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Bagram Prison Handover Likely to Increase Pressure on UK
Afghan leaders welcomed the US military handover of its only prison in Afghanistan to the Afghan government, but are questioning what it now means for the British to continue to detain prisoners under...
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Helmand Blast Kills Civilian, Injures 6
An Afghan civilian has been killed and six others including two police officers have been injured in a bomb blast in southern Helmand province Tuesday, local officials said. The incident took place in...
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Export Promotion Agency Seeks Review of Medicinal Herbs Ban
The Export Promotion Agency of Afghanistan (EPAA) on Tuesday said that the ban on the export of medical herbs has reduced the value of the country's exports. The ban has been in place since January...
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Afghanistan Beats Oman in Asian T20 Cricket
The Afghan national cricket team on Tuesday beat Oman in the Asian T20 championship by 44 runs, its first match for the World Cup 2015 qualifiers. Afghanistan started the match with strong a batting...
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Higher Education Ministry to Introduce New Curriculum
Afghanistan's Ministry of Higher Education has established a new curriculum which it says it will roll out to universities across the country soon. The old curriculum was always being criticised as...
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Commerce Minister Calls for Pakistan to Fairly Implement Transit Pact
Afghanistan will choose Iran for its trade transit purposes if Pakistan does not change its economic practices towards Afghanistan, the Minister of Commerce and Industries warned in a TOLOnews debate,...
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Kerry Says US Will Not Interfere in Afghan Election
Washington will not interfere in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election nor will it support any of the candidates directly, the US Secretary of State on Tuesday told Afghan officials in Kabul....
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TOLOnews 26 March 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: Washington will not interfere in Afghanistan's upcoming presidential election nor will it support any of the candidates directly, the US Secretary of State on Tuesday told...
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Afghan Security Officials Fear ANSF Will Struggle in 2014
Afghan Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang on Tuesday warned that Afghanistan should expect serious challenges in 2014 if the security forces needs are not addressed. Speaking before parliament,...
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Bomb Blast Near Ministry of Interior Injures 2
At least one Afghan civilian and a foreigner residing in Kabul have been injured in a bomb blast in Kabul city, local officials said Wednesday morning. Read more...
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Mob Torches Mosque in Fresh Myanmar Unrest
A rampaging mob set fire to a mosque and homes in a central Myanmar town, a police official said Wednesday, the latest outbreak of violence in communal unrest that has left at least 40 people dead. A...
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British Soldier Dies After Helmand Base Attack
A British soldier has died from wounds sustained in an insurgent attack on a patrol base in southern Helmand province, officials said Tuesday. Isaf released a statement Tuesday that one of its troops...
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'Combat-Ready' N. Korea Threatens US Mainland, Hawaii
North Korea's military put its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing Tuesday, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea. The move came as...
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Mob Torches Mosque in Fresh Myanmar Unrest
A rampaging mob set fire to a mosque and homes in a central Myanmar town, a police official said Wednesday, the latest outbreak of violence in communal unrest that has left at least 40 people dead. A...
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'Combat-Ready' N. Korea Threatens US Mainland, Hawaii
North Korea's military put its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing Tuesday, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea. Read more...
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Bamyan Potato Farmers Supply 60% of Country's Demand
Central Bamyan province supplied about 60 percent of Afghanistan's potato demand in the past year, local official said Wednesday. The local officials from Bamyan's Agriculture Department said that the...
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800 Killed on Afghanistan's Roads in 9 Months
Eight hundred people have been killed in traffic accidents on Afghanistan's roads in the past nine months, the traffic department said Wednesday, highlighting the need for more driving education. More...
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Afghan MPs Criticise Bagram Handover as Hasty
Some Afghan lawmakers have criticised the handover of Bagram prison as a hurried decision that President Hamid Karzai declared a matter of national sovereignty without sufficiently consulting the...
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Mayor of Baghlan Provincial Capital Arrested for 'Immorality'
The mayor of the capital of northern Baghlan province has been arrested in Kabul for "immoral behaviour" with four other people, all of whom have been referred to an attorney general for sentencing,...
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Diplomats Claim 'Moderate' Taliban Will Attend Qatar Talks
A number of Afghan diplomats in Qatar have said that the Taliban will send negotiators to the Gulf nation who are expected to be moderate and open to a deal. According to Qatar's daily newspaper The...
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