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Uruzgan Expects Smooth Security Transition: Governor
Southern Uruzgan province will manage with the fourth phase of the security transition from the international to Afghan forces, the provincial governor said Saturday, pointing out that most of the...
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Attorney General to Investigate Samangan Govt Dispute
Northern Samangan province's council chief Dr Ziauddin Zia has been put on notice after the provincial governor sent a letter to the local attorney general to investigate reports that Dr Zia...
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Local Powerbrokers Behind Illegal Mining: Govt
Illegal excavation of Afghanistan's mines is happening countrywide backed by local companies and officials in positions of power, the Office of the Administrative Affairs said Saturday. Head of the...
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TOLOnews 09 February 2013
The Afghan presidential spokesman on Saturday supported claims from a United Nations' committee that negligence in US military tactics had resulted in the deaths of "hundreds" of Afghan children over...
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Karzai Backs UN Statement on Child War Deaths
The Afghan president's spokesman on Saturday supported claims from a United Nations' committee that negligence in US military tactics had resulted in the deaths of "hundreds" of Afghan children over a...
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Afghan Uncertainty About Future 'My Biggest Concern': Gen. Allen
General John Allen, the outgoing chief US commander in Afghanistan, on Saturday said that the uncertainty of the Afghan people about their future is his biggest concern as he leaves after 19 months...
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Mortar Attacks Kill Five at Iran Exile Camp in Iraq
Assailants fired dozens of mortars and rockets at an Iranian exiles camp in Iraq in an attack that killed five people, the first violent deaths since they resettled near Baghdad last year. It was not...
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Local Taliban Leader Killed in Kandahar Raid
A Taliban leader was killed in a joint Afghan and Nato troops operation in southern Kandahar province yesterday, Isaf said Sunday. According to Isaf, the leader Abdul Baki, also known as Ruzi,...
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AWBF Trains Women to Tap Funding Sources
The Afghan Women's Business Federation (AWBF) has launched a training programme for female business owners to improve their access to donor funds aimed directly at supporting women's initiatives. The...
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No Pakistan Strategic Pact Unless Conditions Met: Rassoul
The Afghan government will not sign a strategic pact with Islamabad unless it is clear that Pakistan poses no threat to Afghanistan, foreign minister Zalmai Rassoul said Sunday. A week after meeting...
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Gen. Dunford Installed as Top Isaf Commander in Afghanistan
The US Marine General Joseph Dunford took control of the Nato-led combat mission in Afghanistan on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony from the outgoing Gen. John Allen who has led the US and Nato forces...
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Kapisa Province Faces Rising Insecurity: Governor
Terrorists from all over the world are part of Kapisa's growing insurgency, the provincial governor said Sunday as he called for the security forces to be strengthened. Speaking to TOLOnews,...
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Farnood Lawyer Slams Kabul Bank Tribunal
The lawyer for former Kabul Bank chairman Shir Khan Farnood claimed on Sunday that the investigation into the collapse of the bank by a special tribunal has not been done fairly. Just days away from...
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TOLOnews 10 February 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The US Marine General Joseph Dunford took control of the Nato-led combat mission in Afghanistan on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony from the outgoing Gen. John Allen who has...
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KANKASH: Pakistan's Taliban Release Plan
The Afghan High Peace Council (HPC) has welcomed Pakistan's decision to give a formal role to the Afghan government in the release of the remaining Taliban prisoners amid concerns that those being...
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Al Qaeda, Haqqani, Taliban Active in Parwan: Governor
Al Qaeda, Haqqani and Taliban groups are active in parts of central Parwan province, the provincial governor said Monday, adding that he is optimistic of the ability of the Afghan forces to defend...
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MPs Condemn Govt Pressure on Election Commission
Members of a parliamentary group Monday spoke out against the Afghan government's push to use old registration cards in the upcoming presidential election, citing greater risk of fraud. The Resalat...
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Pakistan's Rehman Meeting With Taliban Confirmed
A Pakistan political leader has met with the Afghan Taliban in Qatar in an unexpected move that the Pakistani government has distanced itself from and some Afghan analysts say will not bring any...
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Afghan Prison Probe Admits Torture, But Denies It's Systemic
A delegation appointed by President Hamid Karzai to investigate a United Nations report that torture was systemic in Afghanistan's prisons confirmed Monday it has found evidence of detainee torture,...
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TOLOnews 11 February 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: A delegation appointed by President Hamid Karzai to investigate a United Nations report that torture was systemic in Afghanistan's prisons confirmed Monday it has found...
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