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Haqqani Facilitator, 10 Insurgents Arrested in Afghan Raids
A Haqqani facilitator and 10 other insurgents have been arrested Sunday in separate security forces operations in Afghanistan, Isaf said. "An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Haqqani...
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Election Law Should Be Parliament's Priority: Political Leaders
As Parliament returned from its winter break, political parties demanded Saturday that it put the approval of the election law and the independent commission law at the top of its agenda. Only 13...
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Protesters Burn Christian Homes in Pakistan
Thousands of angry protesters on Saturday set ablaze more than 100 houses of Pakistani Christians over a blasphemy row in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. Over 3,000 Muslim protesters...
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Taliban, US in Talks Without Afghans: Karzai
President Hamid Karzai Sunday said that the senior Taliban leaders and the US are holding talks in Qatar and Europe without the Afghan government. Read more...
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KANKASH: Bagram Prison Transfer Delayed Again
The transfer of responsibility for Bagram Prison from the US military to the Afghan government was again delayed Saturday after alleged disagreements over a number of the articles in the...
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Protesters Burn Christian Homes in Pakistan
Thousands of angry protesters on Saturday set ablaze more than 100 houses of Pakistani Christians over a blasphemy row in the eastern city of Lahore, officials said. Over 3,000 Muslim protesters...
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Taliban, US in Talks Without Afghans: Karzai
President Hamid Karzai Sunday said that the senior Taliban leaders and the US are holding talks in Qatar and Europe without the Afghan government. Read more...
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KANKASH: Bagram Prison Transfer Delayed Again
The transfer of responsibility for Bagram Prison from the US military to the Afghan government was again delayed Saturday after alleged disagreements over a number of the articles in the...
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Govt Restarts Expansion of Macrorayan Flats
The Council of Ministers has approved a government plan to expand the apartment blocks of Macroryan 4 neighbourhood up to the area of Kabul International Airport, the Ministry of Urban Development...
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Karzai Insists Bagram Handover Will Happen This Week
President Hamid Karzai said the full transfer of Bagram prison from US to Afghan authority will be completed this week after the two countries failed again to meet the latest deadline set for March 9....
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Afghan Investigators Use Torture in Interrogation: Lawyers
Lawyers representing political detainees in Afghanistan on Sunday warned that many of the country's prisons lack properly trained investigators who regularly question detainees using torture methods...
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Iranian Sentenced to Death in Badghis for Spying
An Iranian citizen has been sentenced to death in the preliminary court of north-western Badghis province after being charged with spying for Iranian military, officials said Sunday. According to the...
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Second Vote to Select Parliament’s First Vice Speaker Fails
Lawmakers failed for a second day in a row to elect a first vice speaker of the lower house after no single candidate received enough votes to be appointed. In the second day of polling for...
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TOLOnews 10 March 2013
Top news in this Bulletin:President Hamid Karzai Sunday said that the senior Taliban leaders and the US are holding talks in Qatar and Europe without the Afghan...
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India May Stop Iran Oil Imports as Insurers Back Out
Indian refiners may be forced to halt imports of Iranian crude oil after insurance firms said refineries processing oil from Iran will no longer be covered, a report has said. Read more...
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Two Taliban Leaders Arrested in Afghan Raid
Two Taliban leaders have been captured in joint Afghan and Nato troops operations in southern Afghanistan Monday, Isaf said. "An Afghan and coalition security force arrested a Taliban leader and...
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Afghan Policeman Kills US, Afghan Special Forces in Wardak
An Afghan police officer has opened fire on US and Afghan special forces in central Maidan Wardak province, killing at least two US and three Afghan commandos, several sources told TOLOnews Monday. It...
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US Leaders Reject Karzai's Views on US-Taliban Collusion
US leaders have dismissed President Hamid Karzai's inflammatory comments about the US and the Taliban engaging in "daily" talks without involving the Afghan leadership. The US envoy to Afghanistan...
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MPs Elect Second Vice Speaker, Fail to Elect First
Afghan lawmakers have elected the second vice speaker of the lower house, but failed for a third day in a row to elect a first vice speaker. In Monday's polling for parliament's new administrative...
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Civil Action Groups Unite on Civilian Casualty Concerns
Concerned civil action groups on Monday highlighted the plight of civilians in the Afghan war, stating that more must be done to address the persistent rate of civilian casualties. At a meeting held...
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