IEC Fears Candidates May Rig Elections
Presidential candidates will be brought to justice if they use their influence to get votes illegally, Independent Election Commission (IEC) spokesman Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail warned on Monday. The...
View ArticleU.S. Senator Calls for End of U.S. Aid to Afghanistan
In reaction to the release of Bagram Prisoners by President Karzai, U.S. senator, Lindsey Graham, has asked that the developmental aide to Afghanistan stop until after the elections. While speaking at...
View ArticleMPs Demand Dismissal of Kabul Mayor
The Kabul mayor has embezzled millions of dollars by misusing his official position and misallocating the Kabul road construction finances, the head of Parliamentary Commission for Telecommunication...
View ArticleTOLOnews 6 pm News 12 February 2014
Top news in this Bulletin: In reaction to the release of Bagram Prisoners by President Karzai, U.S. senator, Lindsey Graham, has asked that the developmental aide to Afghanistan stop until after the...
View ArticleAfghan Youth Await New Beginning
For the many young Afghans who will vote in April, some for their first time, this year's elections mark an opportunity for a new start and a new future in Afghanistan. Talking with TOLOnews, Afghan...
View ArticleItalian Aid to Transform Herat Airport
Afghanistan and Italy signed an agreement on Monday in which $200 million of Italian aid money will be given to Afghanistan, much of which will be used to transform Herat airport into the biggest...
View ArticleSultanzoy Accuses Government of Candidate Bias
Daoud Sultanzoy accuses the government of unlawfully supporting some of the candidates. Mr. Sultanzoy said that peace can only come to Afghanistan if the elections are transparent and lawful. He added...
View ArticleIEC Fears Candidates May Rig Elections
Presidential candidates will be brought to justice if they use their influence to get votes illegally, Independent Election Commission (IEC) spokesman Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail warned on Monday. The...
View ArticleUN Calls for More Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator office has called on foreign donor countries to put up a new 406 million USD for those affected by natural disasters in Afghanistan this...
View ArticleAfghan Soldiers Kill Two Americans in Kapisa
Two Afghan men in Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) uniforms shot dead two U.S. soldiers on Wednesday in central Kapisa province, officials said. "Two International Security Assistance Force...
View ArticleGovernment Must Amend Domestic Production Support Policy
Afghanistan is now sufficient in production of sixteen items, but imports of similar products pose major threats to the locally produced items, officials of Afghanistan Industries Association (AIA)...
View ArticleSuicide Bomber Targets Police Bus in Karachi, 13 Killed
At least 13 persons were killed and 47 others, including civilians, were wounded Thursday morning in an explosion targeting a police bus near Razzaqabad police training college in Karachi's Shah Latif...
View Article65 Bagram Prisoners Released, U.S. Condemns
The Afghan government released 65 detainees from Bagram prison on Thursday, ignoring warnings from the United States that those released could return to fighting Afghan and foreign forces. "We confirm...
View ArticleSorobi Residents Ask Candidates to Campaign
The Presidential candidates must better and more clearly explain their platforms ahead of the April elections, residents of Sorobi district demanded on Wednesday.Sorobi is a District on the...
View ArticleFARAKHABAR: 12 February 2014
President Hamid Karzai left Kabul for Ankara on Tuesday, leading a high-level delegation in a two-day summit focusing on Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan, Karzai's office said in a statement. To watch...
View ArticleENTEKHABAT 93: 50 Days to Elections February 12, 2014
Host Enayatullah Mudaris discusses the appointment of 102 electoral complaints commissioners with the following guests:Dawod Rawish, head of Afghanistan people's partyParwiz Kawa, JournalistAhmad Zia...
View ArticleNSPA, Ismaili Sect Endorse Ashraf Ghani
The National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (NSPA) and the Council of Ismaili sect on Thursday announced their support for Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai in the upcoming elections. "I...
View ArticleOfficials Concerned About Drug Trafficking Trends
If nothing is done to drastically alter the current trend there will be a severe increase in poppy cultivation and drug trafficking in the next three years, the Deputy Minister of Counter Narcotics...
View ArticleAfghans Want Nationwide Campaigns
On Thursday, a number of Afghan citizens and registered voters called on the Presidential candidates to broaden the scope of their campaigns nationwide so that everyone receives adequate information...
View ArticleHPC Questions U.S. Presence, Calls Bin Laden 'Martyr'
Maulavi Shahzada Shahid, a spokesman to the Afghan High Peace Council (HPC), said on Thursday that the main cause of war in the region is the interference and presence of foreign forces. The comments...
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