Civilian Causalities Rises by 24 Percent This Year: UNAMA
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan's (UNAMA) recent findings show that the civilian causalities have increased by 24 percent this year. The findings also show that 74 percent of the...
View ArticleMass Media Commission's Fate Still Hanging
The Journalists Federation of Afghanistan once again on Tuesday accused the Minister of Culture and Information for not implementing his commitments. The members of this Federation said that the...
View ArticleTOLOnews 11 June 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: A bomb blast happened at Masud Square near the Supreme Court in Kabul city at 4.15 pm on Tuesday. {youtube}SYDRZwT1fEQ{/youtube} Read more...
View ArticleViolence Flares As Turkey PM Cracks Down On Protests
Riot police stormed an Istanbul protest square Tuesday, firing volleys of tear gas at firework-hurling demonstrators after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he had "no more tolerance" for the...
View ArticlePolitical Transition More Concerning Than Security Transition: Fahim
The first Vice-President of Afghanistan, Marshall Mohammad Qasim Fahim while speaking at the Governors' National Conference on Tuesday, informed that he had spoken to President Karzai about changing...
View ArticleTaliban Insurgents Are Enemies of Islam: Karzai
President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned the Afghan Supreme Court suicide attack and said that the Taliban insurgents are enemies of Islam. Karzai's office said in its statement, "President Hamid...
View ArticleHelmand Bomb Blast Kills Afghan Soldier, Civilian
A civilian and an Afghan soldier were killed in bomb blast in the southern Helmand province early Wednesday, local officials said. Three civilians and three Afghan National Army soldiers were injured...
View ArticleFifth Phase of Security Transition to be Announced Next Week: MoD
The Afghan Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday said that the fifth and the last phase of security transition will be announced next week and the Afghan security forces are ready to take charge of...
View ArticleWeak Intelligence Agencies Reason Behind Increased Terror Attacks: Lower House
MPs of the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament on Wednesday criticized the country's intelligence agencies and said that insurgency is on the rise because of their incapability. The MPs added that...
View ArticleChanging Political System of Afghanistan Will Not Be Accepted: Political Parties
In an exclusive interview with TOLOnews on Wednesday, a number of political parties raised their voices against the comments made by the first Vice-President of Afghanistan, Marshall Mohammad Qasim...
View ArticleSupreme Court Attack Badly Affected Civilians: Kabul City Residents
The residents of Kabul city on Wednesday said that the Taliban's suicide attack on the Supreme Court employees badly affected the civilians. 18 civilians were killed and 45 others injured in the...
View ArticleGovernors Complain About Incomplete Projects In Provinces
A number of Afghan Governors on Wednesday said that most of the development projects are incomplete or have been handed over to second or third party contractors in the provinces. At the second day of...
View ArticleBreshna Launches Electricity Bill Payment Facility Through Mobile
The state-owned electricity company Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Wednesday announced that consumers from Kabul city can now pay their electricity bills using mobile phones. DABS has...
View ArticleTOLOnews 12 June 2013
Top news in this Bulletin:In an exclusive interview with TOLOnews on Wednesday, a number of political parties raised their voices against the comments made by the first Vice-President of Afghanistan,...
View ArticleViolence Flares As Turkey PM Cracks Down On Protests
Riot police stormed an Istanbul protest square Tuesday, firing volleys of tear gas at firework-hurling demonstrators after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he had "no more tolerance" for the...
View ArticlePolitical Transition More Concerning Than Security Transition: Fahim
The first Vice-President of Afghanistan, Marshall Mohammad Qasim Fahim while speaking at the Governors' National Conference on Tuesday, informed that he had spoken to President Karzai about changing...
View ArticleTaliban Insurgents Are Enemies of Islam: Karzai
President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned the Afghan Supreme Court suicide attack and said that the Taliban insurgents are enemies of Islam. Karzai's office said in its statement, "President Hamid...
View ArticleHelmand Bomb Blast Kills Afghan Soldier, Civilian
A civilian and an Afghan soldier were killed in bomb blast in the southern Helmand province early Wednesday, local officials said. Three civilians and three Afghan National Army soldiers were injured...
View ArticleFifth Phase of Security Transition to be Announced Next Week: MoD
The Afghan Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday said that the fifth and the last phase of security transition will be announced next week and the Afghan security forces are ready to take charge of...
View ArticleWeak Intelligence Agencies Reason Behind Increased Terror Attacks: Lower House
MPs of the Lower House of the Afghan Parliament on Wednesday criticized the country's intelligence agencies and said that insurgency is on the rise because of their incapability. The MPs added that...
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