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Census Off To A Rough Start
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Wednesday said that economic, social and demographic surveying began in Kabul province last month. But as Afghanistan tries to get its first censuses off the...
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Officials Try to Explain Price Hike
Local Afghan markets have seen price hikes in recent months, causing a number of economic leaders to weigh in on the issue and try to explain its impetus. Depending on who you ask, however, the rise...
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TOLOnews 11 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Amidst highly public tensions with the United States over negotiating a long-term security deal for the coming years, President Hamid Karzai has said that the U.S. is...
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US Mulling Sanctions on Ukraine
The United States is considering a range of options to respond to Ukraine's crackdown on opposition protests, including possible sanctions, the State Department said Wednesday. "We are considering...
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Afghanistan to Compete in Asian Challenge Cup
The Afghan National Football Team has locked-in plans to participate in the Asian Challenge Cup in the Maldives this coming May. If Afghanistan wins the cup, it will make its way to the 2015 Asian Cup...
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Development Plans Bring Together Agriculture, Army
At a conference on agricultural development in the eastern region of Afghanistan, officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation and military leaders came together to discuss...
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Technical Factors Result in NDS Stocks Blast: Officials
A blast took place inside one of NDS's stocks in the Shash Darak area of Kabul city around 10:30am on Thursday, NDS officials said. The blast occurred as a result of technical factors while...
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BSA Not Up For Renegotiation: Dempsey
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martine Dempsey on Thursday said that the U.S. was not planning for any further negotiations over the Kabul-Washington security pact, which continues...
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Karzai Heads to India
President Hamid Karzai on Thursday left for a four-day trip to New Dehli, India, to meet with Indian officials, including Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. India and Afghanistan have become...
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Qara Qul Exports Rise 4 Percent This Year
Officials of the Afghan Ministry of Commerce & Industries (MoCI) on Thursday said that Qara Qul exports had increased four percent already this year and would likely increase further through the...
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Government Offers No Sympathy for War Victims: AIHRC
Officials from the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Thursday accused President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan government of neglecting to offer support and sympathy to the victims of...
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TOLOnews 12 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martine Dempsey on Thursday said that the U.S. was not planning for any further negotiations over the Kabul-Washington...
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Women 5 Percent of National Economy: AREU
According to the Afghan Research & Evaluation Unit (AREU), Afghan women contribute only five percent of the country's economic output and require more support on the part of ministries, sector...
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Afghanistan to Compete in Asian Challenge Cup
The Afghan National Football Team has locked-in plans to participate in the Asian Challenge Cup in the Maldives this coming May. If Afghanistan wins the cup, it will make its way to the 2015 Asian Cup...
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Qara Qul Exports Rise 4 Percent This Year
Officials of the Afghan Ministry of Commerce & Industries (MoCI) on Thursday said that Qara Qul exports had increased four percent already this year and would likely increase further through the...
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Drone strike in Yemen killed 17, mostly civilians: new toll
A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said Friday, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. "Some" of the dead in...
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Saudi Grand Mufti Prohibits Suicide Attacks
Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Al Shaikh on Friday publically condemned suicide attacks. The Saudi cleric said that suicide bombings are some of the most reprehensible...
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Poppy Farming Doubled in Nangarhar This Year
The Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) admitted that poppy cultivation, despite eradication efforts, has doubled in scope in 2013. Officials blamed militant networks, the Taliban and Al-Qaeda...
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Afghans Undeterred By Insecurity, Set to Make History
Despite major security threats facing the upcoming April elections, Afghans expect the vote to happen on time and transparently. Considering the importance of the elections to country's future, many...
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Karzai Pushes Back on U.S. BSA Pressure
In an exclusive interview with the Indian NDTV, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that if the U.S. was really an ally to Afghanistan, it would stop issuing threats about the future if the Bilateral...
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