Public's Priorities Ahead of Campaign Start
Presidential campaigns start on Sunday, which will provide a period for candidates to discuss their platforms and plans for the country. Officials and Kabul residents on Saturday urged the candidates...
View ArticleU.S. Failed Mission in Afghanistan: Survey
After a decade of war in Afghanistan, in a recent opinion poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and USA Today, approximately 40 to 50 percent of Americans said they believe their country failed to...
View ArticleTOLOnews 6 pm News 01 February 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: With Presidential campaign starting tomorrow, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) held a meeting with senior security officials to discuss security for the...
View ArticleElection Awareness Campaign Delicate in Ghazni
Representatives from Ghazni Provincial Council and civil society institutions have raised their voice over the sluggish process of public awareness campaigns in the 2014 presidential elections. Local...
View ArticleOfficials Beef Up Candidates' Security
General Salem Ehsas, Chairman of the Election Security Commission (ESC) has said that 385 security officers have been assigned as detail to the Presidential candidates and their Vice Presidential...
View ArticleSyria Talks End With Accusations
Syria's warring sides traded barbs on Friday over the failure to achieve concrete results at peace talks in Geneva, amid doubts over the regime's participation in a planned new round in February....
View ArticlePublic's Priorities Ahead of Campaign Start
Presidential campaigns start on Sunday, which will provide a period for candidates to discuss their platforms and plans for the country. Officials and Kabul residents on Saturday urged the candidates...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi Back in Court as Murder Trial Resumes
Deposed Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi was back in court Saturday as his trial over the killing of protesters resumed, with the defence insisting he is still the legitimate president. His trial is seen...
View ArticleTOWDE KHABARE: Election Campaign
In this episode of Towde Khabare host Shapoor Bakhtiyar discusses the Presidential candidate election campaigns, with the following guests:Ahmad Sayede, political analystSayed Masoud, a lecturer at...
View ArticleFARAKHABAR: 01 February 2014
Approximately 40 to 50 percent of Americans said they believe their country failed to achieve its goals in Afghanistan after a decade of war there, according to a recent opinion poll conducted by the...
View ArticleAfghan Presidential Candidate's Aides Shot Dead in Herat
Unknown gunmen shot dead two aides of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah late on Saturday in the western city of Herat, highlighting concerns about security in the run-up to the April...
View ArticlePresidential Campaigns Kick Off Today
The Afghan presidential election campaigns formally kicked off on Sunday, officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced. The Presidential and Provincial Council elections are...
View ArticleENTEKHABAT 93: 62 Days to Elections February 01, 2014
In this episode of Entekhabat 93 host Muslim Shirzad discusses the presidential candidates' campaigns, ways of campaigning, public safety, resource usage, and not use of government facilities with the...
View ArticleWomen Ask Candidates for Clarity on Women's Issues
With the start of Presidential campaign on Sunday, a number of females told TOLOnews that they expected the candidates to establish clear platforms regarding the political, social and economic...
View ArticleNATO Plans For Afghan Military Presence Post-2014: Rasmussen
Speaking to reporters while attending the Munich Security Conference, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Saturday said that NATO is still planning for a military presence in Afghanistan...
View ArticleMoI Assures Candidates of Campaign Security
Officials from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday announced that special precautions had been taken for preventing insurgent attack during the Presidential campaigns running from today through...
View ArticleTOLOnews 02 February 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: Officials from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday announced that special precautions had been taken for preventing insurgent attack during the Presidential campaigns...
View ArticleMinistry Pushes for Private Investment in Public Health
At a meeting in Kabul on Sunday organized with the support of USAID, the Afghan Minister of Public Health (MoPH) looked to recruit private sector investment into hospitals, something Afghanistan...
View ArticleOn the Eve of Presidential Campaigns
With Presidential campaign starting tomorrow, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) held a meeting with senior security officials to discuss security for the Presidential candidates. In addition...
View ArticleIEC to Facilitate Prisoners' Vote
Prisoners are deprived of the most basic freedoms, but come election day in April, according to the Independent Election Commission (IEC), voting centers will be set up in prisons around the country....
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