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Analysts Doubt Positive Outcome from Karzai's Pak Visit
In light of Karzai's visit to Pakistan on Monday, a number of political commentators expressed doubts over Islamabad's willingness to adopt a clear policy regarding the peace process, citing the...
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Russia, West on Collision Course Over Syria
Russia's two-and-a-half year dispute with the West over the conflict in Syria hit a new peak Monday as Moscow warned against military action without UN approval and cast doubt over the regime's...
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NATO Soldier Killed in Southern Afghanistan
The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced in a statement that a NATO soldier was killed by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion early Monday in Southern Afghanistan. ISAF...
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KANKASH: Karzai's Trip to Pakistan
President Karzai departed Kabul on Monday on his 20th trip to Pakistan. According to reports from TOLOnews' correspondent in Islamabad, in his initial meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz...
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Taliban Attacks Police Check-Posts in Badghis
Local officials of Badghis province on Tuesday said that a group of Taliban insurgents launched coordinated attacks on several police check-posts in the province and took control of two of them. Ten...
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Six NSP Employees Killed in Herat
Insurgents reportedly shot and killed six employees of Heart province's National Solidarity Programme (NSP), an initiative started by the Afghan government to rehabilitate and develop villages across...
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Cricket Team Returns from Asian Council Cup
The Afghan National Cricket Team returned to Kabul from the Asian Cricket Council's Emerging Teams Cup (ACCETC) early Tuesday after defeating India and Nepal, but having championship hopes dashed by a...
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Kabul-Islamabad Commit to Kunar Dam Project
In a promising sign of improving rapport between Kabul and Islamabad, an agreement was made between President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Narwaz Sharif to jointly pursue the construction and...
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TOLOnews 27 August 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Insurgents reportedly shot and killed six employees of Heart province's National Solidarity Programme (NSP), an initiative started by the Afghan government to rehabilitate...
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Kabul New City Faces Continued Resistance
More than six years after President Hamid Karzai first established plans for the Kabul New City (KNC) project, which seeks to expand the capital northward through a broad urban development initiative,...
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Six Truck Drivers Killed By Insurgents in Paktia
Taliban insurgents killed six abducted truck drivers in eastern Paktia province on Monday night after negotiations with relatives for their release failed. The relatives of the drivers said they were...
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Karzai Calls on Pakistan for “Practical Steps” On Peace Talks
President Hamid Karzai concluded a two-day visit to Pakistan where he made a last try to bring Islamabad on board for peace talks with the Taliban and ease tensions ahead of Afghanistan's national...
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Cricket Team Returns from Asian Council Cup
The Afghan National Cricket Team returned to Kabul from the Asian Cricket Council's Emerging Teams Cup (ACCETC) early Tuesday after defeating India and Nepal, but having championship hopes dashed by a...
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US Forces to Punish Syria, Not Push Regime Change
US forces are readying to strike Syria, though the West insists its goal is not regime change but to punish President Bashar al-Assad's government for unleashing chemical warfare on civilians. The...
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Afghan Team Leaves for SAFF Championship in Nepal
The Afghan National Football Team left for Nepal early Wednesday to participate in the South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup (SAFF). The team will play its first game against Bhutan on Monday. Last...
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Insurgents Renounce Taliban Ties, Lay Down Arms in Laghman
Adding to a growing trend of nonviolent stays to the Taliban insurgency in Laghman province, Governor Fazlullah Mujadedi announced on Wednesday that seventeen Taliban insurgents including a commander...
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Four Civilians Killed in Helmand Suicide Attack
Local officials confirmed that a suicide bomb attack targeting a U.S. military convoy on Wednesday in Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand, resulted in the deaths of least four Afghan civilians. Fifteen...
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Tribal Elders of Eastern Provinces Discuss Elections and Security
Tribal elders from eastern provinces of Afghanistan held a meeting in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province, discuss their concerns with the security situation in their region and strategies...
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'Electoral Alliance' Formed, Looks to Recruit Big Names
As the 2014 Presidential elections draws near, a bevy of political parties and coalitions have agreed, after many speculations in the media and several rounds of deliberations between them, to form a...
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Taliban Attacks Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Office
The Polish-backed Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team office was attacked by a group of insurgents Wednesday evening. Two Afghan National Police officers and one civilian bystander were killed in...
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