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Second Pakistan Politician Shot Dead in Karachi
A Pakistani politician was shot dead in Karachi in the second such killing in a week, police said Wednesday, fuelling fears that violence may overshadow general elections expected this year. Read more...
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Gunmen Shoot Dead Doctor in Helmand
Gunmen shot dead an Afghan doctor in southern Helmand province on Tuesday afternoon for motives that are not yet clear, local officials said Wednesday. The shooting happened in Helmand's capital,...
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Govt Rejects Amnesty Report on Refugee Deaths
The Afghan government has dismissed as baseless an Amnesty International report that blames the deaths of 17 Afghans, mostly children, in displaced person camps on poor government management....
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Woman Found Hanged in Jawzjan
An investigation is underway into the death of a 27-old-year woman found Wednesday morning hanged in her home in northern Jawzjan province, local officials said.The hanging took place last night in...
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Herat Students Selected for Global Law Competition
Five students from Herat province will head to Washington DC to take part in an international moot court competition after beating students from eight universities from across Afghanistan in a...
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Herat Blast Kills Policeman, Injures 5
An Afghan policeman has been killed and five other policemen injured in a bomb blast in western Herat province Wednesday morning, local officials said. The incident took place about 11:00AM local time...
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Airstrike in Nangarhar Kills 4 Insurgents
Four Taliban insurgents have been killed and as many as two others wounded in an Isaf airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The airstrike happened in the Wazir...
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IEC Advocates Use of Old Election Cards
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has retreated from its demand for a new registration of voters countrywide in the lead up to the 2014 presidential election, saying Wednesday that the old...
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Civil Society Activists Fear Afghan Exodus
Civil society activists fear that an increase of Afghans seeking asylum abroad will further cripple the country because those with the means and talent to help rebuild are more likely to leave....
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TOLOnews 23 January 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has retreated from its demand for a new registration of voters countrywide in the lead up to the 2014 presidential election, saying...
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North Korea Plans Nuclear Test Aimed at US
North Korea said on Thursday it planned to carry out a third nuclear test and more rocket launches aimed at its "arch-enemy" the United States in response to tightened UN sanctions. Read more...
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2 Isaf Troops Die as Afghan Raids Net Insurgents
A Polish soldier was killed in an insurgent attack on troops in eastern Ghazni province in Afghanistan, spokesman of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command Miroslaw Ochyra said Wednesday. Captain...
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World Bank Funds Further $250m for Rural Rehab
The World Bank has agreed to fund $250 million for the third phase of Afghanistan's National Solidarity programme, the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) said Wednesday....
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Afghan 'Spy' Killed Over Drone Strikes: Officials
Militants on Wednesday dumped the mutilated body of a purported Afghan spy accused of collaborating on US drone strikes that killed prominent warlord Mullah Nazir in South Waziristan this month,...
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Big Plans for Nangarhar Infrastructure: Ministers
A raft of new infrastructure projects are planned for eastern Nangarhar province in 2013, including a second highway through the province linking the Afghan capital Kabul with Torkham, the business...
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Herat Bicycle Bombers From Camp for Displaced: Police
Herat provincial police have detained three men in relation to yesterday's bomb attack on a police convoy in Lashkar Gah that killed one policeman and wounded seven more, officials said Thursday. The...
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MOI Downplays Security Forces Joining Insurgents
The Ministry of Interior Thursday acknowledged that a number of Afghan troops have deserted to join the Taliban in the past four months, but said this will have no impact on the morale of the...
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IEC Decision on Old Voting Cards Faces Backlash
Afghan political parties Thursday strongly rejected the decision of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to use the old registration system for the 2014 presidential election, warning of a...
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Mahmoud Karzai Plans Bigger Role in Afghan Politics
Mahmoud Karzai, President Hamid Karzai's brother, has renounced his US citizenship to take a more prominent role in Afghanistan's politics, he said in an interview with TOLOnews Thursday, stating that...
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TOLOnews 24 January 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Afghan political parties Thursday strongly rejected the decision of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to use the old registration system for the 2014 presidential...
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