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22 Dead as Bus Plunges off Philippine Highway
Twenty-two people were killed when a commuter bus plunged from an elevated highway onto a van in the Philippine capital Manila on Monday, police said, warning the death toll could rise. Twenty of...
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Afghanistan Fails to Spend Half of Its Development Budget
With six days to the end of fiscal year, officials at the Ministry of Finance say that only 48 percent of the development budget has been spent. According to this Ministry, the High Office of...
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Four Boys Killed in Urozgan Blast
Local officials reported on Monday that four boys were killed by an embedded bomb blast in Urozgan province. The incident took place in the Zartala village of Deh Rahwod district when four boys were...
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Last Australian Combat Troops Leave Afghanistan
Australian combat troops have completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday, marking the end of the nation's longest war which left 40 of its soldiers dead....
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Wardak Residents Worry About Growing Insecurity
Residents and tribal elders of central Maidan Wardak province on Monday have expressed deep worries over growing insecurity across the province. The residents added that the approach of spring...
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Kerry Believes Afghans Officials Approves BSA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that he believes Afghan officials will approve the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) that would allow U.S. forces to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014. Read...
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BSA Taken Hostage: Sultanzoi
Presidential candidate Daoud Sultanzoi on Monday said that the stance of the Afghan people with regard to signing the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington was clear. But he...
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Public Awareness, Security Are Biggest Challenges: IEC
The Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday said that the two biggest challenges facing the coming Presidential and Provincial Council elections was lack of public awareness and...
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Highway Cops Charged With Extortion Arrested: MoI
General Abdul Hakim from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) investigation department on Monday announced that a number of police officers on the Kabul-Kandahar highway were arrested in connection with...
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Prison Problems Disclosed to Senate
Mohammad Qais Fasehi, the Deputy head of the Administrative Department for Prisons and Detention Houses told the Senate on Monday that conditions in Afghan prisons was dire and help was needed in...
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TOLOnews 16 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said that he believes Afghan officials will approve the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) that would allow U.S. forces to remain...
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New Kabul Bank Up for Biding
Two companies, from of four that have expressed interest in purchasing the New Kabul Bank, submitted their documents to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Monday. MoF officials said that the documents...
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EU Pledges Readiness to Lift Iran Sanctions Swiftly
The EU said Monday it was ready to suspend some sanctions against Iran as soon as experts check that Tehran is implementing the terms of an historic deal on its nuclear programme. European Union...
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Lessons for Af-Pak Relations
As an active member of Afghan civil society, I was invited to Islamabad to participate in a Afghanistan-Pakistan Media Dialogue as well as a series of meetings with Pakistani journalists, academics,...
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Britain Will Stick to 2014 Timetable to Withdraw Troops: Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron visited troops in southern Helmand province on Monday and stressed that Britain would stick to its timetable to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by the end of...
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KANKASH: 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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2 Afghan Border Police Officers Killed Near Pakistan
Two border police officers were killed in a motorbike bomb blast near the Pakistan border, local officials of southern Kandahar province said on Tuesday. Six other people, including four civilians,...
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6 ISAF Soldiers Killed in Chopper Crash
Six ISAF servicemen were killed in a chopper crash in Shah Joy District in Zabul province southern Afghanistan late Tuesday evening. Officials said. The Taliban has claimed responsibility of the crash...
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Senators Worried About Election Security
Senate Chairman Fazel Hadi Muslimyar on Tuesday confirmed that the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) would be in charge of providing security for the upcoming elections, but added that he was...
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English Premier League Forges Partnership With Afghanistan
A cooperation agreement is expected to be signed between the Afghan Football Federation (AFF) and the Britain's Premiere League in Dubai within two months. "The contract will officially be signed in...
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