Helmand Tops List of Drug Smuggling Provinces
Helmand province had the highest number of drug smuggling cases last year out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces with 17.9 percent of all cases coming from the southern province, according to the annual...
View ArticleAfghan Govt Repeats Claim of Pakistan’s ‘Unacceptable’ Demands
Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday insisted that Pakistan demanded "unacceptable" conditions in exchange for its cooperation in the peace process, despite Islamabad yesterday rejecting the...
View ArticleAfghan Boxer Beats Egyptian Rival in India Bout
Afghan boxer Baaz Mohammad Mubarez returned to Kabul Saturday after defeating his Egyptian rival Haitham Tantawy in the Super Fight League (SFL) in India on Friday night.The match, which was held in...
View ArticleTOLOnews 30 March 2013
President Hamid Karzai Saturday left Kabul to travel to Qatar where he is expected to discuss plans to negotiate with the Taliban including opening a political office for the group....
View ArticleTrading of Women Rife in East Afghanistan, Report Claims
The sale and exchange of women as goods is rampant in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province with as many as two women traded per day, according to the findings of a sociology researcher. In a...
View ArticleProtestors Block Kabul-Parwan Highway Over Civilian Deaths
Kabul-Parwan highway was blocked Saturday after a number of residents from Kabul's northern district of Mir Bachakot staged a demonstration to protest the deaths of four residents allegedly killed by a...
View ArticleBomb Near Pakistan Election Rally Kills Two: Police
A roadside bomb attack near an election rally in restive northwest Pakistan killed two people and injured six including a former MP, police said. The bomb exploded in the town of Bannu, where former...
View ArticleAfghan Teen Football Team Heads to AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers
Afghanistan's National Football Teenage Team left Kabul on Sunday to travel to Nepal for the Asian Federation Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup qualifiers. Afghanistan will face Nepal, Tajikistan and...
View ArticleArab League Seat for Syria Opposition Just Symbolic?
The Arab League's decision to grant Syria's seat to the opposition could prove to be nothing more than a symbolic act as long as there is no real backing for a rebel government on the ground,...
View ArticleAfghanistan Defeats Kuwait, Heads to Asian T20 Cricket Semi-Final
Afghanistan is through to the semi-final of the Asian T20 cricket tournament after beating Kuwait on Sunday, despite losing yesterday to United Arab Emirates. Read more...
View ArticleKANKASH: Karzai Travels to Qatar for Peace Talks
President Hamid Karzai left Kabul to travel to Qatar for a two-day visit where he is expected to discuss plans to negotiate with the Taliban including opening a political office for the group. To...
View ArticleAfghan Boxer Beats Egyptian Rival in India Bout
Afghan boxer Baaz Mohammad Mubarez returned to Kabul Saturday after defeating his Egyptian rival Haitham Tantawy in the Super Fight League (SFL) in India on Friday night.The match, which was held in...
View ArticleTOLOnews 30 March 2013
President Hamid Karzai Saturday left Kabul to travel to Qatar where he is expected to discuss plans to negotiate with the Taliban including opening a political office for the group....
View ArticleTrading of Women Rife in East Afghanistan, Report Claims
The sale and exchange of women as goods is rampant in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province with as many as two women traded per day, according to the findings of a sociology researcher. In a...
View ArticleProtestors Block Kabul-Parwan Highway Over Civilian Deaths
Kabul-Parwan highway was blocked Saturday after a number of residents from Kabul's northern district of Mir Bachakot staged a demonstration to protest the deaths of four residents allegedly killed by a...
View ArticleBomb Near Pakistan Election Rally Kills Two: Police
A roadside bomb attack near an election rally in restive northwest Pakistan killed two people and injured six including a former MP, police said. The bomb exploded in the town of Bannu, where former...
View ArticleAfghan Teen Football Team Heads to AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers
Afghanistan's National Football Teenage Team left Kabul on Sunday to travel to Nepal for the Asian Federation Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup qualifiers. Afghanistan will face Nepal, Tajikistan and...
View ArticleArab League Seat for Syria Opposition Just Symbolic?
The Arab League's decision to grant Syria's seat to the opposition could prove to be nothing more than a symbolic act as long as there is no real backing for a rebel government on the ground,...
View ArticleAfghanistan Defeats Kuwait, Heads to Asian T20 Cricket Semi-Final
Afghanistan is through to the semi-final of the Asian T20 cricket tournament after beating Kuwait on Sunday, despite losing yesterday to United Arab Emirates. Sunday's match played in Nepal began with...
View ArticleKANKASH: Karzai Travels to Qatar for Peace Talks
President Hamid Karzai left Kabul to travel to Qatar for a two-day visit where he is expected to discuss plans to negotiate with the Taliban including opening a political office for the group. To...
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