1TV: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday said that the state to state relations with Pakistan are bigger problem for Afghanistan than existence of terror groups such as Taliban and Al Qaeda. In an interview with Geo News, Ashraf Ghani said that there are sanctuaries and Taliban offices in Quetta “they are openly recruiting, financed and logistic supplies
Press TV July 16, 2016 Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the country’s National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) to launch a major operation against Daesh-linked terrorists in an eastern province. Ghani announced the order during a Friday speech before the Afghan military forces in a visit to Nangarhar Province, which has witnessed an increasing
KABUL, July 15 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Friday condemned in its strongest term a terrorist attack in France that claimed more than 80 lives Thursday night local time, said Arg, the country’s Presidential Palace. “Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned a terrorist attack in Nice, France that killed and wounded
Tolo News: The practice by the National Unity Government (NUG) of not appointing Afghan ambassadors and other key diplomats on merit, will affect the country’s foreign standing, a number of analysts have warned. President Ashraf Ghani recently appointed the former chief of Independent Election Committee Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani as ambassador to Spain and earlier his uncle Abdul
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s appointment of Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, former Head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), as Afghanistan ambassador to Spain has been challenged by the Office of the Chief Executive. While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not yet comment on the appointment of Nuristani, the Office of the Chief Executive (CEO) said the
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani at a press conference about his Warsaw trip on Monday called on neighboring countries not to give shelter to insurgents. “Every neighboring country should respect our sovereignty and must not give safe havens to terrorists,” Ghani said. “Insurgency does not know any religion. Interference in Afghan security and giving shelter to insurgents
1TV: Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Hamid Karzai has said that the current Afghan top officials including President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah all served in his government. “[Ghani] is also a legacy of mine. So is Abdullah,” Karzai said. “Rather than going into the past, they should begin to deliver — not talk
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 9, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Pakistan on Saturday reacted sharply to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s latest aspersions on Islamabad’s counterterrorism efforts. The Afghan leader told the NATO summit in Warsaw earlier in the day that Kabul was receiving cooperation from regional countries — except for Pakistan — to promote peace and stability
1TV: Addressing NATO leaders at Warsaw summit on Saturday, President Ashraf Ghani criticized Pakistan for adopting a policy to differentiate between good and bad terrorists. “Our regional initiatives with neighbors are beginning to yield significant cooperative dividends. The exception is with Pakistan – despite clear commitments to a quadrilateral peace process, their dangerous distinction between good and
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani during his election campaign pledged to appoint qualified individuals regardless of their political affiliation to government institutions and Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions. “We have not promised the sharing of government, the government does not belong to us, this is supposed to be an asset of the nation,” Ghani said at the time. But instead,