "Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members died following an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan yesterday," the ISAF said in a statement.
The second Joint China-U.S. Training Program for Afghanistan Diplomats started its U.S. leg in Washington D.C. Monday.
Advisor to Pakistani Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, told a seminar in Islamabad on Thursday that the country wishes to work with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in promoting regional harmony by acquiring its full membership.
One soldier of the The NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) was killed earlier Wednesday in an attack in western Afghanistan, confirmed the ISAF forces on Wednesday night.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi said the ministry condemns the gruesome incident in its strongest term. He added that the police have started investigation into the case and will bring those behind the crime to justice.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the passage of an election structure law in Afghanistan, calling it "a key step" towards vigorous structure for the presidential election next year.
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