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Anti-BSA Quetta Shura Collaboration Sparks Outrage
Following revelations made by Afghan National Security Advisor Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta regarding the collaboration of Afghans in Kabul with the Quetta Shura, the leaders of the Afghan Taliban based...
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Final List of Candidates Complete, Changes Made: ECC
After a two-day delay, election officials have announced the final list of candidates for the spring elections is completed. They also indicated there would be some changes made from the preliminary...
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Kabul Governor, Women's Activists Talk Challenges for Afghan Women
At a gathering organized by the Afghan Women's Network in Kabul on Monday, Kabul Governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa and women's activists highlighted the many injustices still faced by Afghan women and the...
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AIHRC Calls for Transitional Justice
The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Monday held a meeting in Kabul in which its Director, Seema Samar, called on the Afghan government to implement transitional justice, holding...
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Days Before Jirga, Negotiations Over BSA Hit Wall
Just three days before the Loya Jirga begins discussing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), Afghan and U.S. officials told The New York Times the negotiations were in a deadlock over the issue of...
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TOLOnews 6pm News 18 November 2013
Top news in this Bulletin:Just three days before the Loya Jirga begins discussing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), Afghan and U.S. officials told The New York Times the negotiations are in a...
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Anti-BSA Quetta Shura Collaboration Sparks Outrage
Following revelations made by Afghan National Security Advisor Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta regarding the collaboration of Afghans in Kabul with the Quetta Shura, the leaders of the Afghan Taliban based...
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Final List of Candidates Complete, Changes Made: ECC
After a two-day delay, election officials have announced the final list of candidates for the spring elections is completed. They also indicated there would be some changes made from the preliminary...
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Police Hunt Gunman After Paris Attacks
French police launched an extensive manhunt in Paris on Monday for a lone gunman wielding a shotgun who critically wounded a newspaper photographer and opened fire outside a bank headquarters....
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Gunmen Kill NATO Truck Driver in Pakistan
Gunmen in southwest Pakistan on Monday killed the driver of a truck carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan before setting the vehicle on fire, police said. Read more...
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7 Paktika Children Killed By Roadside Bomb: Officials
At least seven children were killed and three others were wounded on Monday by a roadside bomb blast in southeastern Paktika province, local officials said. Read more...
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12,000 Afghan Taliban Casualties in 2013: UN
In a report released late Monday, the United Nations said that 12,000 Taliban fighters have been killed, captured or wounded in Afghanistan since the year began. The special report drafted for the UN...
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KANKASH: Days Before Jirga, Negotiations Over BSA Hit Wall
Just three days before the Loya Jirga begins discussing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), Afghan and U.S. officials told The New York Times the negotiations were in a deadlock over the issue of...
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Voter Coercion Concerns Northern Civil Society Groups
A gathering of civil society groups from northern Afghanistan in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, on Tuesday raised concerns over voter intimidation in the upcoming elections. With the...
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Final List Sees Presidential Candidate Added
After completing its complaints review process, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) announced on Tuesday it had submitted a final list of candidates to the Independent Election Commission (IEC)...
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Jirga Holiday Chided by Economists
While many Kabul residents celebrate having an impromptu holiday this week after the Council of Ministers' approved a public holiday from Tuesday through Sunday because of the Loya Jirga, economic...
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TOLOnews 6 pm News 19 November 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: After completing its complaints review process, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) announced on Tuesday it had submitted a final list of candidates to the Independent...
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Islamic Association of Students Rallies Opposition to BSA
The Islamic Association of Students gathered in Kabul on Tuesday to rally against the signing of the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), claiming the pact was against Afghanistan's...
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BSA Remains Contested, Jirga Left In The Lurch
Two days before the Loya Jirga convenes in Kabul, Afghan and U.S. negotiators have reached an impasse over the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA). With the text of the accord still un-finalized, it is...
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Obama Does Not Know If Iran Deal Possible This week
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he did not know whether world powers would clinch an interim deal with Iran over its nuclear program during talks this week. Obama also insisted any relief from...
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