Draft of Chabahar transit agreement ready: Afghan envoy

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 22:10

The draft of Chabahar trilateral transit agreement involving India, Iran and Afghanistan is ready and is expected to be finalised soon, the Afghan envoy said on Monday.

US must not walk away: Obama pick for Afghan envoy

Last Updated: Thursday, June 9, 2011, 09:54

Ryan Crocker acknowledged that making progress in the war would remain "hard".

New Afghan envoy seeks Obama-Karzai talks

Last Updated: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 16:13

US President hopes to complete the troops` pullout by the end of 2014.

`ISI offered ransom to kill India’s Afghan envoy`

Last Updated: Monday, January 31, 2011, 16:17

The ISI allegedly offered $1.5 mn to an Afghan scribe to kill Jayant Prasad.

US’ withdrawal deadline not helpful: Afghan envoy

Last Updated: Monday, July 5, 2010, 13:32

The Obama admin has set July 2011 as deadline to begin troops` withdrawal.

Britain`s Afghan envoy takes extended leave

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 10:08

Britain`s special envoy to Afghanistan has taken "extended leave," officials said, amid reports that he clashed with NATO & US officials over strategy to tackle the Taliban.

Abducted Afghan envoy pleads to save his life in video footage

Last Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 21:22

The abductors of Aghanistan`s ambassador-designate to Pakistan Abdul Khaliq Farahi, who was kidnapped in Peshawar in 2008, Sunday released a video in which he was pleading to authorities to accept the demands of his captors.

Fired Afghan envoy starts legal action against UN

Last Updated: Friday, December 18, 2009, 10:49

The former deputy UN envoy to Afghanistan, US diplomat Peter Galbraith, said on Thursday that he has launched legal action against the United Nations for firing him without any justification.

UN seeks Afghan envoy to help civilian surge

Last Updated: Friday, December 11, 2009, 11:31

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and key Western powers are seeking a new UN envoy to Afghanistan to help lead the "civilian surge" US President Barack Obama has promised, UN diplomats and officials said.

`US Afghan envoy warns against troop surge`

Last Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 14:24

The US envoy to Afghanistan has warned against sending thousands more troops to the country as Obama weighs options in the 8-yr conflict, reports said Thursday.