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TOLOnews 13 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) admitted that poppy cultivation, despite eradication efforts, has doubled in scope in 2013. Officials blamed militant...
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US Warns N. Korea Against Provocation Following Execution
The United States has warned North Korea against any "provocative acts" following the shock execution of leader Kim Jong-Un's uncle, as the reclusive state campaigned to rally support behind the young...
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Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Civilians in Nuristan
Local officials of eastern Nuristan province said that two civilians were killed by a roadside bomb on Saturday morning in Chapa Dara District of the province. Read more...
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KANKASH: Karzai's Visits from India
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai was to hold talks with Indian leaders Friday, with Washington hoping that New Delhi can help persuade him to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay on post-2014. To...
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No Peace With BSA: Pakistani Officials
Former Pakistani Ambassador to Afghanistan Rustam Shah Mumand in an exclusive interview with TOLOnews said that talks with the Taliban would not have any progress so long as foreign troops remain in...
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HRW Concerned With Increasing Child Abuse
The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has expressed heightened interests in combating child abuse, exclusion from education and lack of access to health services. Child abuse has...
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Parliament Reacts to Violence Against Women
House members on Saturday discussed the recent upward trend in violence against women and concluded that such behavior was against the teachings and values of Islam. Read more...
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Parliament Denies Seat For Hindus
The Lower House on Saturday rejected President Hamid Karzai's legislative order that created a seat for Hindus in Parliament. During Saturday's session, the order of President Karzai was taken for up...
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India Denies Karzai's Request For Military Aid
President Hamid Karzai on his trip to New Delhi this week met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to encourage him to provide military equipment to Afghanistan. However, so far he has not had...
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TOLOnews 14 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: During Saturday's session, this order of President Karzai was taken for discussion. Majority of the members consider it to be against the constitution and rejected it with...
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Iran Brings Monkey Back Safely From Space
Iran said on Saturday that it had safely returned a monkey to Earth after blasting it into space in the second such launch this year in its controversial ballistic programme. President Hassan Rouhani...
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Suicide Bomber Targets NDS Building In Torkham Port
A suicide bomber targeted the National Directorate of Security (NDS) building in Turkham port of Nangarhar province early on Sunday morning, wounding three NDS soldiers. Noor Akbar, the Torkham police...
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23 Taliban Insurgents Killed, 5 Injured in Operations
Twenty three Taliban insurgents were killed and five were injured during a series of coordinated operations over the past 24 hours carried out by the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police...
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Karzai Says He Does Not Trust U.S.
President Hamid Karzai while in New Delhi on Saturday said that he no longer "trusts" the U.S., accusing the Americans of saying one thing and doing another. Read more...
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Senate Asks Karzai to Respect Jirga Advice
While discussing the arming of the Afghan security forces by India, the Chairman of the Senate Fazil Hadi Muslimyar asked that President Hamid Karzai respect the decision of the Advisory Loya Jirga to...
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Draft of Iran Friendship Pact Near Complete: MoFA
Janan Mosazai, the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Sunday said that the draft of the Friendship and Cooperation Pact between Kabul and Tehran would be ready soon for signing. He...
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Afghan Taliban Not Ready for Peace Talks: Pakistan
Pakistan's Top Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz on Saturday told reporters in Islamabad that the Afghan Taliban have yet to accept his country's request for them to sit down with the Afghan High Peace...
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Report on Herat-Kandahar Highway Crime
Officials in Farah province reported that police along the Herat-Kandahar highway have derelicted their duties and been involved a number of cases of criminal activity and abuse of power. The Highway...
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TOLOnews 15 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: While the Chairman of the Senate considers arming of the Security Forces by India, a great step but he also asks President Karzai to respect the decisions of Advisory Loya...
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NEPA Spotlights Climate Change in Afghanistan
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on Sunday, in its first report climate change in Afghanistan, said that the effects of climate change were already proving adverse for Afghans and...
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