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Preliminary amendment draft for electoral law prepared
08 Feb 2019

Preliminary amendment draft for electoral law prepared

Arg—Presidential nominees, civil society leaders, political parties and election watchdog organizations held a meeting in Arg on Friday, and discussed the preliminary draft to amend electoral law....

CNN anchor, Fareed Zakaria’s conversation with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani during World Economic Forum’s annual meeting (2019) in Davos, Switzerland.
25 Jan 2019

CNN anchor, Fareed Zakaria’s conversation with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani d...

Davos, Switzerland January 24, 2019   Fareed Zakaria: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for coming to this. If I may start before welcoming our honored guest with a few ground rule...

President Ghani visits wounded NDS personnel, promises to continue to foster security institutions
22 Jan 2019

President Ghani visits wounded NDS personnel, promises to continue to foster sec...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited National Directorate of Security’s base in Shahdarak this evening, and conveyed his deepest sympathies with NDS personnel for the loss of their co-servicemen in...

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation met with President Ashraf Ghani and briefed him about his recent trips to China, U.A.E. and India.
15 Jan 2019

U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation met with President As...

Arg—Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, met with President Ashraf Ghani and briefed him about his recent trips to China, U.A.E. and India. First...

ARG (Presidential Palace)
10 Jan 2019

ARG (Presidential Palace)

Kabul, a city of ancient history, had been a home for kings and crowns. In the past, a wall, which still its remainders exist, enclosed the city with six entrance gates. Each of the doors were know...

President Ghani: female entrepreneurs will be empowered by the government
31 Dec 2018

President Ghani: female entrepreneurs will be empowered by the government

Arg—President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and the First Lady met with Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI) on Monday; the President said that the Chamber will be established as a per...

President Ghani and China’s State Councilor discussed connectivity, counter-terrorism cooperation
15 Dec 2018

President Ghani and China’s State Councilor discussed connectivity, counter-terr...

Arg—President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with China’s foreign minister and State Councilor, Wang Yi today after he signed the tripartite anti-terrorism cooperation MoU with Afghanistan and Pakistan....

President Ghani inaugurated Lapis Lazuli Route, connecting Afghanistan with Caucuses and Europe
14 Dec 2018

President Ghani inaugurated Lapis Lazuli Route, connecting Afghanistan with Cauc...

Dec 13, 2018 Afghanistan’s trade and transit routes are expanding as the country dispatched 9 Cargo trucks on Lapis Lazuli Route for the first time Thursday, carrying cotton thread, sesame, waterme...

President Ghani pressed Citizens’ Charter must focus on vulnerable, neglected communities
10 Dec 2018

President Ghani pressed Citizens’ Charter must focus on vulnerable, neglected co...

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met with members of Citizens’ Charter National Priority Program, and asked them to expedite their projects while ensuring 50 percent representation of women in the prog...

President Ghani: despite immense pushback, we are determined to tackle corruption
09 Dec 2018

President Ghani: despite immense pushback, we are determined to tackle corruptio...

Arg—President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Monday that Afghan government is firm to uproot corruption, and reiterated commitments regarding anti-corruption agenda made in Geneva Conference while obse...