KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai used his farewell speech on Tuesday to take one last swipe at the United States, capping a long-testy relationship with the accusation that America hasn't wanted peace in Afghanistan. The only president Afghanistan has known since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion said the United States wanted ...

Afghanistans Independent Election Commission (IEC) has declared former finance minister, Ashraf Ghani, as the winner of countrys disputed presidential vote. The chairman of the IEC, Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani, made the announcement on Sunday shortly after Ghani and his rival, Abdullah Abdullah, signed a power-sharing deal to end months of turmoil over ...

Tehran, Sept 21, IRNA Iran on Sunday welcomed political agreement in Afghanistan to form the national unity government. The Islamic Republic of Iran backs restoration of peace, stability and security under formation of a broad-based government with participation of all political groups and ethnics, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Foreign ...

[caption id="attachment_115630" align="alignright" width="292"] FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks as Afghan presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, center, and Abdullah Abdullah listen during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. "Radicals" backing Abdullah could foment ...

TEHRAN, July 12 (MNA) US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Kabul to talk election dispute with two presidential candidates. Following the gridlock over run-off presidential election in Afghanistan after which both candidates claimed victory, John Kerry went to Kabul to talk the two contenders. US secretary of state and his aides met with Andullah ...

A top Iranian official declared Wednesday that Afghanistan's presidential election was held fairly in a sign of progress for the country, despite final results being delayed because of fraud allegations. The comments by Ali Akbar Velayati, foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, came after it was announced that the ...

KABUL, April 6 (MNA) Irans embassy in Kabul has congratulated Afghanistan on successfully holding the elections. The statement issued by the embassy had that the 3rd round of presidential and city councils elections in Afghanistan were manifestations of Afghan public will and role in deciding their own destiny. It also congratulated the success in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Suicide bombers attacked a building next to the house of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani and engaged in a gun battle with security guards protecting his home, officials said. More than an hour after the initial explosions, gunfire could still be heard in the area, which had been cordoned off by police, a Reuters cameraman ...