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Afghanistan's Saffron Export Increases 14%
Saffron exports in the first nine months of 2012 increased by around 14% compared to the year before, said the Afghanistan Raisin, Fruits and Vegetable Promotion Agency on Saturday. Around 1,600...
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Defence Ministry Hopes Karzai Visit Addresses Equipment, Air Force
The ministry of national defense said Saturday that it hopes that issues related to equipping the Afghan army and building the air force will be addressed during President Karzai's visit to...
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Pakistan Closes Torkham Border Again
Pakistan closed the Torkham border to Afghan citizens without visas and refugee cards, Pakistani border officials said Saturday.They added that the order came from the federal government to restrict...
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Kabul Airport Opens VIP Saloon for International Guests
A VIP saloon with a capacity for 100 international guests opened at the Kabul Airport with a cost of $50,000, said the ministry of foreign affairs. The ministry added that the saloon was built after a...
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TOLOnews 05 January 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The ministry of national defense said Saturday that it hopes that issues related to equipping the Afghan army and building the air force will be addressed during President...
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Procurement 'Biggest Challenge' for Army: Defense Minister
The minister of national defense, who was called along with the minister of interior to the parliament Saturday for questioning, said that the lack of management and logistics capacity is a serious...
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Assad to Speak as US Deploys Missiles Near Syria
Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad is to make a rare speech Sunday as violence rages in a civil war the UN says has killed more than 60,000 people and as US missiles are deployed along the...
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4 Civilians Killed in Kandahar Suicide Operation
At least four civilians were killed after two suicide bombers detonated their explosives at the District Development Council office in the Spin Boldak district of the southern Kandahar province...
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Taliban Prisoners Released by Government Rejoin Insurgents: Speaker
Taliban take up weapons again and join the insurgents after they are released from Afghan prisons, the parliament's first deputy speaker Abdul Zahir Qadir said Saturday. The prisoners are released...
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Karzai Meets Secretary of Iran's National Security Council
President Hamid Karzai met the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Sayed Jalili, on Saturday in Kabul, President Office said. "At the meeting held in the Presidential Palace,...
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Pakistan to Release 3,000 Afghan Trucks Stranded at Borders
Pakistani officials will release 3,000 Afghan trucks on Monday after a bilateral meeting with Afghan traders and officials, officials said. A delegation from the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and...
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KANKASH: 87 Taliban Prisoners Released
Eighty-seven prisoners were recently released from the Bagram prison. Sixty-seven of them were from Logar, Paktiya, Kabul, Kapisa, Parwan, and Maidan Wardak, and 20 were from eastern provinces. To...
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Syria's Assad Says Not Found Partner for Dialogue
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad on Sunday said that his government has "not found a partner" for a political solution to the country's 21-month crisis, in his first public speech in seven months....
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Biggest National Security Challenge is Political, Economic: Defence Ministry
The deputy minister of national defence said Sunday that Afghanistan's security following the withdrawal of international forces in 2014 depends on the political, social, and economic conditions of...
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Widespread Violations of the Law Should End: Khalili
Second Vice President Mohammed Karim Khalili warned Sunday that the rampant violations of the law in the country should stop and the Constitution should be respected. "Considering the current...
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TOLOnews 06 January 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Second Vice President Mohammed Karim Khalili warned Sunday that the rampant violations of the law in the country should stop and the Constitution should be respected....
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Karzai Leaves Kabul to Meet Obama
President Hamid Karzai is leading a high-level Afghan delegation on a three-day official trip to Washington to meet President Barack Obama and discuss security and economic issues. Read more...
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Two Taliban Leaders Captured in Afghan Offensives
Two Taliban leaders were captured in joint Afghan-Nato operations in Afghanistan on Monday, an Isaf statement said. "An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and detained one...
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Kajaki Dam Will Not Finish Before 2015: Officials
Officials of the Kajaki Dam and its accompanying hydroelectric power station have said that the construction work, which was supposed to have been completed seven years ago, will not be completed...
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Obama Set to Nominate Hagel as Defense Secretary
US President Barack Obama is poised to nominate Chuck Hagel as his new defense secretary on Monday, but Republicans are signaling a fierce confirmation fight even though he is one of their own. Obama...
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