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Militants Blow Up Pakistan Election Office
Militants have blown up the election office of an independent candidate in northwest Pakistan, adding to security fears ahead of historic national polls next month. No one was hurt in the bombing on...
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Herat Factories Sign 'Millions' in Contracts: AISA
Factory owners in western Herat province have signed contracts totalling millions of Afghanis each after a trade fair in the provincial capital, the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency said Sunday....
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Afghanistan Climbs Again in FIFA Rankings
Afghanistan has climbed another two places in the global rankings of the international football federation FIFA, reaching its highest rank yet since it has been included in the index. Afghanistan is...
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Lawmakers Approve IEC Structure, Complaints Commission Law
A joint commission of senators and parliamentarians on Sunday approved the laws governing the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) with only the final...
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TOLOnews 14 April 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: A joint commission of senators and parliamentarians on Sunday approved the laws governing the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints Commission...
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Kandahar PRT Exits Province Amid Criticism
The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in southern Kandahar province has officially finished operating with its responsibilities handed over to Afghan authority, the provincial governor said Sunday....
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A'stan 1400 Sends Resistance Message with Symbolic Gesture
A political movement of Afghan professionals visited western Farah province on Sunday to donate blood and set up a memorial plaque in memory of those who were killed in the deadly April 3 insurgent...
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TOLOnews 14 April 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: A joint commission of senators and parliamentarians on Sunday approved the laws governing the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints Commission...
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Kandahar PRT Exits Province Amid Criticism
The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in southern Kandahar province has officially finished operating with its responsibilities handed over to Afghan authority, the provincial governor said Sunday....
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A'stan 1400 Sends Resistance Message with Symbolic Gesture
A political movement of Afghan professionals visited western Farah province on Sunday to donate blood and set up a memorial plaque in memory of those who were killed in the deadly April 3 insurgent...
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US Drones Kill 4 in NW Pakistan: Officials
At least four militants have been killed by a US drone strike on Sunday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, security officials said. The attack took place in Datta Khel town, 35 kilometres (22...
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Karzai Orders Action on Pakistan Military Border Buildup
President Hamid Karzai has ordered security officials take immediate action following reports that Pakistan's military are building up their checkpoints on the border with Afghanistan. "Ten years ago...
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Chavez Heir Nicolas Maduro Wins Venezuelan Election
Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro has been declared the winner of the election to succeed his late mentor Hugo Chavez by a razor-thin margin over an opponent that voiced fears of vote...
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7 Civilians Killed in Zabul Roadside Bomb Blast
At least seven civilians have been killed and four others injured Monday in a bomb blast in eastern Zabul province, the Interior Ministry said. The incident took place about 7:00am local time in the...
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Govt Asks Taliban to Introduce Members for Qatar Office
The Afghan government has officially asked the Taliban to put forward members to open its political office in Qatar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Sunday said that the government supports...
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Opium Production Increases to Near Record Highs: UN
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is set to increase for a third year in a row with production approaching record highs, according to a United Nations report released Monday. The UN's Afghanistan...
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Afghan Beach Football Player Signs to Brazilian Club
Afghanistan's beach football player Hazrat Gul Baran has been signed to play with a Brazilian beach football club in São Paulo until the end of the Brazilian 2013 league. Baran, 25, played his first...
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Afghan Govt Moves to End Pakistan Border Gate
Afghanistan's Ministries of Defence and Interior on Monday said that they will take immediate action to stop Pakistan's military buildup along the Durand line near eastern Nangarhar province,...
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Kidnapped Chief of Balkh Private University Found Dead
The chancellor of a private university in northern Balkh province was found dead Monday after being kidnapped two days ago by armed men, local officials said. Mohammad Zarif Anwari, the head of...
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Political Players Divided on Removal of ECCs Foreign Advisers
The absence of foreign advisers in Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) will pave the way for massive fraud in the upcoming presidential election, critics of the new law said on Monday....
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