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US Confirms Kerry Will Replace Clinton
US Senate has confirmed John Kerry as the new Secretary of State to replace Hillary Clinton in the country's top diplomatic post. President Barack Obama's nomination for Kerry passed easily through...
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Kunar Tribal Elders Kidnapped, Killed
Two tribal elders abducted three days ago in the Manogai district of eastern Kunar province by armed men have been found dead, local officials said Wednesday. The tribal elders were found stabbed to...
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Afghan Orchestra Heads to US
More than 60 Afghan music students and their teachers from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM) will head to America in February to perform as an orchestra in three US states. "The...
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Abdullah Accuses Govt of Controlling IEC
National Coalition leader Abdullah Abdullah Wednesday claimed that the government is attempting to control Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), pointing to the recent pressure it has...
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UN 'Uncooperative' As Bagram Transfer Imminent: Faizi
President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has accused the United Nations of not cooperating with the government investigation into Afghan jail abuse and said that American officials have agreed on a date to...
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TOLOnews 30 January 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: National Coalition leader Abdullah Abdullah Wednesday claimed that the government is attempting to control Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC), pointing to...
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Wardak Woman Recovers From Suicide Attempt
A woman from central Maidan Wardak province who tried to kill herself on Monday after her husband died in an insurgent attack is in a stable condition, local officials said. The 22-year-old, who lives...
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UN, Karzai Hit Stalemate Over Afghan Prison Probe
President Hamid Karzai's spokesman has accused the United Nations of not cooperating with a government investigation into abuse in Afghan jails saying that requests for assistance have been declined...
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Afghan Army Fuel Sales May Have Broken Iran Sanctions
US funds may have served to buy fuel for Afghan security forces from Iran in direct contravention of America's economic sanctions on Tehran, a US watchdog warned Wednesday. And the office of the...
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Bomb Kills Two More Anti-Polio Workers in Pakistan
A bomb Thursday killed two polio vaccination workers in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, officials said, the latest in a series of such attacks which have now killed 19 in two months. Read more...
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ADB to Fund $300m of Infrastructure Projects in 2013
Asian Development Bank said it will provide more than US$300 million to fund projects in Afghanistan in 2013, indicating the funds will be spent in three main areas. The three most prominent projects...
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Kidnappers Kill Son of Herat Businessman After Ransom Paid
The son of a Herat businessman has been killed by his captors 35 days after he was kidnapped and held for ransom, local officials said Thursday. The father of the boy said the kidnappers had initially...
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Electronic ID Card Distribution to Begin February
President Hamid Karzai has ordered the distribution of electronic identification cards to begin as scheduled in early February. The Ministries of Interior, Finance, Communication and Information...
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TOLOnews 31 January 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: President Hamid Karzai has ordered the distribution of electronic identification cards to begin as scheduled in early February. {youtube}Eq3HAVRr1mk{/youtube} Read more...
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Nato Will Not Leave Afghanistan Despite Defence Cuts
Nato Thursday released its annual report in Brussels saying that it will not allow Afghanistan to become the save haven of insurgents, even as it flagged serious gaps in defence spending from its...
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Illiteracy Will Not Hold Afghan Forces Back: Seddiqi
The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MOI) Thursday dismissed the remarks of a US official that rampant illiteracy among the ranks of the Afghan army was proving a "huge challenge" to training, saying it...
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TOLOnews 01 February 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Senior Pakistani and Afghan defense officials have agreed to work out modalities to enhance security along their over 2,000 kilometers border, the military sources said...
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Suicide Bomber Hits US Embassy in Turkey
A suicide bomber suspected to be a member of a radical Marxist group blew himself up at the US embassy in Ankara on Friday, killing a Turkish security guard and wounding three other people, officials...
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Herat Residents Protest Murder of Kidnapped Boy
Hundreds of residents of western Herat province Saturday turned out to protest the kidnapping and murder of the son of a local businessman. The protestors demanded the government deliver harsh...
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KANKASH: Afghan Defence Minister Returns from Islamabad
Defence minister Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi arrived in Kabul on Friday after a five-day visit to Islamabad to meet with Pakistan's officials. To watch the programme, please click here:...
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