Rassoul and Helal Present Platforms for Supporters
On Monday, the second day of the Presidential campaign season, the two candidates Zalmai Rassoul and Qutbuddin Helal presented their five year plans to hundreds of supporters gathered in Kabul. For...
View ArticleIEC Cautions Candidates About Foreign Aid
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday warned the Presidential candidates that they would be disqualified form the elections if any evidence came to light indicating they had received...
View ArticleCandidates Make Unrealistic Promises: MPs, Activists
A number Afghan MPs and civil society activists on Monday responded to the campaign announcements of the Presidential candidates that came the day before. They said the Presidential hopefuls' promises...
View ArticleCandidates Present Platforms on First Campaign Day
Presidential campaigns officially kicked off on Sunday, ushering in the final stage ahead of the historic elections set for April. The candidates rolled out their platforms on the first day after much...
View ArticleCandidates Warned Not to Exploit Students
Ministry of Education (MoE) spokesman Kabir Haqmal on Monday encouraged students and teachers to remain neutral during the election season, and admonished Presidential candidates about involving...
View ArticleInsecurity Overshadows Business Activity in Afghanistan
Insecurity is a major factor behind lackluster economic activity and business in Afghanistan, according to a survey conducted by the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Kabul, Balkh, and...
View ArticleFour Police Shot Dead in Pakistan's Karachi
Gunmen on motorcycles late Monday shot dead four policemen in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi, police said. The incident occurred in Ibrahim Haidri area, a poor neighbourhood in the eastern part of...
View ArticleFARAKHABAR: 03 February 2014
President Hamid Karzai in an interview with the British newspaper Sunday Telegraph angered the families of UK's troops by suggesting the presence of NATO troops over the past 13 years had made...
View ArticleTOWDE KHABARE: Candidates' Programmes
This episode of Towde Khabare is dedicated to the programs of presidential candidates Hedayat Amin Arsala, Zalmai Rassoul, Abdul Rahim Wardak, and Mohammad Nadir Naeem.To watch the programme, click...
View ArticleObama Talks Post-2014 Presence With Defense Leaders
U.S. President Barack Obama will discuss the U.S.'s post-2014 troop presence in Afghanistan with defense leaders on Tuesday, the White House said in a statement. The meeting will be attended by the...
View ArticleENTEKHABAT 93: 59 Days to Elections February 03, 2014
In this episode of Entakhabat 93 host Muslim Shirzad discusses the upcoming Presidential and Provincial elections with the following guests: Qutbuddin Helal, Presidential candidate Aminullah Shareq,...
View ArticleHerat Residents Welcome Campaign Season
Residents of western Herat province on Tuesday welcomed the beginning of the Presidential campaigns, which have seen a flurry of activity from the candidates who only have until April 2 to win over...
View ArticleTTP-Pakistan Talks Prove Line to Taliban
Mohammad Ismail Qasimyar, the High Peace Council's (HPC) advisor for international affairs, on Tuesday said that neighboring Pakistan continues to occupy a position essential to peace talks with the...
View ArticleCampaigns Announce Major Endorsements
With the Presidential campaign season now in full-gear after its start on Sunday, campaign representatives from a number of camps on Tuesday began trumpeting high-profile endorsements received from...
View ArticleNATO Expects BSA Signed Soon
In a meeting with the British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, NATO Secretary General Andres Fog Rasmussen expressed optimism about the Kabul-Washington security pact being signed soon while...
View ArticleTOLOnews 6 pm News 04 February 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: In a meeting with the British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Andres Fog Rasmussen expressed...
View ArticleCandidates Present Platforms on First Campaign Day
Presidential campaigns officially kicked off on Sunday, ushering in the final stage ahead of the historic elections set for April. The candidates rolled out their platforms on the first day after much...
View ArticleCandidates Warned Not to Exploit Students
Ministry of Education (MoE) spokesman Kabir Haqmal on Monday encouraged students and teachers to remain neutral during the election season, and admonished Presidential candidates about involving...
View ArticleInsecurity Overshadows Business Activity in Afghanistan
Insecurity is a major factor behind lackluster economic activity and business in Afghanistan, according to a survey conducted by the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Kabul, Balkh, and...
View ArticleHerat Residents Welcome Campaign Season
Residents of western Herat province on Tuesday welcomed the beginning of the Presidential campaigns, which have seen a flurry of activity from the candidates who only have until April 2 to win over...
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