Afghanistan Drug Smugglers Use India Route More: Report
Afghanistan has again topped the list of the world's biggest narcotics producers with drug smugglers using a route through India more than in previous years, according to the US State Department. The...
View ArticleKabul Court Sentences Murderer to Death
Kabul's preliminary court of Zone 4 on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for stabbing an elderly driver to death. The court also sentenced the father of the accused to four months prison for being...
View ArticleMP Ibrahimi's Father, Brothers Killed in Kunduz Attack
A suicide attack in northern Kunduz province Wednesday evening has killed the father and two brothers of the Parliament speaker of the house Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, officials said. Read more...
View ArticleHaqqani Attack in Kabul Thwarted, NDS Claims
Afghanistan's intelligence agency Wednesday said it thwarted a potential suicide attack in the country's capital Kabul after discovering the hideout of a group of Haqqani Network insurgents. According...
View ArticleTOLOnews 13 March 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Afghanistan's intelligence agency Wednesday said it thwarted a potential suicide attack in the country's capital Kabul after discovering the hideout of a group of Haqqani...
View ArticleChina Names Xi Jinping as New President
China's parliament named Xi Jinping as president Thursday, four months after he took charge of the Communist Party with pledges of reform that have raised hopes but so far yielded little change. Read...
View ArticleLand-Grabbing Commission Set Up to Investigate Reports
Afghanistan's senate has set up a commission to address the problem of land grabbing in the country amid reports of powerful figures taking control of large tracts of land. "The Senate and the land...
View ArticleAttorney General Disagrees with Kabul Bank Special Court
Afghanistan's Attorney General's Office will seek harsher penalties for those found guilty of aiding Kabul Bank's collapse, saying that the verdict of the special tribunal on the crisis was too soft....
View ArticleZabul Residents Promise to Ban Poppy for Work
Residents of Zabul province gathered on Thursday in the provincial capital Qalat and called for an end to poppy cultivation. Most of the residents at the gathering pledged that they will not allow...
View ArticleGovt Revenue Up For First 9 Months of Fiscal Year
The Afghan government revenue for the first nine months of current fiscal year is Afs 11 billion ($US207m) more than the same period last year, the Ministry of Finance's General Revenues Department...
View ArticleKarzai Will Bring on Govt Downfall: National Coalition
Afghanistan's National Coalition party Thursday accused President Hamid Karzai of demagoguery risking the good of the country with his thoughtless speeches against the US. National Coalition leader...
View ArticleKarzai Says Recent US Comments Aimed to Reform, Not Destroy
President Hamid Karzai's office released a statement Thursday explaining the president's controversial remarks earlier this week, after news of an email from the top Isaf commander in Afghanistan...
View ArticleTOLOnews 14 March 2013
Afghanistan's National Coalition party Thursday accused President Hamid Karzai of demagoguery risking the good of the country with his thoughtless speeches against the US....
View ArticleAfghan Senator Opens Religious Learning Centre in Nangarhar
A centre for religious studies has been opened in eastern Afghanistan in the hope that more Afghans will stay inside the country for such an education instead of going to Pakistan. The senator who on...
View ArticleIbrahimi Calls for Policy Change After Kunduz Attack
Abdul Latif Ibrahimi, former governor of Kunduz and brother of Parliament House speaker Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, on Thursday called for a re-evaluation of government policy towards those who plan suicide...
View ArticleAttorney General Disagrees with Kabul Bank Special Court
Afghanistan's Attorney General's Office will seek harsher penalties for those found guilty of aiding Kabul Bank's collapse, saying that the verdict of the special tribunal on the crisis was too soft....
View ArticleZabul Residents Promise to Ban Poppy for Work
Residents of Zabul province gathered on Thursday in the provincial capital Qalat and called for an end to poppy cultivation. Most of the residents at the gathering pledged that they will not allow...
View ArticleGovt Revenue Up For First 9 Months of Fiscal Year
The Afghan government revenue for the first nine months of current fiscal year is Afs 11 billion ($US207m) more than the same period last year, the Ministry of Finance's General Revenues Department...
View ArticleKarzai Will Bring on Govt Downfall: National Coalition
Afghanistan's National Coalition party Thursday accused President Hamid Karzai of demagoguery risking the good of the country with his thoughtless speeches against the US. National Coalition leader...
View ArticleKarzai Says Recent US Comments Aimed to Reform, Not Destroy
President Hamid Karzai's office released a statement Thursday explaining the president's controversial remarks earlier this week, after news of an email from the top Isaf commander in Afghanistan...
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