TOLOnews 20 April 2013
Top news in this Bulletin: The Germany has announced plans to keep up to 800 soldiers for a Nato training mission in Afghanistan after US and other foreign combat troops leave Afghanistan by the end of...
View ArticleMoI Blames Badakhshan Insecurity on Eastern Neighbour
Afghan interior ministry said Saturday that Afghanistan's eastern neighbour is endeavouring to make the north-eastern province of Badakhshan insecure aiming to put obstacles over construction of the...
View ArticleHRW Concerned Over Condition of Afghan Women
Concerned over the condition of women in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch warned Saturday that continuation of the current situation would destroy what has been achieved. Part of the concern by the...
View ArticleBomb Blast Injures Nine in Paktika
At least nine including three policemen were injured in a bomb blast in south-east of Paktika province Saturday evening, local officials said. The incident took place in Angoor Dara area in Shikeen...
View Article160 Dead, Thousands Injured in China Quake
At least 160 people were killed and 6,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China on Saturday, destroying thousands of homes and triggering landslides. Read more...
View ArticleTaliban Attack Police Check-Point in Ghazni, Kill 6
Taliban insurgents have attacked a police checkpoint in eastern Ghazni province Saturday night, killing six police officers, local officials said. The Taliban attacked the check-point last night in...
View ArticleKANKASH: US Police Arrest Boston Bomb Suspect After Huge Manhunt
The US police captured an ethnic Chechen teenager suspected of staging the Boston Marathon bombings, after a desperate manhunt that virtually paralysed the city and its suburbs. To watch the...
View ArticleTaliban Cut Hands, Feet of Pvt Escort Company Workers
The Taliban have cut off hands and feet of two workers of a private escort company in western Herat province Saturday, provincial officials said. The wounded men – who are currently hospitalised in...
View ArticleCorrupt MPs Should Be Identified, Referred to Judiciary: Senate
Complaints commission of Afghan senate urged Sunday that all the MPs involved in corrupt dealings should be identified and referred to the judiciary organisations, for which a number of MPs had called...
View ArticleNo Deadline Set for Signing Kabul-Washington Security Pact: MOFA
Afghan foreign minister stated Sunday that the government of Afghanistan has not specified any deadline for signing the security agreement with the United States and that once signed the agreement...
View ArticleTakhar School Girls Poisoned
More than 59 female students from Bebee Mariam high school in Taloqan the capital of northeastern Takhar province were apparently poisoned early Sunday, local officials said. Read more...
View ArticleCollecting Tariffs on City Gates Causes Embezzlement: HOOAC
Criticising collection of municipality tariffs on the city gates, High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC) said Sunday that the act would pave the ground for embezzlement of incomes and...
View ArticleWorld Circus Day Celebrated in Kabul
World circus day was celebrated in Kabul with performance by members of Afghan Mini Mobile Circus for Children (MMCC) Sunday. With the celebration on this international day, we want to show the world...
View ArticlePolio, Chickenpox Still Threaten Afghan Children: MOPH
While polio is already wiped out from almost all the countries around the world there are still some polio cases seen in Afghanistan, Ministry of Public Health said Sunday, adding that more serious...
View ArticleKANKASH: US Police Arrest Boston Bomb Suspect After Huge Manhunt
The US police captured an ethnic Chechen teenager suspected of staging the Boston Marathon bombings, after a desperate manhunt that virtually paralysed the city and its suburbs. To watch the...
View ArticleTaliban Cut Hands, Feet of Pvt Escort Company Workers
The Taliban have cut off hands and feet of two workers of a private escort company in western Herat province Saturday, provincial officials said. The wounded men – who are currently hospitalised in...
View ArticleCorrupt MPs Should Be Identified, Referred to Judiciary: Senate
Complaints commission of Afghan senate urged Sunday that all the MPs involved in corrupt dealings should be identified and referred to the judiciary organisations, for which a number of MPs had called...
View ArticleNo Deadline Set for Signing Kabul-Washington Security Pact: MOFA
Afghan foreign minister stated Sunday that the government of Afghanistan has not specified any deadline for signing the security agreement with the United States and that once signed the agreement...
View ArticleTakhar School Girls Poisoned
More than 59 female students from Bebee Mariam high school in Taloqan the capital of northeastern Takhar province were apparently poisoned early Sunday, local officials said. The provincial head of...
View ArticleCollecting Tariffs on City Gates Causes Embezzlement: HOOAC
Criticising collection of municipality tariffs on the city gates, High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC) said Sunday that the act would pave the ground for embezzlement of incomes and...
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