The meeting comes as the U.S. withdraws troops from the country. As the remaining U.S. forces exit Afghanistan, President Joe Biden had his first face-to-face meeting with his Afghan counterpart, ...

Five months after a disputed presidential election, Ashraf Ghani has been declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential poll. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Tuesday that Ghani ...

One candidate in next month's Afghan presidential election who poses a serious challenge to incumbent Hamid Karzai is his former finance minister. Ashraf Ghani was a senior analyst at the World Bank ...

Ashraf Ghani has secured a second term as president of Afghanistan, according to final results of the September 28, 2019 poll released Tuesday by the country's election commission. "The election ...

The math was simple enough for Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani. To win the presidency, he would need to keep the votes he received in taking a 32 percent share in the first round. Then, he ...

Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani has ditched the suit and tie for the traditional Afghan shalwar kameez and turban in an attempt to appeal to voters. Ghani's complete image and wardrobe makeover ...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will seek re-election in 2019, his office announced Saturday, as potential rivals begin jockeying for the countrys top job ahead of the ballot. Ghani, who was elected in ...

Ghani is a former US citizen who gave up his passport to run for the Afghan presidency in 2009. He was working at the World Bank in Washington, DC, during the September 11 attacks, and used the ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected on Sunday a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with Afghanistan's government and civilians - included ...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his rival Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday signed a power-sharing deal, ending a bitter months-long feud that plunged the country into political crisis. "Doctor Abdullah ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani confirmed on Monday that he would travel to Pakistan for a regional conference on Afghanistan, in a sign of fresh efforts to reduce tension between the ...