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MPs, Senators, Former IEC Members Apply for ECC Membership
The Selection Committee for the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Sunday announced that, out of the roughly 300 applications it received, a number of National Assembly represenatives and former...
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Daudzai Replaces Patang as Acting Interior Minister
President Karzai appointed Muhammad Omer Daudzai, the former Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, as the new acting Interior Minister on Sunday. Mr. Daudzai replaces Ghulam Mujtaba Patang, who was impeached...
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MoFA Approves Plan to Open Taliban Office Outside Afghanistan
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday held a meeting in Kabul city to review a plan to open a new political office for the Taliban outside of Qatar, where the last attempt at...
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TOLOnews 01 September 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: President Karzai appointed Muhammad Omer Daudzai, the former Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, as the new acting Interior Minister on Sunday. Mr. Daudzai replaces Ghulam Mujtaba...
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India to Boost Commando Presence in Afghanistan
In response to recent attacks on its assets in Afghanistan, the Indian government has decided to bring in reinforcements of its elite Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandos. The ITBP will be...
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MPs, Senators, Former IEC Members Apply for ECC Membership
The Selection Committee for the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Sunday announced that, out of the roughly 300 applications it received, a number of National Assembly represenatives and former...
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Updated: Taliban Attacks U.S. Base in Nangarhar
A group armed insurgents attacked a U.S. base in the Torkham area of Mohmand Dara District near the Pakistani border on Monday morning. The attack involved a suicide bomb, rocket attacks and a...
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Obama in Syria Lobbying Push with Skeptical Lawmakers
US President Barack Obama has launched an intense lobbying effort to sway skeptical lawmakers as they weigh whether to support military strikes against Syria, an official said Sunday. Obama, as well...
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Ghor Medical Care Deficiencies Cost Lives
According to residents and advocacy groups in central Ghor province, medical services and facilities offered there are so inadequate that many locals seeking care are forced travel long distances...
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Baghlan Security Set for Elections: Officials
While many have expressed anxieties about the security challenges facing next spring's elections, security officials of northern Baghlan province on Monday assured that they had were ready with a plan...
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25 Insurgents Killed During ANA-ANP Operation in Helmand
Local officials of western Helmand province confirmed that at least 25 insurgents were killed in an operation carried out jointly by the Afghan National Army (ANA) and the Afghan National Police (ANP)...
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$100 Million Agricultural Project Launched in Helmand
Officials from the Helmand branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MoAIL) announced on Monday that an agriculture project costing upwards of $100 million was under way in the...
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Stray Police Rocket Kills Six Swimming Children in Baghlan
Baghlan officials said that a rocket propelled grenade fired by policemen killed six boys and wounded two other children while they were swimming in the Larkhab river outside of Darombek village on...
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Youth Group Organizes Meeting to Discuss Elections, Female Participation
The Young Activists for Reform and Change Network (YARCN) held a meeting in Kabul on Monday to draw attention to the upcoming elections and the issues the group was most concerned with, including...
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Afghanistan Beats Bhutan 3-0 in SAFF Opening Match
The Afghan National Football Team defeated Bhutan 3-0 in its first match of the 2013 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup on Monday evening in Kathmandu, Nepal. Haroon Fakhruddin (#12) scored...
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TOLOnews 02 September 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Afghan National Football Team defeated Bhutan 3-0 in its first match of the 2013 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Cup on Monday evening in Kathmandu, Nepal. To...
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Security Threats an Issue for Nearly Half of All Voting Sites: IEC
Ziaulhaq Amarkhail, the head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) Secretariat, acknowledged major concerns regarding the securing of polling sites for the upcoming election. According to the...
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Daudzai Highlights Priorities as Acting Interior Minister
Mohammad Omer Daudzai, the newly appointed acting Interior Minister, on Monday laid out the priorities he would take in his new office, including addressing the major security issues facing the...
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Baghlan Security Set for Elections: Officials
While many have expressed anxieties about the security challenges facing next spring's elections, security officials of northern Baghlan province on Monday assured that they had were ready with a plan...
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$100 Million Agricultural Project Launched in Helmand
Officials from the Helmand branch of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MoAIL) announced on Monday that an agriculture project costing upwards of $100 million was under way in the...
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