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Complaints against Entry Test Being Probed: Obaid
April 21, 2014
KABUL - Higher Education Minister Obaidullah Obaid on Sunday said an investigation into objections raised against irregularities during the university entrance test last fall ...
IEC Unclear When Final Results will be announced
April 20, 2014
KABUL - Officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) say preliminary results will be announced on April 24, but it is still unclear when the release of overall findings ...
Afghanistan Needs Long-Term International Support
April 20, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan needs long-term international support, said Afghan first-vice president, Mohammad Younus Qanooni in his meeting with new civilian envoy of NATO to Afghanistan ...
Mullah Mutasim Arrives in Kabul from Dubai
April 20, 2014
KABUL - A veteran Taliban leader Agha Jan Mutasim arrived in Kabul on Saturday afternoon from Dubai, an official said, About two weeks after the peace negotiator had gone missing ...
WJ Summons MoPH
April 20, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan lower house of parliament—Wolesi Jerga (WJ) on Saturday summoned Minister of Public Health (MoPH), Dr. Suraya Dalil over what she was blamed of failure over poor ...
Votes from 1,000 Polling Centers Inspected: ECC
April 19, 2014
KABUL - The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Thursday said that a list of roughly 1,000 polling centers to be investigated in connection with allegations of fraud would ...
High Percentage Partial Results Next Week: Noor
April 19, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday said it was announcing next week a second batch of partial results of a high percentage from the April 5 presidential ...
Karzai Confident Candidates will Respect Election Outcome
April 19, 2014
KABUL - In his weekly statement aired by Afghanistan's national media, Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), President Hamid Karzai announced that the April 5 elections not only ...
Locals Drive Militants out of 20 Laghman Villages
April 19, 2014
MEHTARLAM - Some twenty villages had been cleared of insurgents as hundreds of locals withstood against the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban and driven them out of the vast regions ...
ABD Pledges $400m to Stimulate Economic Growth
April 17, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan economic growth sharply tumbled in 2013, amid a 9.7 percent hike in food prices, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday, promising long-term support ...
Recounts Begin for 22 Provinces
April 17, 2014
KABUL - With nearly all ballots and result sheets delivered to the central Independent Election Commission (IEC) office in Kabul, a joint IEC and Electoral Complaints Commission ...
Afghanistan Still Opposed to Dasu Dam Construction
April 17, 2014
ISLAMABAD - Afghanistan has insisted that it has not withdrawn objections to the Dasu Dam – a project Pakistan plans to build on the Indus River at an estimated cost of nearly ...
Govt. and Int’l Donors Meet to Promote Renewable Energies
April 17, 2014
KABUL - Around 30 representatives from the Afghan Government and the international donors met on Wednesday to review the achievements the renewable energy sector had reached ...
Senate Urges Neutrality, IEC Draws Line on Result Sheets
April 16, 2014
KABUL - Senate Chair Fazl Hadi Muslimyar on Tuesday urged Afghan election officials to maintain their neutrality in the vote counting process just as the Independent Election ...
US Awaits New President for BSA Signature
April 16, 2014
KABUL - At a meeting held in the western Herat province on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan James Cunningham expressed support for the Afghan election process ...
Thousands Seek End to Violence against Women
April 16, 2014
KABUL - Thousands of people from different provinces held a gathering on Tuesday demanding immediate end to violence against women and punishment for perpetrators of the crime against ...
US Links Troop Presence Beyond 2014 to BSA
April 16, 2014
WASHINGTON - There is a possibility of US troop presence in Afghanistan after 2014 only if the bilateral security agreement (BSA) is signed, the White House said ...
94.4pc Result Sheets Reach Kabul: IEC
April 15, 2014
KABUL - More than 94 percent of result sheets and sensitive electoral materials from polling centres in provinces had reached Kabul, an official said on Monday. Independent ...
China Emerges as Key Strategic Player in Afghanistan
April 15, 2014
KABUL - As the NATO-led international coalition forces are preparing to withdraw, China is quietly preparing to play a key strategic role in the future of Afghanistan ...
New Kabul Bank’s Losses Continue Unabated
April 15, 2014
KABUL - The central bank has been paying tens of thousands of dollars each month over the past three years to cover the losses of the New Kabul Bank, a lawmaker ...
Iranian, Afghan Officials Discuss Comprehensive Cooperation Pact
April 15, 2014
TEHRAN - Iranian and Afghan diplomats in a meeting in Kabul on Monday discussed progress in preparing draft of a comprehensive cooperation pact between the two ...
Abdullah leads Ahmadzai in Early Results
April 14, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday released partial results from last week’s presidential elections, with Abdullah Abdullah leading his closest rival ...
Serious Fraud Could Affect Outcome in Polls: Watchdog
April 14, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Complaint Commission (IECC) on Sunday said 870 recorded complaints falling in (A) category could impact overall results of the April, 5 presidential ...
Air Pollution Down in Kabul: Mayor
April 14, 2014
KABUL - Implanting saplings, construction of roads and streets have decreased air pollution in Kabul city in compare with the past three years, said the Kabul Mayor, Mohammad ...
20,000 Votes Likely to be Thrown out in Wardak
April 14, 2014
MAIDAN SHAHR - Around 20,000 of the 100,000 votes cast during the April 5 elections in central Maidan Wardak province were likely to be thrown out, pending a probe into complaints ...
WJ Approves Accords with Norway, Finland
April 13, 2014
KABUL - Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or the lower house of parliament on Saturday approved two agreements of strategic cooperation with Norway and Finland by majority ...
Delay in Approval of Money Laundering Law Creates Challenges
April 13, 2014
KABUL - If Ban on Money Laundering and Prevention from Financing Terrorism Law is not approved within next three months, all accounts of Afghanistan banks will be closed with ...
Zakhilwal Signs $255m Projects with WB
April 13, 2014
WASHINGTON - Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal on Friday signed with the World Bank (WB) four projects worth $255.5 million, which once implemented, would play a significant role ...
Afghanistan, Pakistan Both Targeted by Terrorists, Qanooni
April 13, 2014
KABUL - During courtesy meeting with New Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul, First vice President Mohammad Younus Qanooni said that he is desirous the new ambassador to play an active and positive ...
Partial Results from April 5 Polls Likely Today
April 12, 2014
KABUL - Vote-counting results from last weekend’s presidential and provincial council elections have reached the central capital Kabul from various provinces for a recount ...
Observers Ask IEC to Maintain Neutrality
April 12, 2014
KABUL - Presidential and provincial council election observers asked the Afghanistan Independent Election Commission (IEC) to act neutrally and responsibly during the vote-count ...
IEC Staff Face 15 Fraud Complaints in Kunar
April 12, 2014
ASADABAD - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday said it had recorded 32 complaints about fraud and other irregularities during last Saturday’s elections ...
Preliminary Study of Trans-Afghan Railroad Completes
April 12, 2014
KABUL - Preliminary study of the Afghan section of the proposed Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Tajikistan railway project has been completed and the final feasibility analysis is expected ...
FEFA Records 11,000 Instances of Anomalies
April 10, 2014
KABUL - The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Wednesday said it had recorded 11,000 incidents of fraud, irregularities, militant threats and closure ...
19m Afghans at Risk of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: WHO
April 10, 2014
KABUL - Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said that 19 million Afghans were at risk of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a skin ...