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Jowzjan Police Chief Implicates Dostum
General Faqir Jowzjani, the Police Chief of Jowzjan province, said Tuesday that Illegal Armed Groups (IAGs) were causing major security threats in the area, and suggested that things got worse when...
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U.S. Continues to Push BSA Decision
The U.S. State Department on Monday once again pushed for President Hamid Karzai to sign the Kabul-Washingtong Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) as soon as possible. Last month, Karzai ignored a...
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South Korea Funds Bamyan Museum, Cultural Center
Officials from the United Nations (UN) and the Afghan Ministry of Information & Culture (MoIC) on Tuesday confirmed that the Bamyan Museum and Cultural Center would be fully constructed within...
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TOLOnews 17 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Six ISAF servicemen were killed in a chopper crash in Shah Joy District in Zabul province southern Afghanistan late Tuesday evening. Officials said....
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Update: Taliban Targeted U.S. Parking at Torkham Port
A number of suicide bombers early Wednesday morning attacked U.S. forces parking in Torkham port border area in Nangarhar province, local officials said. Read more...
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Officials Look to Reverse Refugee Trends
Minister of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) Jamaher Anwari on Tuesday said that unemployment and lack of security in the country were the two major causes behind Afghans leaving the country and...
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AOI Continues Attack on Council of Ministers, Ghazanfar
A recent decision by the Council of Ministers to permit Ghazanfar Group to import semi-refined crude oil has been met with opposition from the Association of Oil Importers (AOI). AOI warned that a...
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Hundreds Killed as Rival Troops Battle in South Sudan: UN
A UN official said Tuesday between 400-500 people are believed to have been killed in South Sudan, where two days of fighting between rival troops has sent thousands of terrified civilians fleeing an...
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Six U.S. Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crash in Afghanistan
Six U.S. troops were killed and one wounded in a helicopter crash on Tuesday evening in the Shah Joy district of southern Zabul province. U.S. military officials said that insurgents did not shoot...
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Afghanistan Is Advancing Towards Stability: UN
Afghanistan continues to make progress in enhancing its stability as the drawdown continues for the international forces that have sought to bring security there for the past 12 years, said Jan Kubis,...
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AOI Continues Attack on Council of Ministers, Ghazanfar
A recent decision by the Council of Ministers to permit Ghazanfar Group to import semi-refined crude oil has been met with opposition from the Association of Oil Importers (AOI). AOI warned that a...
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Hundreds Killed as Rival Troops Battle in South Sudan: UN
A UN official said Tuesday between 400-500 people are believed to have been killed in South Sudan, where two days of fighting between rival troops has sent thousands of terrified civilians fleeing an...
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Pakistani Delegation Visits Kabul, Backs BSA Decision
A Pakistani Parliamentary delegation in Kabul on Wednesday to meet with the Afghan Parliament suggested that the stability and peace of Afghanistan was in the interests of Pakistan, and that Kabul...
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Brain Drain Threatens Afghan Development
Although Afghanistan has the highest refugee population in the world already, Afghan youth are reportedly still seeking to leave the country in evergrowing numbers as the country moves toward the...
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MPs Refuse Elections Delay
A number of Afghan MPs on Wednesday rejected the possibility of delaying the April Presidential and Provincial Council elections, saying the move would be illegal, unconstitutional and devastating for...
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Election Preparation Going According to Plan: IEC
Independent Election Commission (IEC) Secretariat Chief Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhai said on Wednesday that preparations for the April Presidential and Provincial Council elections were moving forward in full...
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IWA Worried About Monopolies
Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) in a report on Wednesday accused a number of government ministers, members of national assembly, provincial governors and police chiefs of building monopolies in...
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TOLOnews 18 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: A number of suicide bombers early Wednesday morning attacked U.S. forces parked in Torkham port border area in Nangarhar province, local officials...
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Suicide Attack Kills 5 Soldiers, Wounds 34 in Pakistan
At least five soldiers were killed and 34 members of security forces wounded when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a military checkpoint in Pakistan's troubled northwest Wednesday,...
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32 Water Supply Networks to Be Constructed in 9 Provinces
Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock on Wednesday said that 32 water supply networks in 9 provinces are to be constructed and reconstructed. Read more...
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