Tag: Ashraf Ghani

Ghani invites Imran to visit Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday extended an invitation to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to visit the war-torn country in the backdrop of...

Afghanistan summons Pakistan diplomat yet again over PM Imran’s comments

KABUL: The Afghan government on Saturday summoned a Pakistan diplomat to explain Prime Minister Imran Khan’s latest remarks on ongoing Afghan peace talks, as...

US tries to safeguard Afghan peace push from India-Pakistan crisis

WASHINGTON : The United States is trying to prevent simmering tensions between India and Pakistan from impacting a third country: Afghanistan, where a fragile...

Pakistan holding ‘keys to war’, claims Afghanistan president

KABUL:  Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani alleged on Wednesday that the “keys to war are in Islamabad, Quetta, Rawalpindi” – all cities in Pakistan – claiming that...

Afghan President Ghani urges Taliban to ‘enter serious talks’

--Ghani says peace process should be Afghan-led because Afghans are 'victims of this war' --Khalilzad says his role is to facilitate talks between militant outfit...

FM Qureshi holds delegation-level talks with Afghani counterpart

--FM Qureshi calls on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, exchanges views on Afghan peace plan --Foreign minister pays his maiden visit to Iran, discusses ways to strengthen...

Peaceful Afghanistan in Pakistan’s best interest: Ashraf Ghani

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that a peaceful Afghanistan is in the best interest of the region, especially Pakistan and one should realise...

Ghani to seek re-election in Afghan presidential poll: official

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will seek re-election in 2019, his office announced Saturday, as potential rivals begin jockeying for the country’s top job ahead...

Afghan President Ghani rejects resignations of top security officials

KABUL: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday resignations tendered a day earlier by three senior security officials, the government said. The resignations from Defence...

Afghan president congratulates armed forces for Ghazni victory

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani congratulated Afghanistan’s armed forces in Ghazni on Friday for their victory over Taliban insurgents in the strategically important city after...

Ashraf Ghani invites Imran Khan to visit Afghanistan

Afghan president congratulates Khan on election victory ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday invited PM-elect Imran Khan to visit Kabul. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Naeemul...

Afghan president calls COAS, condoles deaths in terror attacks

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday made a phone call to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and expressed his condolences...

China appreciates Afghanistan’s ceasefire with Taliban

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday appreciated Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s statement of a ceasefire with the Taliban and welcomed his efforts to promote...

Ghani touts ceasefire with Afghan Taliban in Eid address

KABUL: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday touted a three-day ceasefire with the Taliban in an address to the nation heralding the Islamic...

Peace initiative expected to bring more cooperation between Pak, Afghanistan: COAS

Gen Bajwa says border fencing with Afghanistan only to check terrorism not to hinder people-to-people contact RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed...

US backs Afghanistan’s ceasefire offer to Taliban

‘NATO, American forces will respect ceasefire’ WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of a temporary ceasefire between the Afghan government and...

Afghanistan announces unconditional ceasefire with Taliban following peace meeting

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday announced an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban until June 20, coinciding with the end of the Muslim...