15 Insurgents Killed, 24 Injured in Kapisa Raid
The local officials of Kapisa province on Saturday confirmed the deaths of 15 Taliban insurgents, including a shadow district governor in a military operation carried out in the Nijrab district of the...
View ArticleKANKASH: ECC Starts Work
After an elaborate voting process, the newly inducted members of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), elected Abdul Satar Saadat as the chief of the Commission on Thursday. The ECC has been...
View ArticleBSA a Necessity to Ensure Security in Afghanistan: Brig. Gen. Blackburn
Brigadier General James Blackburn, the Deputy Commander of the US Army III Corps, on Saturday stressed on the need of having the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) considering the...
View ArticleUS Eyeing to Set-Up Permanent Bases in Afghanistan: Karzai
During a meeting with the members of several youth groups at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, President Karzai made some strong comments against the US administration, saying that Washington was...
View ArticleMPs Hold Politicians and Foreign Entities Responsible for Badakshan Ambush
In light of the recent killings of Afghan security forces' personnel in Badakshan, several MPs on Saturday blamed the government over its failure to curb the sudden growth of terror activities in the...
View ArticleTOLOnews 21 September 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: During a meeting with the members of several youth groups at the Presidential Palace on Saturday, President Karzai made some strong comments against the US administration...
View ArticleThree US Troops Killed in Afghan 'insider attack'
An Afghan soldier shot dead three US troops Saturday, officials said, in the latest "insider attack" to shake efforts by the two armies to work together to defeat Taliban militants. Attacks in which...
View ArticleUEFA President Platini to Visit Afghanistan on Sunday
UEFA president Michel Platini is set to visit Afghanistan on Sunday to lend his support to football in the war-torn country, weeks after it claimed its first international trophy. Afghanistan erupted...
View Article4 Insurgents Killed, 5 Injured in Nangarhar Clash
The local officials of eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday confirmed the deaths of four Taliban insurgents, including their commander during a clash with the Afghan security forces that happened on...
View Article"PAIWAND"- First Social Media Summit Held in Kabul
Afghanistan's leading government and private-sector organisations have come together to hold the country's first social media summit titled- "Paiwand," meaning "connection" in Dari. The participants...
View ArticleUEFA President Announces Support to AFF
Michel Platini, the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), arrived in Kabul on Sunday to visit with officials from the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) following Afghanistan's...
View ArticleFallen Soldiers in the War in Afghanistan Remembered
At a memorial ceremony held at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters in Kabul on Sunday, General Joseph Dunford, Commander of ISAF, and several other Afghan and foreign...
View ArticleTOLOnews 22 September 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: At a memorial ceremony held at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul city on Sunday, General Joseph Dunford, Commander of the ISAF, and several other Afghan and foreign military...
View ArticleBismillah Sher of Wefaq Millie Party Files Nomination for Presidency
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday announced that Bismillah Sher, the leader of the Wefaq Millie Party (WMP), along with Abdul Karim Ahmadyar and Sultan Hameed Sultani have filed...
View ArticleGunmen Kidnap Five IEC Employees in Faryab
In yet another attempt to prevent Afghanistan from going to the polls next year, five members of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), including two women were kidnapped by a group of...
View ArticleNation to Observe Two-Day Mourning Over Killings During Communists’ Regime
President Hamid Karzai on Sunday held a consultative meeting with the political parties and several jihadi leaders and decided to hold a funeral ceremony for the 5,000 Afghans who were killed during...
View Article25 dead as typhoon hits China, flight chaos in HK
HONG KONG — Typhoon Usagi killed at least 25 people after crashing ashore in southern China, throwing the region's transport systems into chaos and leaving tens of thousands of airline passengers...
View ArticleSuicide bombers kill 78 at Pakistan church
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A twin suicide bombing killed at least 78 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan on Sunday in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Christians in the country....
View ArticleFarah Raid Kills 27 Insurgents
Local officials of western Farah province on Monday confirmed the deaths of 27 insurgents, including seven local commanders during an operation that was launched jointly by the Afghan National Police...
View ArticleMoMP Starts Bidding for Cement Plant Contracts
The Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) on Sunday announced that the bidding process for constructing three cement plants in Jabal-ul-Siraj district of Parwan province, Ghori in Baghlan...
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