Taliban Bombing Near Pakistan Military HQ Kills Nine
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least nine people in a market close to Pakistan's military headquarters on Monday, a day after one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent years. A...
View ArticleTaliban Suicide Bombers Target US-Afghan Base in Kandahar
A number of Taliban suicide bombers targeted the US-Afghan base in Zherai district of southern Kandahar province on Monday afternoon, local officials said. There were no reports about US and Afghan...
View ArticleKey Security Officials Assure Karzai of Secure Elections
Afghan National Police (ANP) Commanders on Monday assured President Hamid Karzai that security would be set for the Presidential and Provincial Council elections in April, despite concerns recently...
View ArticleElection Campaign Expenditure Limits Explained by IEC
Officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday reported that rules surrounding the amount of money permitted to be expended by candidates ahead of the April elections have been...
View ArticleGhorband Operation "Successful", But Civilian Casualties High
A number of MPs from northern Parwan province on Monday said that the joint military operation conducted by Afghan and ISAF forces last week in Ghorband district successfully killed 14 Taliban...
View ArticleSecurity Issues Have MPs Refusing Recess
On Monday a number of Afghan lawmakers argued that Parliament should not go on winter recess before the fate of the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) is determined and increasing...
View ArticleMPs Unhappy With Third Year of Lower House Term
The third year of the curent Lower House term ended at the turn of 2014 with few achievements, a number of MPs said on Monday. "Less law-making was done this year," MP Naqibullah Faeeq said. "MPs'...
View ArticleTOLOnews 20 January 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: A number of Taliban suicide bombers targeted the US-Afghan base in Zherai district of southern Kandahar province on Monday afternoon, local officials said....
View ArticleAfghan Girl Cricketers Criticize Cricket Board
A number of girl cricketers criticized the Afghan Cricket Board (ACB) on Sunday for not supporting girls compare to boys on the cricket field. The girl cricketers, members of what they call the...
View ArticleIran to Attend Syria Peace Conference: Ban
Iran will attend this week's Syria peace conference after it pledged to play a "positive and constructive role" in efforts to end the war, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said Sunday. Ban said he made a late...
View ArticleAfghanistan Expected to Join the World Trade Organization
Officials at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI)have announced that preparations for Afghanistan to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) are in the final stages and that in the next...
View ArticleTaliban Bombing Near Pakistan Military HQ Kills Nine
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least nine people in a market close to Pakistan's military headquarters on Monday, a day after one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in recent years. A...
View ArticleElection Campaign Expenditure Limits Explained by IEC
Officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday reported that rules surrounding the amount of money permitted to be expended by candidates ahead of the April elections have been...
View ArticleLegislative Delay Could Undermine MoF Revenue Target
Mohammad Mostafa Mastoor, the Deputy Minister of Finance, said on Monday that the 133.5 billion AFG in revenue set as the target for the next fiscal year could be undershot if the Law on Mines and...
View ArticleEU Suspends Some Sanctions Against Iran
The European Union suspended a range of sanctions against Iran on Monday after Tehran began implementing a deal to curb its nuclear programme, the EU said."As part of the implementation of the Joint...
View ArticlePresident of The United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20500 January 15, 2014 Honorable President Obama, On behalf of the Afghan people, especially the youth of our country who make up the majority of our...
View Article16 Insurgents Killed in Afghan Forces Raids
Sixteen insurgents were killed and six were arrested during a series of coordinated operations over the past 24 hours carried out by the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (ANP) and...
View ArticleENTEKHABAT 93: 74 Days to The Elections January 20, 2014
Today's election stories:Host Sadaf Amiri discusses the Independent Election Commission (IEC) supervision on Election Campaign Expenditure Limits.Topic of the Day:Host Sadaf Amiri discusses...
View ArticleFARAKHABAR: 20 January 2014
Without practical beginning of peace negotiations, signing security agreement with U.S.A will strengthen war and create feudalism, President Hamid Karzai said while meeting with the Ghorband incident...
View ArticleTOWDE KHABARE: Without a Practical Start to Peace Negotiations, No BSA: Karzai
Without a practical start to peace negotiations with the Taliban, signing a long-term security agreement with the United States will strengthen war and create feudalism, President Hamid Karzai said...
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