President Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh used a White House press conference Tuesday to dispel doubts about the direction of a fledgling strategic partnership between the US and India. The two leaders emphasized growing bilateral cooperation in economic, security, climate, and ...
"The prime minister and President Biden noted the importance of concerted diplomatic engagement to secure the progress made in Afghanistan and prevent a humanitarian crisis." 'The Taliban were going to kill me' Terrified evacuees start their new lives in the 'hopeful zone' Spe...
Daud Khan served as the 5th Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and as President of Afghanistan from 1973 to 1978. On April 28, 1978, President Daud Khan was assassinated in a military coup along his family members. After his assassination, the People's Democratic Party of Afghan...
President and prime minister of Afghanistan, 1978–1979Born: 1917Birthplace: Ghazni Province Born into a nomad family, Taraki took college courses in Kabul and in Bombay, India, where he worked as a clerk for a shipping company. Because he spoke English, Taraki worked in various government age...
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday arrived on a day-long visit to Afghanistan where he met top Afghan government officials including President Ashraf Ghani and the talks betwe
"The fact that President Biden on ABC said that no one that he can recall advised him to keep a force of about 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, it's not true. We heard yesterday, and we've heard today that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the CENTCOM commander advise differently," ...
Last month, President Joe Biden said the prospects of the Taliban "overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely" - something that the hardline Islamist group has now managed to achieve in just over a week. One senior intelligence officia...
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- i Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has held trilateral talks with British Prime Minister and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at Downing Street. The British leader hosted the summit focusing on the Afghan reconciliation process. Just hours before their meeting, Sharif called...
In pics: India-funded hydropower dam in Afghanistan---HERAT, June 4, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 2, 2016 shows an India-funded hydropower dam in Herat province, Afghanistan. Visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Moham
“We hope that this trade and connectivity will increase between the two countries and for this reason peace is imperative,” he said. The prime minister thanked Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for his invitation to visit Kabul, saying he had been planning to visit Afghanistan for 50 years but ...