Obama Tells Congress 'No Need' for New Iran Sanctions
President Barack Obama issued a stern defense of his outreach to Iran on Friday, warning US lawmakers not to derail diplomatic efforts to curtail the Islamic state's nuclear program. In an end-of-year...
View ArticleNew Karzai Cabinet Members Introduced
First Vice-President Mohammad Qasim Fahim on Saturday introduced nominations for five new ministers and two new members of the Supreme Court to the Lower House, which will have to pass a vote of...
View ArticleAfghan Women's Progress Halting in Balkh
Women's rights have seen little progress in Balkh province, where forced and child marriages are more common than most of the rest of the country. A three day workshop about ending violence against...
View ArticleTOLOnews 21 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: First Vice-President Mohammad Qasim Fahim on Saturday introduced nominations for five new ministers and two new members of the Supreme Court to the Lower House, which will...
View ArticleObama Warns S. Sudan Against Military Coup
President Barack Obama warned South Sudan on Saturday that Washington and its allies would cut aid to the country over any attempted military coup, amid growing fears of civil war. And top US diplomat...
View ArticleActivists Target Illegal Mining
In a gathering in Kabul on Saturday, a number of civil society activists called on the government to act against the many illegal mineral extraction operations currently active around the country....
View ArticlePatient 'progressing' After First Artificial Heart Implant in France
A 75-year-old man who this week became the first person to receive an artificial heart developed by French biomedical firm Carmat was progressing well, doctors said Saturday. The patient was...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Fashiontista-AFGHANeeSTA
"The difference between style and fashion is quality" – G. Armani I've been trying to start up a blog for quite some time now and hopefully this will stick (fingers crossed) because I think my friends...
View ArticleObama Warns S. Sudan Against Military Coup
President Barack Obama warned South Sudan on Saturday that Washington and its allies would cut aid to the country over any attempted military coup, amid growing fears of civil war. And top US diplomat...
View ArticleSenators Say Fahim Security Beat Staffer
A number of armed guards providing security for First Vice-President Mohammad Qasim Fahim during his visit to the National Assembly yesterday reportedly beat an advisor of the Senate House...
View ArticleNew Survey Reveals Frontrunners for Presidential Bid
In a recent joint poll conducted by ATR and TOLOnews, residents from across Afghanistan's 34 provinces answered questions regarding their preferred Presidential candidates. Results from this opinion...
View ArticleNATO Residual Force Talks Begin
NATO officials met with Afghan leaders on Saturday to negotiate over a proposed military force to stay in the country after next year. They reaffirmed that no deal would be signed until after a...
View Article28 MIllion Ballots Printed for April: IEC
Officials of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) said on Sunday that soon 28 million ballots would be printed for the upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections. The ballots are...
View ArticleU.S. Looks to Bolster Female Ranks Ahead of Elections
The U.S. is pushing to get more Afghan women enlisted into the security forces ahead of the upcoming elections in order to ensure that women-only voting sites are able to fully operate come April. The...
View ArticleKarzai Criticizes U.S. Definition of 'Terrorism'
President Hamid Karzai claimed on Sunday that U.S. officials deem suicide bombings and attacks on schools by the terrorist in Afghanistan not acts of terror from the perspective of the United States....
View ArticleTOLOnews 22 December 2013
With 104 days remaining until Afghanistan's2014 Presidential Elections, polling results show that people's interest in regards to the presidential candidates have increased. In the previous opinion...
View ArticleNATO Soldier Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
A NATO service member died in eastern Afghanistan, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement on Monday. "An International Security Assistance Force service member died...
View ArticleNew Air Strikes on Syria's Aleppo Kill Dozens
Syrian regime helicopters bombarded residential areas of the divided city of Aleppo with crude explosive-filled barrels, killing dozens of people in a tactic widely condemned as unlawful. The Syrian...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Fashiontista-AFGHANeeSTA
"The difference between style and fashion is quality" – G. Armani I've been trying to start up a blog for quite some time now and hopefully this will stick (fingers crossed) because I think my friends...
View ArticleGerman Defence Minister Calls on Karzai to Sign BSA
President Hamid Karzai should sign the Bilateral Security Agreement between Kabul and Washington, new German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday during a surprise visit to troops....
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