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TOLOnews 24 March 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: President Hamid Karzai will fly to Qatar within days to discuss peace with the Taliban and the opening of a political office for the group, Karzai's office said Sunday....
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Fresh Muslim-Buddhist Clashes Rock Myanmar
Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread in central Myanmar, officials said Sunday, defying authorities' efforts to quell deadly clashes between Buddhists and...
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The Untold Story of Afghan Progress
The conventional wisdom about Afghanistan runs something like this: The country is a lost cause. Almost nothing has changed. The people remain backward and thankless, and there is little benefit for...
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4 Die After Car Crashes into River
At least four people died and another person was injured when their car careened into a river in the east of Kabul province last night, local officials said Monday. The incident took place in the...
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Pakistan Selects Caretaker Prime Minister
Pakistan Sunday finally selected a caretaker prime minister, a retired judge, to head up an interim administration to guide the country through its historic election period. Read more...
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Karzai is an Impediment to Peace, Pakistan Official Says
A top official in the Pakistani Foreign Ministry has said that Afghan President Hamid Karzai is the "biggest impediment to the peace process" amid efforts for the two countries to work together to...
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Faryab Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Civilians
At least two civilians have been killed and six others have been injured in a roadside bomb blast in northern Faryab province, local officials said Monday. The incident took place Monday morning in...
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Afghanistan Takes Full Control of Bagram Prison
The US military handed over full control of the only US-run prison in Afghanistan to the Afghan government Monday, easing tensions over one of the longest-running standoffs between Kabul and...
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US Foreign Secretary Makes Unannounced Visit to Kabul
Recently-appointed US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday arrived in Kabul in an unannounced visit to meet the Afghan President Hamid Karzai after weeks of heightened tensions between Kabul and...
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Insurgency, Narcotics on Agenda for 'Heart of Asia' Conference
The problems of insurgency and drug smuggling belong to all regional countries who should fight together to remove the harm caused by both, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday. Talking...
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Parliament Prioritises Election Law, Underspent Budgets
Afghanistan's lawmakers on Monday said the priority for parliament in the next weeks will be the dismissal of those ministers whose development budgets were underspent in 2011 and the approval of the...
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Afghanistan's Cricket Team Heads to Nepal for Asian T20
The Afghan national cricket team travelled on Monday to Nepal where it will face Oman in the Asian T20 Championship on Tuesday. Read more...
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TOLOnews 25 March 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The US military handed over full control of the only US-run prison in Afghanistan to the Afghan government Monday, easing tensions over one of the longest-running standoffs...
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TOLOnews 25 March 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The US military handed over full control of the only US-run prison in Afghanistan to the Afghan government Monday, easing tensions over one of the longest-running standoffs...
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Suicide Bombers Attack Nangarhar Police HQ, Killing 5
As many as eight suicide bombers have attacked a police headquarters in eastern Nangarhar province Tuesday morning, killing five police officers and injuring four others, local officials said. Severn...
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Kerry Meets Karzai in Kabul
President Hamid Karzai Tuesday again met with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Kabul, a day after their first meeting aimed at furthering talks between Afghanistan and the US. Karzai and Kerry had...
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Australia Will Withdraw from Afghanistan This Year
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith on Tuesday confirmed that most of Australia's 1,096 troops now in Afghanistan will return home this year. Australia's main military base at Tarin Kowt in...
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Asylum-Seeker Boat Capsizes off Australia Coast
Two people died, including a young child, and two were seriously hurt after an asylum-seeker boat capsized off Australia yesterday, but more than 90 were plucked to safety and taken ashore. Read more...
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KANKASH: Karzai is an Impediment to Peace, Pakistan Official Says
In an interview with Reuters, the official referred to Karzai's recent combative statements towards both Pakistan and the US accusing them of working with the Taliban to achieve their own aims. To...
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Political Parties Warn Karzai Against Deals with Taliban
Afghanistan's political parties fear that President Hamid Karzai may negotiate away some of the gains made against the Taliban in an attempt to secure a peace deal with the insurgent group. Ahead of...
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