Afghan Children Killed in Paktika Shelling
At least two children have been killed and two others injured by a rocket attack linked to insurgents in Paktika province, local officials said Thursday. Read more...
View ArticleTrade Deficit to Grow Fourth Year Running
Figures released this week by Afghanistan's Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) indicate that the country's annual trade deficit is headed for its foZaburth consecutive increase. Afghanistan's...
View ArticleAfghanistan Needs to Learn ‘Loan Culture’: Economic Analysts
Economic analysts on Thursday warned that if the Afghan government does not pay its debts on time it will jeopardise the development of the country because it will not receive loans in the future....
View ArticleHezb-e-Islami Meets in Kabul to Discuss Presidential Candidate
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Islamist political party Hezb-e-Islami will nominate a candidate in the upcoming Afghan presidential election, either from its own ranks or it will support an outsider, it told...
View ArticleOpening of Taliban Office Still Unclear: Faizi
The Afghan government remains unclear on when the Taliban political office in Qatar will open, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman told TOLOnews. Aimal Faizi said in an interview Wednesday that there...
View ArticleDefence Ministry to Retire Older Officers
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) plans to retire a number of high-ranking military officers in the next month as a way of improving army morale, it said Thursday. The plan has been panned by critics who...
View ArticleTOLOnews 11 April 2013
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Islamist political party Hezb-e-Islami will nominate a candidate in the upcoming Afghan presidential election, either from its own ranks or it will support an outsider, party...
View ArticleNadery Counted Among World Leaders for Human Rights
Afghanistan's former human rights commissioner Nader Nadery has been profiled alongside the world's leaders in human rights in a book titled "Justice" as compiled by photographer Marianne Cook....
View ArticleIndia Slowdown Evident as Car Sales Shrink 1st Time in Decade
India's once red-hot car market shrank for the first time in a decade in the last financial year, data showed Wednesday, underlining the scale of the slowdown in Asia's third-biggest economy. Domestic...
View ArticleUruzgan Bomb Kills District Police Commander
A district police commander in southern Uruzgan province has been killed in the blast from a roadside bomb along with two other police officers, local officials said Thursday. At least three police...
View ArticleAfghan Children Killed in Paktika Shelling
At least two children have been killed and two others injured by a rocket attack linked to insurgents in Paktika province, local officials said Thursday. Read more...
View ArticleTrade Deficit to Grow Fourth Year Running
Figures released this week by Afghanistan's Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) indicate that the country's annual trade deficit is headed for its foZaburth consecutive increase. Afghanistan's...
View ArticleAfghanistan Needs to Learn ‘Loan Culture’: Economic Analysts
Economic analysts on Thursday warned that if the Afghan government does not pay its debts on time it will jeopardise the development of the country because it will not receive loans in the future....
View ArticleHezb-e-Islami Meets in Kabul to Discuss Presidential Candidate
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Islamist political party Hezb-e-Islami will nominate a candidate in the upcoming Afghan presidential election, either from its own ranks or it will support an outsider, it told...
View ArticleOpening of Taliban Office Still Unclear: Faizi
The Afghan government remains unclear on when the Taliban political office in Qatar will open, President Hamid Karzai's spokesman told TOLOnews. Aimal Faizi said in an interview Wednesday that there...
View ArticleDefence Ministry to Retire Older Officers
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) plans to retire a number of high-ranking military officers in the next month as a way of improving army morale, it said Thursday. The plan has been panned by critics who...
View ArticleTOLOnews 11 April 2013
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Islamist political party Hezb-e-Islami will nominate a candidate in the upcoming Afghan presidential election, either from its own ranks or it will support an outsider, party...
View ArticleTOLOnews 12 April 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: More than three million vehicles made by major Japanese manufacturers will be recalled worldwide because of possible problems with airbags, the companies have said....
View ArticleInsurgents Launch Massive Attack on ANA in Kunar
Taliban insurgents launched a large-scale attack on an Afghan National Army post in eastern Kunar province on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, officials said. Casualties among the insurgents are...
View ArticleJohn Kerry to Ask China for Help in Pacifying North Korea
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Beijing today to seek China's help to rein in a belligerent North Korea and provide a foundation for Seoul to lower soaring tensions with Pyongyang. Read...
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