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Taliban Free 63 Diminers Kidnapped in Herat
Officials in Herat province announced Tuesday night that 63 employees of a demining firm who were taken hostage earlier in the day by insurgents were released after successful negotiations were made...
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IEC To Open 323 New Polling Centers
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has announced plans to open 323 new polling centers across Afghanistan in order to compensate for the 414 centers now expected to be closed on election day...
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170 Polling Centers Face Threats in Ghazni
According to Independent Election Commission (IEC) representatives, foreign and local security officials in Ghazni Province on Monday, of the total 394 polling stations in the province, nearly 170...
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Video Shows Afghan MP Supporting Jihad Against U.S.
TOLOnews received video clips from an anonymous source showing Parwan MP Abdul Sattar Khawasi calling on residents of Ghorband District to launch Jihad against the U.S. Although the exact date of the...
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Press Freedom Moving Forward: Karzai
President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said that the state of press freedom and independent media would continue to progress in Afghanistan under the new political leadership voted into office in April,...
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TOLOnews 6 pm News 21 January 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said that the state of press freedom and independent media would continue to progress in Afghanistan under the new political leadership...
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Legislative 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...
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EU 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...
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170 Polling Centers Face Threats in Ghazni
According to Independent Election Commission (IEC) representatives, foreign and local security officials in Ghazni Province on Monday, of the total 394 polling stations in the province, nearly 170...
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TOLOnews 21 January 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has announced plans to open 323 new polling centers across Afghanistan in order to compensate for the 414 centers now expected to be...
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Pakistan Bus Bombing Kills 24 Shiite Pilgrims
At least 24 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran were killed and 31 others wounded when a bomb hit a bus in the southwest Pakistan province of Baluchistan Tuesday, officials said. The attack took place...
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Exports Grow in Past Year, But Imports Still Dominant
Officials at the Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Tuesday reported that Afghanistan's export revenues grew by 49 percent in the first nine months of this solar year in comparison to the same...
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TOWDE KHABARE: IEC to Open 323 New Polling Centres
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has announced plans to open 323 new polling centers across Afghanistan in order to compensate for the 414 centers now expected to be closed on election day...
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ENTEKHABAT 93: 73 Days to The Elections January 21, 2014
Today's election stories: Host Muslim Shirzad discusses problems of persons with disabilities in upcoming 2014 elections, with the Spokesman of the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs &...
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FARAKHABAR: 21 January 2014
Though the Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack last week on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul, the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security (NDS) has said that this attack is not the work of...
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Blind Community Raises Concerns Over Election Voting
Blind people in Afghanistan have raised concerns this week over their ability to cast ballots in April's elections on Monday, saying the unavailability of proper voting cards would violate their right...
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U.S. Military Proposal for Afghan Stay Post-2014
U.S. military officials have drawn up plans for a U.S. presence in Afghanistan post-2014, according to a report in a U.S. newspaper, though Afghan President Hamid Karzai has yet to agree to a...
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Interior Minister Meets With Police Chiefs, Reasserts Neutrality
Minister of Interior Mohammad Omar Dawoudzai on Wednesday met with police chiefs from around the country for the last day of a three-day gathering to review security preparations for the upcoming...
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Human Trafficking, Kidnapping Trends Persist
Officials have called attention to the troubling prevalence of human trafficking and kidnapping in Afghanistan, but a cohesive and cooperative strategy to combat the trends remains elusive. Deputy...
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Security Officials, Civil Society Activists Respond to Khawasi
In response to video footage recently released of MP Abdul Satar Khawasi urging a crowd of constituents to launch Jihad against the U.S., Afghan security personnel and civil society activists on...
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