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Afghan Refugees Weigh In On BSA
Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Sunday expressed anxieties about the delay in the signing of the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), which remains unfinalized as tensions between U.S....
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ECC Urged to Name Candidates Accused of Crimes
Civil society activists and a number of Presidential candidates spoke out this week about supposed war criminals running in the April elections, calling on election officials to expose the names of...
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IEC Sets Strategy for Election Monitoring
The Indepedent Election Commission (IEC) will be rolling out a new program for the upcoming elections where independent election observers and monitors assigned by candidates will be present at...
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TOLOnews 29 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Indepedent Election Commission (IEC) will be rolling out a new program for the upcoming elections where independent election observers and monitors assigned by candidates...
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Ten Killed in New Blast in Russian City of Volgograd
Ten people were killed Monday in a blast on a trolleybus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, a day after a deadly suicide bombing at the city's main train station, officials said. "According to...
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FARAKHABAR: 29 December 2013
A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies made in Afghanistan will be significantly rolled back by 2017, even if some U.S. troops remain after next year, the...
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TOWED KHABARE: War Criminals Among Candidates: ECC
Abdul Satar Saadat, the head of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), recently acknowledged that among the 11 Presidential candidates running in the 2014 elections there are a number of war...
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Officials Put an End to Highway Scales
The high tonnage scales that dot the country's highways have been shut down, said officials of the Ministry of Public Works (MPW) on Sunday. The MPW declared that the scales were not standardized and...
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ENTEKHABAT 93: 96 Days To The Elections Dec 29, 2013
Today's election stories:Review of the recent elections surveys, including the one TOLOnews and ATR Consulting conducted. Host Muslim Shirzad discussed it with the Head of TOLOnews Lotfullah...
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IAGs Involved In Engineering Upcoming Poll
On Monday members of the Electoral Alliance of the Western Zone in the province of Ghor said that commanders linked to Illegal Armed Groups (IAGs) are scheming to rig the upcoming elections. These...
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Afghan Journalist Face Violency in 2013
Afghan media and journalists faced major challenges in 2013, with at least three reporters being killed and more than 70 cases of physical attacks registered with authorities. Afghan Media Watch and...
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Afghan Govt to Release 'Dangerous' Bagram Prisoners
The Investigating Fates of Prisoners Committee (IFPC) on Tuesday revealed that 650 inmates previously housed in Bagram Prison have been released, with a total of over 764 inmates being vetted for...
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ECC To Refer Candidate Criminal Cases Soon
Nadir Mohseni, spokesman for the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), on Monday said that officials had assessed seven criminal claims filed against Presidential candidates and would forward them on...
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IEC Presents Election Coverage Guidelines
The Media Commission of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday announced the election media coverage procedures required of media outlets their work surrounding the upcoming elections....
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Security Transition Management Change
President Hamid Karzai, in the year's last meeting of the National Security Council, handed over management of the security transition to the National Security Advisory. The National Security Council...
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Kabul Sees First Snowfall
Kabul residents welcomed the first snowfall of the current winter season this week with youthful enthusiasm. But for hundreds of impoverished residents, the harsh cold can present a daily threat to...
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TOLOnews 30 December 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Investigating Fates of Prisoners Committee (IFPC) on Tuesday revealed that 650 inmates previously housed in Bagram Prison have been released....
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IEC Worries Over Election Security in Southern Regions
Mohammad Yousuf Nuristani, Chairman of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), while visiting Kandahar province on Monday said that certain areas in Helmand will pose serious security...
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TOWDE KHABARE: Afghanistan Gains Will Be Lost After Drawdown
A new U.S. intelligence estimate predicts that gains the United States and allies made in Afghanistan will be significantly rolled back by 2017, even if some U.S. troops remain after next year, the...
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FARAKHABAR: 30 December 2013
The Media Commission of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday announced the election media coverage protocol for media outlets and their work surrounding the upcoming elections. To watch...
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