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Afghan president offers olive branch to Taliban
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Feb. 18 offered an olive branch to the Taliban, shortly after winning a second term in office.
An evidently confident Ghani embraced his supporters at the highly guarded Arg palace in the capital Kabul after the long-awaited results of last September's election were announced.
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Afghanistan praises Turkey's efforts for peace
Afghanistan has appreciated Turkey's continued support and efforts for the peace process in the war-ravaged country, an official said on Jan. 29.
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A Passenger Plane Crashed in Afghanistan
A passenger plane crashed in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan, the BBC reports.
According to preliminary data, 83 passengers were on board the aircraft. Local government officials confirmed that the plane crashed in Ghazni province, saying the accident happened near the area of Deh Yak.
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Afghanistan's Ghani wins slim majority of presidential vote in preliminary results
Afghanistan's incumbent President, Ashraf Ghani, won a slim majority of votes in a Sept. 28 election, delayed preliminary results showed on Dec. 22, in a poll that plunged the country into political uncertainty.
NATO praises Turkey’s key role in Afghanistan mission
Turkey has always played a constructive and key role in NATO's Afghanistan mission since 2003, the alliance's senior representative to Kabul, Sir Nicholas Kay, said in an interview with Hürriyet Daily News at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Blast kills dozens at Afghan election rally, aide says president unhurt
An explosion near an election rally attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani killed 24 people and injured 31 others, a health official said, but Ghani was unhurt according to an aide.
ForMin Manescu: Romania's Embassy in Kabul was targeted; the Romanian died to save the others
The attack in Kabul targeted Romania's Embassy there and the Romanian employee who died to save the others was born in 1976 and was part of the security team of the diplomatic mission, Foreign Affairs Minister Ramona Manescu said Tuesday.
UPDATE/One Romanian dead, another seriously injured in terrorist attack in Kabul
A representative of the diplomatic mission of Romania in Kabul has died, and another was seriously injured following the terrorist attack that occurred Monday night, in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) informs.
Women in boardrooms: Speeding up the progress in Turkey
"We can't all succeed, when half of us are held back" said wisely Malala Yousafzai, then a 16-year-old women's and children's right activist, in her first historic speech at the United Nations in 2013. A simple equation.
Russian, US envoys meet in Ankara for peace in Afghanistan
The U.S. peace envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has met his Russian counterpart in the Turkish capital for talks on efforts to end the 17-year war in Afghanistan.