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Mixed Messages on BSA Signing Timeline
In his speech on the opening of the Loya Jirga in Kabul on Thursday, President Hamid Karzai said that the Kabul-Washington security pact would not be signed - if at all - until after the Presidential...
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TOLOnews 6 pm News 22 November 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Hundreds of Afghan nationals are currently serving sentences in Pakistani detention centers without trial, or even being told why they have been imprisoned in some cases,...
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Foreign Ministers Push Again for Iran Nuclear Deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry and six other foreign ministers will try and make it second time lucky on Saturday as they seek to nail down a landmark nuclear deal with Iran in Geneva. It will be...
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12 Insurgents Killed in Afghan Raids
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement on Friday said 12 Taliban militants were killed in several coordinated operations conducted by Afghan and coalitions forces around the country. Three...
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KANKASH: The Loya Jirga in Kabul
The Loya Jirga participants discussing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington for second day have indicated they generally see eye-to-eye on most of the articles of the...
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Delay In BSA Prolongs Anxiety Ahead of Elections: Dobbins
US government's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins, on Friday said that the security pact between the countries ought to be signed in the next few weeks. Reacting to President...
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Muzhda Confirms Talks With Taliban
A day after TOLOnews reported about a recording of a phone conversation between Jabhe Wahdat Millie spokesman Wahid Muzhda and a leader of the Afghan Taliban, Muzhda Saturday confirmed that the...
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Signing Timeline Still Unresolved, Karzai Firm on Preconditions
After President Hamid Karzai caught U.S. officials off-guard on Thursday when he said the Kabul-Washington security pact would not be signed until after the April elections, there remains no...
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TOLOnews 6 pm News 23 November 2013
Top news in this Bulletin:After President Hamid Karzai caught U.S. officials off-guard on Thursday when he said the Kabul-Washington security pact would not be signed until after the April elections,...
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Delay Signing BSA, Afghanistan Loses: Mujadadi
The Chairman of the Loya Jirga being convened in Kabul this week in order to discuss the Kabul-Washington security pact, Sebghatullah Mujadadi, has criticized the recent statements of President Hamid...
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Foreign Ministers Push Again for Iran Nuclear Deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry and six other foreign ministers will try and make it second time lucky on Saturday as they seek to nail down a landmark nuclear deal with Iran in Geneva. It will be...
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Iran, World Powers Agree Nuclear Deal
World powers on Sunday reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear programme, their chief negotiator Catherine Ashton and Iran's foreign minister said. "We have reached agreement between E3+3 and...
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2 Civilians Killed in Nangarhar Blast
At least two civilians were killed and an National Police officer was injured on Sunday by a bomb blast in Jalalabad city, local officials said.The incident took place in the fourth District of...
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Jirga Endorsed BSA, Called On Karzai To Sign It
Afghan tribal elites concluded a four-day Loya Jirga on Sunday, endorsing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States, which allows a residual U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan...
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Attacks on Jirga Foiled
Security officials in Kabul on Saturday reported that five separate plots for suicide bombings targeting the Loya Jirga had been discovered and thwarted, with conspirators now in custody. On Sunday,...
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Mujadadi Claims He Will Leave Afghanistan if BSA Not Signed
On the last day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, on Sunday, the gathering's Chairman, Sebghatullah Mujadadi, said that if President Hamid Karzai did not follow the Jirga's recommendation to sign the...
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Karzai Looking Out For Himself: Abdullah
Presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has argued that recent statements and moves by President Hamid Karzai indicate he is abusing the security pact negotiation process and preparations for the...
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TOLOnews 6 pm News 24 November 2013
Top news in this Bulletin:On the last day of the Loya Jirga in Kabul, on Sunday, the gathering's Chairman, Sebghatullah Mujadadi, said that if President Hamid Karzai did not follow the Jirga's...
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Egypt Approves Contentious New Protest Law
Egypt's interim president Adly Mansour approved a controversial law Sunday that regulates demonstrations and gives authorities the power to ban protests deemed a "threat" to national security,...
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Taliban-Linked Provincial Candidates Worry Ghazni Officials
Ghazni Deputy Governor Mohammad Ali Ahmadi on Monday raised concerns about a number of candidates from his province who were approved by election officials yet are affiliated with Taliban insurgents....
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