Afghan Forces Launch Joint Operation in Kunar
Local Kunar officials said that the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP), and National Directorate of Security (NDS), began a joint clearing operation codenamed "Toffan Dara"...
View ArticleThree Insurgents Killed, Four Injured in Jawzjan Raids
Three Taliban insurgents were killed and four others injured during several coordinated clearing operations conducted by the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP) and National...
View ArticleWomen Comprise 95 Percent of Suicides in Afghanistan: Officials
Officials of the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday, marking World Suicide Prevention Day in Kabul, said that 95 percent of suicides in Afghanistan are committed by women. More than 2,500 Afghan...
View ArticleTwelve Years After 9/11 Terrorism Still A Global Threat
On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda operatives executed four coordinated hijackings of commercial flights in the U.S., successfully crashing two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in...
View ArticleUSAID Dismisses SIGAR Report on MoPH
In response to the recent report highlighting supposed financial mismanagement within the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction...
View ArticleAfghanistan Wins SAFF Cup for First Time in History
In a highly anticipated championship match, the Afghan National Football Team defeated India soundly 2-0 on Wednesday night to take the 2013 SAFF Cup. It was the first time in history Afghanistan has...
View ArticlePakistani Senators Pledge to Support Afghan Peace Process
A 16-member Pakistani Senate delegation visiting Kabul on Wednesday pledged support from the Pakistani government and military in the Afghan government's attempts to come to a peaceful political...
View ArticleElection Schedule Will be Kept, Rural Voter Registration Window Extended: IEC...
With a hint of dissonance, Yusef Nuristani, the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), spoke to the Lower House on Wednesday and assured the MPs that the spring election's would be held...
View ArticleTOLOnews 10 September 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Presidential Palace on Tuesday disavowed comments made by Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, a former mujahidin leader, about the Taliban being a foreign interest group in a clear...
View ArticleKabul Has Shown No Interest in Finding Massoud’s Killers: Zia Massoud
At a ceremony organized to commemorate the death of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Panjsher on Monday, Ahmad Zia Massoud, the leader of the National Front Party (NFP) and brother of the deceased, said that...
View ArticleAfghanistan Braced for SAFF Finals, Three Ministers Travel to Support
President Hamid Karzai has asked Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance; Farooq Wardak, Minister of Education; and Wais Ahmad Barmak, Minister of Urban Development, to travel to Nepal and cheer on...
View ArticleApple Tailors Two New iPhones for World Market
Apple on Tuesday unveiled two new iPhones, fielding a slick new top-end model along with one aimed at budget-conscious smartphone shoppers around the world. "The business has become so large that this...
View ArticleAfghan Forces Launch Joint Operation in Kunar
Local Kunar officials said that the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP), and National Directorate of Security (NDS), began a joint clearing operation codenamed "Toffan Dara"...
View ArticleThree Insurgents Killed, Four Injured in Jawzjan Raids
Three Taliban insurgents were killed and four others injured during several coordinated clearing operations conducted by the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP) and National...
View ArticleWomen Comprise 95 Percent of Suicides in Afghanistan: Officials
Officials of the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday, marking World Suicide Prevention Day in Kabul, said that 95 percent of suicides in Afghanistan are committed by women. More than 2,500 Afghan...
View ArticleTwelve Years After 9/11 Terrorism Still A Global Threat
On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda operatives executed four coordinated hijackings of commercial flights in the U.S., successfully crashing two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in...
View ArticleUSAID Dismisses SIGAR Report on MoPH
In response to the recent report highlighting supposed financial mismanagement within the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction...
View ArticleAfghanistan Wins SAFF Cup for First Time in History
In a highly anticipated championship match, the Afghan National Football Team defeated India soundly 2-0 on Wednesday night to take the 2013 SAFF Cup. It was the first time in history Afghanistan has...
View ArticlePakistani Senators Pledge to Support Afghan Peace Process
A 16-member Pakistani Senate delegation visiting Kabul on Wednesday pledged support from the Pakistani government and military in the Afghan government's attempts to come to a peaceful political...
View ArticleElection Schedule Will be Kept, Rural Voter Registration Window Extended: IEC...
With a hint of dissonance, Yusef Nuristani, the Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), spoke to the Lower House on Wednesday and assured the MPs that the spring election's would be held...
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