Press Releases


2012
-10/03/12  Joint Statement on the Inaugural Meeting of the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/24/12  Stanford Law School Receives U.S. Government Grant to Expand Afghanistan Legal Education Project; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/24/12  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Bilateral Meetings; Waldorf Astoria Hotel; New York City
-09/13/12  United States Supports Judicial Education Program for Four Afghan Female Judges; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-08/17/12  Afghanistan's Independence Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-08/09/12  Death of USAID Officer in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/08/12  July 7-9 Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/14/12  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to Qatar and Finland; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/11/12  Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns Travels to Uzbekistan and Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/17/12  United States-China Cooperation in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/24/12  Assistant Secretary Richard to Sign Memorandum of Understanding with Afghan Minister of Public Health Dr. Suraya Dalil; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-04/23/12  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to Denmark, Turkey and UAE; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/23/12  Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake, Jr. To Travel to Tajikistan, India, and the Kyrgyz Republic; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/20/12  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton To Host the Tenth Anniversary Celebration of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/19/12  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Belgium; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/02/12  Visit of Afghan Minister of Mines Shahrani; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC

2011
-12/06/11  Ashura Holy Day Suicide Bombings in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-12/06/11  United States Contributes $246,687 to IDLO to Support Gender Justice in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-12/05/11  Remarks at Afghanistan Conference First Working Session;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bonn Conference Center; Bonn, Germany
-12/05/11  Remarks at Breakfast with Afghan Civil Society Representatives;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kameha Grand Hotel; Bonn, Germany
-12/05/11  Remarks at the Afghan Women's Event;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bonn Conference Center; Bonn, Germany
-12/05/11  Remarks at the Bonn Conference Center;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bonn Conference Center; Bonn, Germany
-12/03/11  U.S. and Afghanistan Announce $19.2 Million in Good Performers Initiative Awards for Provincial Counternarcotics Achievements; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/30/11  Taken Question: Pakistan: Arms Sales; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/23/11  State Department Comment on Afghan Rape Survivor Gulnaz (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/21/11  Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/17/11  Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/11/11  U.S. Hosting Afghan and Pakistani Customs and Border Patrol Officials; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  United States Welcomes Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan Declaration; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-10/17/11  Afghan Corrections Officials to Graduate from Nebraska Department of Correctional Services Training; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/28/11  Readout of Deputy Secretary of State Nides' Meeting with Pakistani Finance Minister Shaikh (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/27/11  Roadside Bomb Attack in Afghanistan; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/23/11  United States Government Allocates $268 Million for Joint Afghan Justice and Counternarcotics Programs; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/22/11  New Silk Road Ministerial; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/21/11  Secretary Clinton Co-chairs a Ministerial on the New Silk Road on September 22; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/20/11  Assassination of Afghanistan High Peace Council Head Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-09/08/11  U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Discussions; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/07/11  Afghanistan: Death of U.S. Citizen Contractor (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-08/19/11  Attack on British Council in Kabul;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/29/11  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to Central Asia and Pakistan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/25/11  U.S. Cultural and Academic Festival Showcases Over 125 Global Scholars and Student Leaders; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/19/11  Opening of Central Asia and Afghanistan Women's Economic Symposium; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Heide Bronke Fulton, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/16/11  Joint Press Availability With Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Istanbul, Turkey
-07/15/11  U.S. Civilian Response Corps: Third Anniversary; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/13/11  Meeting of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-07/12/11  Assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/11/11  Recent Afghanistan-Pakistan Cross-Border Incidents; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/25/11  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to Afghanistan for Regional Consultations; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/24/11  Assistant Secretary of State William R. Brownfield Visits Central Asia and Russia; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/23/11  Assistant Secretary Campbell's Travel to the Pacific Islands; Washington, DC
-06/22/11  Remarks With Jamaican Foreign Minister Kenneth Baugh and St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ritz Carlton Hotel; Montego Bay, Jamaica
-06/15/11  Iceland's Independence Day;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-06/13/11  Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-05/17/11  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels To Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/11/11  Designation of Haqqani Network Commander Badruddin Haqqani; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to New Delhi, Kabul, Islamabad, and Riyadh; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/20/11  1000th ISAF Supply Mission Transits Russian Airspace; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/15/11  U.S. Contributes $126.8 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Persian, French and Arabic
-04/11/11  Secretary Clinton to Travel to Berlin, Seoul, and Tokyo; Acting Deputy Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Joint Statement on U.S.-Turkey Consultations on Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/11  Attack on UN in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-03/25/11  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to Brussels and Moscow; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/22/11  President Karzai's Transition Announcement;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/28/11  Ambassador Marc Grossman Travels to London, Jeddah, Kabul, Islamabad and Brussels; Washington, DC
-02/23/11  The United States Government Provides Grant to Help Increase and Strengthen Access to Justice in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/17/11  Proposed Changes to Regulation of Women's Shelters In Afghanistan;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-02/12/11  Postponement of the U.S. - Afghan - Pakistan Trilateral Meeting;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-02/11/11  Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Asia Society in NYC on February 18; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/11/11  U.S. Contributes $125 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/26/11  Inauguration of the Afghan Parliament;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/20/11  Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner to Visit Afghanistan and Pakistan; Washington, DC
-12/17/10   Photos: INL Air Wing Assists Embassies in Baghdad and Kabul

2010
Readout of President Obama's Meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan
-12/21/10  The U.S. Contributes $12.1 Million to IDLO to Improve Legal Services in Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/17/10  TAPI Gas Pipeline Project (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/16/10  Omnibus Bill;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-11/12/10  Joint Statement on United States-Kazakhstan Air Transit Agreement; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/12/10  The State Department and Department of Homeland Security Welcome Afghan Border Management Officials; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/10/10   U.S. and Afghanistan Announce $25.7 Million in Good Performers Initiative Awards for Provincial Counternarcotics Achievements; Washington, DC
-11/05/10  Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization's Travel to Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/14/10  U.S. Pledges Additional $1 Million to Help Displaced Afghans in Pakistan and Their Host Communities; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/08/10  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Travel to Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Rome October 9-19, 2010; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/07/10  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz Travels to Pakistan and Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/04/10  Contract Awarded for the Construction of the New Classified Office Annex and Permanent Housing in Kabul, Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/27/10  Special Envoy Hussain to Travel to Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/10/10   Daily Press Briefing - August 10 (Afghanistan)
-08/08/10  Killing of Medical Aid Workers in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-08/06/10  Designations of Harakat-ul Jihad Islami (HUJI) and its Leader Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/22/10  United States, Afghanistan Sign Debt Relief Agreement; U.S. Embassy Kabul - Afghan Ministry of Finance; Kabul, Afghanistan
-07/14/10  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel to Asia and Afghanistan;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/14/10  South Asian Seeds of Peace Participants Visit Department of State; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/14/10  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard C. Holbrooke Travels to Germany, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, and the United Kingdom July 15-July 22; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/08/10   Daily Press Briefing - July 8 (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)
-06/30/10  Investments in Afghanistan (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/09/10  State Department Hosts Roundtable on Afghan Women; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/21/10  Under Secretary William J. Burns Travels to Afghanistan and India;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/18/10  Equipment for Afghan Prisons; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/07/10  Joint Statement on Women's Rights Following the U.S.-Norway Global Issues Dialogue; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/07/10  Secretary Clinton and Afghan President Karzai to Participate in a Moderated Discussion at the U.S. Institute of Peace on May 13; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/08/10  U.S. Sponsors First Afghan Youth Congress against Drugs in Kabul; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/02/10  President Hamid Karzai's Call to Secretary Clinton;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/31/10  Afghan Women Diplomats Visit to Washington; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/24/10  U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan
-03/17/10  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Travels to India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Belgium; Washington, DC
-03/17/10  U.S. Joins Other Creditors, Cancels Afghanistan Debts Owed to Paris Club Members; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/24/10  Afghan Legal Defense Experts to Visit United States ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/02/10  U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke to Speak About Their Recent Trips to Afghanistan; Washington, DC
-01/29/10  Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls: Keys to a Better Future for Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC

2009
-01/07/10  Afghanistan Ministry of Women's Affairs Legal Rights Department Receives Long-Term Support through Justice Sector Support Program; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/07/10  Special Briefing: U.S. Government Agriculture Sector Programs in Afghanistan and Upcoming Travel to the Region; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Secretary Clinton Records Two Videos To Reach Afghan and Pakistani Audiences; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/28/09  Group Interview with Dunya TV, AAJ TV, Express TV, Geo TV, Dawn News, and PTV;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-11/23/09  Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/18/09  Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton's Trip to Afghanistan;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-11/12/09  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke's Travel;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-10/30/09  Interview With Margaret Warner of PBS;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/30/09  Interview With Jill Dougherty of CNN;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/30/09  Interview With Wyatt Andrews of CBS;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/30/09  ROK: Announcement about Afghanistan; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/29/09  Roundtable with Radio Journalists;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/30/09  Townterview Hosted by Prominent Pakistani Women Journalists;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/30/09  Meeting with Pashtun Leaders ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/30/09  Interview With Jim Sciutto of ABC;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
-11/01/09  Afghanistan Election;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-10/20/09  Afghan Elections;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-10/09/09  U.S. Support for UNAMA;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-10/01/09  Afghan Legal Professionals to Study in the U.S. ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/17/09  Afghanistan Elections;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  Press Briefing by Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke ; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/15/09  Department of State Welcomes South Asian Seeds of Peace Participants; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-07/15/09  Afghanistan: President Karzai Pardons Convicted Drug Traffickers (Taken Question);  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/29/09  Memorandum of Agreement Signed with Afghanistan; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/19/09  Afghanistan: State Department Staffing (Taken Question);  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/08/09  U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Consultations; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/06/09  U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Consultations II;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-05/05/09  Joint Investigation into Reported Civilian Casualties; Acting Spokesman Robert Wood, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-05/01/09  Soldiers Killed in Taliban Attack; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/30/09  U.S. Department of State Delivers $5 Million in New Mine Action Aid for Afghanistan ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/01/09  Good Performers Initiative Awards; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/31/09  Remarks With Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Hague, Netherlands
-03/31/09  Remarks at The International Conference on Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; The Hague, Netherlands
-03/30/09  Afghanistan Supreme Court Ruling; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/23/09  Secretary Clinton Travel to the Netherlands; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/20/09  Study Tour for Afghan and Kenyan Women Drug Abuse Treatment Counselors; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/19/09  International Conference on Afghanistan: Press Credentialing Procedures; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/04/09  Decision by Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan ; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-02/28/09  Statement on President Karzai's Decree; Acting Department Spokesman Robert Wood, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/28/09  Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton Meets Afghan Women Lawyers


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