Foreign Minister Discusses BSA With German Counterpart
Afghan Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Moqbel met with the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Kabul on Sunday and spoke about the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA). Mr....
View ArticleNo Complaints Against Presidential Candidates: ECC
According to Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) spokesman Nader Mohseni, no complaints have been officially registered against any of the eleven Presidential candidates, who began their campaigns...
View ArticleGul Agha Sherzai Asks for BSA Signature
As the Presidential campaigns head into their second week, candidate Gul Agha Sherzai spoke in Nangarhar province on Sunday and stressed on the importance of the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security...
View ArticleKabul District Residents Unaware of Campaigns
Already on the ninth day of the Presidential campaigns, residents of the Deh Sabz District of Kabul have yet to familialrize themselves with the candidates and their platforms. Talking with...
View ArticleTOLOnews 6 pm News 09 February 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: At least nine people were killed and 14 others injured in snowfall and rain in the past week in southern Helmand province, local officials said on Sunday....
View ArticleInsurgents Trying to Destabilize Elections: Nabil
Insurgent groups are actively trying to destabilize the Presidential and Provincial Council elections set for April, according to Rahmatullah Nabil, the head of the National Directorate of Security...
View ArticleHotel Blaze Kills 15 Pilgrims in Saudi Holy City
A fire at a hotel in the Saudi holy city of Medina on Saturday killed 15 pilgrims and injured 130 others, state-run news agency SPA reported. Officials quoted by SPA did not identify the victims but...
View ArticleHandicap Handicrafts On Show
An exhibition called "Mashq-e-Tawanaee" displaying handicrafts made by handicapped Afghan women opened in Kabul on Saturday. The organizers of the exhibition said the event aimed to open up the market...
View Article15 Polling Centers To Be Closed in Zabul: Officials
Fifteen polling centers out of 81 total in Zabul province will be closed on the upcoming election day due to security threats, local officials said on Sunday. The Acting Governor of Zabul, Mohmmad Jan...
View ArticleFootball Team Kicks Off Training for Asian Cup
The Afghan National Football Team started the second phase of training for the AFC Challenge Cup 2014, which will be held in the Maldives on May 19, in eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday. The Afghan...
View ArticleNo Complaints Against Presidential Candidates: ECC
According to Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) spokesman Nader Mohseni, no complaints have been officially registered against any of the eleven Presidential candidates, who began their campaigns a...
View ArticleGul Agha Sherzai Asks for BSA Signature
As the Presidential campaigns head into their second week, candidate Gul Agha Sherzai spoke in Nangarhar province on Sunday and stressed on the importance of the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security...
View ArticleKabul District Residents Unaware of Campaigns
Already on the ninth day of the Presidential campaigns, residents of the Deh Sabz District of Kabul have yet to familialrize themselves with the candidates and their platforms. Talking with...
View ArticleKerry Heads Thursday on New Asia Visit
US Secretary of State John Kerry will make his fifth trip to North and Southeast Asia on Thursday, stopping in China, South Korea and Indonesia for climate change and North Korea talks. The...
View ArticleTAKANI: Evaluation of Candidates' Programmes
In this episode of TAKANI host Shapoor Bakhtiyar evaluates four candidates' programmes with the following guests: Tofan Waziri, Zalmai Rassoul's election campaign officer Fahim Kohdamani, Abdul Rab...
View ArticleFARAKHABAR: 09 February 2014
Afghan Foreign Minister Zarar Ahmad Osmani met with the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Kabul on Sunday and spoke about the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA). To...
View ArticleENTEKHABAT 93: 53 Days to Elections February 09, 2014
The assessment of 2014 Presidential candidates' perspectives. Host Muslim Shirzad discusses the issue with the following guests: Abdul Qayoum Karzai, Presidential candidate Shagul Rezai, MP former...
View ArticleCandidates Lack Specific Plans to Strengthen Human Rights: AHRDO
Afghanistan's presidential candidates vying to succeed Hamid Karzai in an April election lack specific plans to strengthen the human rights situation in the country, the Afghanistan Human Rights and...
View Article17 Insurgents Killed in Afghan Operations
Seventeen insurgents were killed and 16 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 ArticleANSA to Monitor Oil Quality at Afghan Refineries
The Afghanistan National Standard Authority will now be responsible for checking quality of petroleum in oil refineries and imported products, officials said on Sunday. "In the new draft all aspects...
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