India, China to jointly train Afghan diplomats
India and China will jointly train Afghan diplomats. The decision follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi...
Changes to electoral system seen as impracticable
Commentators view demands of political parties for a change in the electoral system to multi-dimensional representation (MDR) and biometric voter...
Trump meets Putin, predicts they will have an ‘extraordinary relationship’
President Trump’s highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin began on Monday in Helsinki, Finland. Both leaders made public...
Eritrea reopens embassy in Ethiopia amid thaw in relations
Eritrea has reopened its embassy in Ethiopia in further evidence of a rapid thaw between two countries that a week...
China refutes US criticism over unfair trade
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Monday protectionism cannot protect those who adopt it and unilateralism will harm...
German FM: Europe can no longer fully rely on US
Europe can no longer "completely rely" on Donald Trump after the US president referred to the European Union (EU) as...
India to build another major dam in Afghanistan
India is going to assist Afghanistan in building another dam, the Shahtoot Dam, the Ministry of Energy and Water says....
Pres. Ghani rejects political parties’ call for changes in electoral system
President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday rejected the call of political parties for changes in electoral system and immediate suspension of...
The new challenges for education
Afghanistan had had significant gains in the education sector in terms of quantity until a few years ago. Schools were...
Can Uzbekistan Help Mediate the Afghan Conflict?
On June 19, 2018, Uzbekistan invited representatives of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s government and the Taliban to hold peace talks...
