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Watch the First Afghan Presidential Debate in Full
Five presidential candidates participated in the first debate on security and politics hosted by TOLOnews. To watch the whole debate, click here: {youtube}ALHn0-4uWNw{/youtube}
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Suicide Blast Targeting Shiites Kills Eight in Pakistan
Eight people were killed and 42 injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shiite-run charity hotel in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said, in an apparent...
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Security Forces Foil Suicide Attacks in Kabul, Kunar
Two individuals planning to carry out suicide attacks have been detained in Kabul in the last week, the National Directorate of Security said in a statement on Wednesday. "The suicide bombers belong...
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Five Presidential Candidates Take Part in First TV Debate
Five Afghan presidential candidates participated in the first televised TOLOnews debate on Tuesday night, exchanging views on the country's security situation and politics ahead of the April vote. The...
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4 Days In Campaigns Absent In Provinces
After four days since the Presidential campaign season kicked off on Sunday, most provinces of the country remain isolated from the Kabul-centered campaigning, leaving residents in the dark. Although...
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HPC Reacts to Karzai's Secret Taliban Meetings
In response to a recent report by The New York Times exposing secret meetings between President Hamid Karzai's circle and the Taliban, the High Peace Council (HPC), officially charged with managing...
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3 Candidates Sent to ECC for Violations
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday announced that of the eleven Presidential candidates only eight of them have registered their assets with election officials while the remaining...
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Former Minister Jalali Announces Support For Ghani
A political group called "Thought and Action" led by former Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali on Wednesday in a gathering in Kabul announced official support for Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani...
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TOLOnews 6 pm News 05 February 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday announced that of the eleven Presidential candidates only eight of them have registered their assets with election...
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Historic Debate Put Policy First, Showed Growth in Afghan Democracy
For the first time in Afghan history, the top Presidential candidates debated on live television Tuesday night. The debates provided the best opportunity yet for candidates to explain their stances on...
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Campaigns 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...
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Suicide Blast Targeting Shiites Kills Eight in Pakistan
Eight people were killed and 42 injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Shiite-run charity hotel in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, officials said, in an apparent...
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U.S. Warns of Toothpaste Bombs on Russia Flights
The US government warned American and foreign airlines -- just ahead of the Sochi Olympics -- that terrorists could try to hide explosives in toothpaste tubes on Russia-bound flights. An official told...
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Three Haqqani Leaders Added to Terrorists List
The U.S. government has listed three new Haqqani Network leaders on its global terrorists list, a move that will mount pressure on the network as the Afghan fighting season nears and the Presidential...
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TAKANI: Evaluation of Candidates' Programmes
In this episode of TAKANI host Shapoor Bakhtiyar evaluates four candidates' programmes with the following guests:Fazlul Amanullah, Qutbuddin Helal's election campaign officerHamidullah Farooqi, Ashraf...
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FARAKHABAR: 05 February 2014
According to the The New York Times, Aimal Faizi, Karzai's spokesman, confirmed that the President has met secretly with the Taliban in recent months to discuss a possible reconciliation agreement. He...
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ENTEKHABAT 93: 55 Days to Elections February 05, 2014
Assessment of 2014 Presidential candidates' perspectives.Host Sadaf Amiri discusses the issue with the following guests: Najla Ayoubi, Women's Rights Activist Salah Mohammad Registani, Military...
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Sayaf Gets Campaign Underway
Five days into the Presidential campaigns, candidate Abdul Rab Rasool Sayaf launched his campaign on Thursday by presenting his policy priorities to supporters gathered in Kabul. According to Sayaf,...
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Candidates Talk Policies, Receive More Endorsements
Presidential candidates Qayoum Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah and Dawoud Sultanzoi gathered in Kabul with supporters on Thursday to promote their campaigns and share their visions for Afghanistan....
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ECC Faces Delays and Noncompliant Candidates
The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has had a tough go at it, admitting on Thursday that the opening of its provincial offices necessary to processing complaints against candidates would be...
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