US Ready to Help Afghanistan For Transparent Elections
The United States wants a free, fair and transparent election in Afghanistan, and to achieve this they have assured all possible assistance to Afghanistan. The US Non-Military Civilian Representative...
View ArticleTaliban Responsible For Attack on Georgian Troop in Afghanistan
The Taliban on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in the southern Helmand province that killed seven Georgian Isaf service members. The attack injured nine other Georgian troop...
View ArticleNo First Ladies Confab At US-China Summit
The leaders of the United States and China on Friday hold their first summit at a California retreat, but the highly-anticipated meeting of their glamorous wives will have to wait. US First Lady...
View ArticlePolice Commander Joins Taliban in Farah
A police Commander and police officer joined the Taliban insurgents in western Farah province Friday, local officials said. "A police Commander in Bala-blok district and a police officer carrying a...
View ArticleUS Drone Kills 7, First Since Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif Sworn In
A US drone strike on Friday killed seven militants in northwest Pakistan, the first since Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as Prime Minister this week calling for an end to such attacks, local officials...
View ArticleNato Soldiers Killed in Insider Attack
Two Nato soldiers and one US civilian were killed on Saturday in an insider terror attack in Afghanistan, officials from the Isaf said. "A man wearing the Afghan National Army (ANA) uniform killed two...
View ArticleKarzai Condemns Burning Down of Iran Flag
The Afghan President Karzai on Saturday condemned burning of Iran's flag and the photographs of its leaders by a number of Afghan residents in Kabul city. Speaking at an International Environment Day...
View ArticleThe West Causes Environment Pollution: Karzai
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday said that industrialisation by the West is causing pollution, has reduced the space for making shelters across the globe and now the people are left to...
View ArticleGermany To Keep 600 to 800 Troops Post 2014 in Afghanistan
The German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who unexpectedly reached Kabul on Saturday, said that 600 to 800 German soldiers will remain in Afghanistan post 2014 and Germany will not forget...
View Article$200 Million Needed To Build Infrastructure in Industrial Parks: AISA
Officials of the Afghan Investment Support Agency (AISA) said on Saturday that for infrastructural development projects in the industrial parks of Afghanistan, it would require a funding of more than...
View ArticleTOLOnews 08 June 2013
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View ArticleAfghanistan, Pakistan, US Commanders Review Border Security Measures
Senior military leaders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US on Saturday discussed about ways to strengthen its control over the borders to check the movement of insurgents, the army said in a...
View Article30,000 Voting Cards Distributed Across Afghanistan
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday said that 30,000 Afghans across the country got their voting cards. The IEC officials said that until now from the day of opening of the...
View ArticleUS, China Agree To End 'Super Greenhouse Gases'
China agreed on Saturday with the United States to scale back production of "super greenhouse gases" used in refrigerators and air conditioners in a joint bid to fight climate change. The two nations...
View ArticleSenior Taliban Leader Arrested in Kandahar Raid
A senior Taliban leader and three other insurgents were arrested in a joint Afghan and Nato operation in the southern Kandahar province Tuesday, Isaf said. "The Afghan and coalition security force...
View ArticleTurkish Prime Minister Holds Out Olive Branch to Protesters
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to meet protest leaders whose mass anti-government demonstrations have rocked the country, in his first major concession since the deadly unrest...
View ArticleUS Gives $1 Billion In Ammo To Afghan Army
The US government has given the Afghan National Army (ANA) more than $1 billion worth of ammunition, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction's (SIGAR) latest...
View ArticleDraft of New Law on Mines Not Sent to Lower House: Official
The Afghan officials on Monday said that the draft of new Law on Mines has not been sent to the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament until now. Two weeks ago, the Ministry of Justice had promised to...
View ArticleSupreme Court Blast Kills 17 and Injures 40: Officials
A bomb blast happened at Masud Square near the Supreme Court in Kabul city at 4.15 pm on Tuesday. "A car full of explosives was detonated at the backside of the Supreme Court compound," security...
View ArticleGovernment officials Behind Increased Terror Attacks In the Country: Senators
The Afghan Senators on Tuesday said that several high ranking officials within the government are helping the insurgents carry out their activities in different parts of the country. They added that...
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