Reclusive Taliban Supreme Leader Akhundzada attends clerics gathering in Kabul

Jul 01, 2022

Kabul [Afganistan], July 1 : Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is participating in a three-day religious gathering of clerics at the Loya Jirga Hall...

Afghanistan: Explosions, gunfire heard close to Taliban's Grand Assembly

Jun 30, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 1 : Multiple explosions and gunfire were heard near the Loya Jirga hall in the Afghanistan capital Kabul where religious scholars...

Afghan grand assembly 'Loya Jirga' opens in Kabul, women debarred

Jun 30, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 : The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders opened in Kabul on Thursday, Xinhua reported...

Afghan leaders support Pashtun ethnic jirga in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Mar 16, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], March 17 : Former Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and former Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday supported the proposal by...

In major breakthrough, Afghan Loya Jirga approves release of 400 Taliban prisoners

Aug 09, 2020

Kabul [Afghanistan], Aug 9 : The Loya Jirga of Afghanistan on Sunday approved the release of 400 Taliban prisoners in a major breakthrough that...

Karzai calls for inclusive government in Afghanistan to gain international acceptance, recognition

Dec 04, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], December 4 : Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai emphasized the significance of inclusive government in Afghanistan calling Loya Jirga (Great Assembly) as...