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MOI Confirms All Private Security Dissolved in South Afghanistan
The Afghan Ministry of Interior has dissolved six private security companies in the west and southwest of Afghanistan who were providing security over Herat-Kandahar highway, replacing them with the...
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UN Will Continue Afghan Support Post-2014: Unama
The special envoy for the United Nations to Afghanistan has reiterated the organisation's pledge to support the country after the US and Nato troops withdraw in 2014. At the conference for the...
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TOLOnews 13 February 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The US President Barack Obama on Tuesday night said that over the next year 34,000 US troops will withdraw from Afghanistan. {youtube}pA7HGbE78iA{/youtube} Read more...
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Helmand School Set on Fire to Draw Security to Mines
A secondary school in southern Helmand province had mines planted around it before being set alight in the Grishk district on Wednesday night, officials said Thursday. None of Abdulfataha Busti's 4000...
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UN, Iran Fail to Reach Nuclear Deal
The UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it had again failed to clinch a deal in talks with Iran this week on investigating suspected atom bomb research by the state. Read more...
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Afghan Spy Chief Able to Walk With Assistance
Afghanistan's intelligence chief Assadullah Khalid is walking with the assistance of a four-wheeled contraption as shown in pictures released to media Thursday. The pictures show that Khalid, who is...
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16 Killed in Ghazni Traffic Accident
At least 16 people have been killed in a traffic accident in eastern Ghazni province Thursday morning, local officials told TOLOnews. The incident took place in the Qarabagh district of Ghazni...
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Iran Sanctions Will Not Impact Afghan Transit: Officials
International sanctions against Iran will not affect any transit cooperation agreements between Iran and Afghanistan, an Iranian delegation said on Thursday. Iran's Urban Planning and Roads Ministry,...
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National Front Accuses Govt of Encouraging Fraud
National Front party leader on Thursday accused the government of encouraging fraud in the upcoming presidential election in order to protect the positions of those already in power. Ahmad Zia Massoud...
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Isaf Reassures US Troop Withdrawal Will Be Smooth
Security will not be negatively impacted by the withdrawal of more than half of the US troops currently deployed in Afghanistan, Isaf said on Thursday. Isaf spokesperson Brig Gen Gunter Katz said that...
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Kandahar, Helmand Children Face Polio Threat
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has warned that children in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces are facing a serious polio threat after insecurity meant almost half of them could not receive...
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Graft Oversight Bodies Condemn Afghan Govt
Afghanistan's fight against corruption received a double blow Thursday as two organisations made public statements condemning the Afghan government's use of donor funds. Read more...
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Women March on Parliament in Demonstration Against Violence
Afghan women activists on Thursday demonstrated against the apparent growth of violence against women across the country, calling for more action from the government. The demonstration began around...
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TOLOnews 14 February 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Afghanistan's fight against corruption received a double blow Thursday as two organisations made public statements condemning the Afghan government's use of donor funds....
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Afghanistan's Economy, a Victim of Politics
If Afghanistan is to sustain and build on the achievements of the past 10 years, it is imperative that serious attention and resources are mobilised to get the country's economy on its feet, Suleman...
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Iran Sanctions Will Not Impact Afghan Transit: Officials
International sanctions against Iran will not affect any transit cooperation agreements between Iran and Afghanistan, an Iranian delegation said on Thursday. Iran's Urban Planning and Roads Ministry,...
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National Front Accuses Govt of Encouraging Fraud
National Front party leader on Thursday accused the government of encouraging fraud in the upcoming presidential election in order to protect the positions of those already in power. Ahmad Zia Massoud...
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Isaf Reassures US Troop Withdrawal Will Be Smooth
Security will not be negatively impacted by the withdrawal of more than half of the US troops currently deployed in Afghanistan, Isaf said on Thursday. Isaf spokesperson Brig Gen Gunter Katz said that...
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Kandahar, Helmand Children Face Polio Threat
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has warned that children in southern Kandahar and Helmand provinces are facing a serious polio threat after insecurity meant almost half of them could not receive...
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Graft Oversight Bodies Condemn Afghan Govt
Afghanistan's fight against corruption received a double blow Thursday as two organisations made public statements condemning the Afghan government's use of donor funds. At the US Congress, the...
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