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Number of Insecure Polling Sites Rises to 420

Number of Insecure Polling Sites Rises to 420

February, 11 2014

KABUL - Of the 6,845 polling stations across the country, security for 420 sites could not be ensured, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday in its latest security plan for the April ...

MoFA Ready to Help Refugees Cast Votes

MoFA Ready to  Help Refugees Cast Votes

February, 11 2014

KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday said it was ready to assist the election commission in paving the ground for overseas Afghans casting their vote in the April ...

MoI Ready to Take Full Control of Bagram Prison

MoI Ready to Take Full Control of Bagram Prison

February, 11 2014

KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Monday it was ready to take full control of the Bagram Prison in central Parwan province from the Americans and provide inmates there with ...

Afghanistan Needs Int’l Cooperation in Drugs Fight: Jayhoon

Afghanistan Needs Int’l  Cooperation in Drugs Fight: Jayhoon

February, 11 2014

ANKARA - With uncertainty about whether NATO-led forces in Afghanistan will be staying beyond 2014 the country, which is the world's top opium producer, needs international support in its ...

Karzai Clings to His Position on Security Deal

Karzai Clings to His Position on Security Deal

February 10, 2014

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai, during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier at his office on Sunday, once again refused to budge from his position on the Bilateral ...

Afghanistan Set to Ensure Elections Avoid Past Problems: IEC

Afghanistan Set to Ensure  Elections Avoid Past Problems: IEC

February 10, 2014

KABUL - Afghanistan has improved voting procedures to ensure April's presidential election is not plagued by the complaints of irregularities and fraud that marred the last vote in 2009, a ...

Women’s Groups Decry New Afghan Law

Women’s Groups Decry New Afghan Law

February 10, 2014

KABUL - South Asia Women's Network (SWAN) and Afghan Women's Network (AWN) on Sunday came out against a move by Afghanistan to enact a law, that will allow men to resort to violence against ...

Afghan Troops Call on Karzai to Sign BSA

Afghan Troops Call on Karzai to Sign BSA

February 10, 2014

WASHINGTON - The Afghan army official fighting to contain the Taliban insurgency have called on the country’s President, Hamid Karzai, to sign a security agreement that would allow ...

Civilian Casualties up by 14pc in 2013: UN

Civilian Casualties up by 14pc in 2013: UN

February 09, 2014

KABUL - Civilian casualties in Afghanistan’s armed conflict rose by 14 percent in the outgoing year when 2,959 non-combatants were killed and another 5,656 injured, the United ...

China Ready to Train Afghan Personnel: Xi

China Ready to  Train Afghan Personnel: Xi

February 09, 2014

KABUL - China has affirmed its support for Afghanistan's integration into regional economic cooperation, saying the war-torn country’s fate is closely linked with that of the ...

Insurgents Trying to Destabilize Elections: Nabil

Insurgents Trying to  Destabilize Elections: Nabil

February 09, 2014

KABUL - Insurgent groups are actively trying to destabilize the Presidential and Provincial Council elections set for April, according to Rahbatullah Nabil, the head of the National ...

Planning for Post-2014 Mission Continues: Hagel

Planning for Post-2014 Mission Continues: Hagel

February 09, 2014

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration continues to plan a post-2014 mission in Afghanistan, despite an impasse over the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), US Defense Secretary Chuck ...

Karzai Unlikely to Sign BSA: US Congressman

Karzai Unlikely to  Sign BSA: US Congressman

February 08, 2014

WASHINGTON - President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States before the upcoming presidential elections, an influential American lawmaker ...

A Million Sign Plea against Anti-Women Law

A Million Sign Plea  against Anti-Women Law

February 08, 2014

KABUL - More than a million people around the globe have signed a petition, urging President Hamid Karzai to reject a proposed law that protects perpetrators of domestic violence, child abuse ...

US to Focus on Drugs, Rule of Law Beyond 2014

US to Focus on Drugs, Rule of Law Beyond 2014

February 08, 2014

WASHINGTON - The United States will remain committed to Afghanistan on issues related to illicit drugs and rule of law post 2104, an Obama administration official said on ...

Turkmenistan Ready to Increase Electricity Supply to Afghanistan

Turkmenistan Ready to  Increase Electricity Supply to Afghanistan

February 08, 2014

KABUL - Turkmenistan is ready to consider proposals to increase the supply of its electricity to Afghanistan, the country's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said at a meeting of Cabinet ...

Election Campaigns Announce Major Endorsements

Election Campaigns  Announce Major Endorsements

February 06, 2014

KABUL - With the Presidential campaign season now in full-gear after its start on Sunday, campaign representatives from a number of camps on Tuesday began trumpeting high-profile endorsements ...

Presidential Runners Back BSA, Taliban Talks

Presidential Runners Back BSA, Taliban Talks

February 06, 2014

KABUL - In a lively overnight debate, five of the 11 presidential runners supported signing of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States and outlined their vision ...

Obama Consults Defense Team on Afghanistan

Obama Consults Defense Team on Afghanistan

February 06, 2014

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday discussed Afghanistan with his top defense leadership, including the ISAF commander, the White House said, hailing the meeting as useful ...

Top Iranian Adviser Praises Obama for Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan

Top Iranian Adviser Praises Obama for  Withdrawing Troops from Afghanistan

February 06, 2014

TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has praised Barack Obama’s policy in Afghanistan. Velayati said Barack ...

Karzai Playing with Fire over BSA: Rasmussen

Karzai Playing with  Fire over BSA: Rasmussen

February 05, 2014

KABUL - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says President Hamid Karzai’s public statements on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States amount to ...

Deal will not Be Renegotiated: White House

Deal will not Be Renegotiated: White House

February 05, 2014

WASHINGTON - In a stern warning to the Karzai administration, the White House on Monday asked the crucial bilateral security agreement (BSA) determine the nature of the post-2014 mission be ...

Karzai Urged to Reject Anti-Women Law

Karzai Urged to Reject Anti-Women Law

February 05, 2014

KABUL - A global rights groups on Tuesday asked President Hamid Karzai not to sign a new criminal procedure code denying women protection from domestic violence and forced or child ...

Candidates Warned Not to Exploit Students

Candidates Warned  Not to Exploit Students

February 05, 2014

KABUL - Ministry of Education (MoE) spokesman Kabir Haqmal on Monday encouraged students and teachers to remain neutral during the election season, and admonished Presidential candidates about ...

Karzai Urges NATO to Finalize SoFA

Karzai Urges NATO to Finalize SoFA

February 04, 2014

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has urged NATO to finalize the Status of Forces Agreement (SoFA) with Afghanistan that would allow the coalition-led troops to remain in the country ...

Rassoul Promises Security, Broad-Based Govt.

Rassoul Promises Security, Broad-Based Govt.

February 04, 2014

KABUL - Presidential runner Zalmai Rassoul on Monday said he would form a broad-based government and handle the issue of security with an iron fist if he won the April election. Hitting the ...

Living Conditions in Afghanistan Deteriorate in Past 2 Years: CSO

Living Conditions in Afghanistan  Deteriorate in Past 2 Years: CSO

February 04, 2014

KABUL - The living conditions of Afghans have deteriorated in the past two years, the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) said on Sunday. More than a third of Afghans ...

Afghanistan Not to be Abandoned: US

Afghanistan Not to be Abandoned: US

February 04, 2014

KABUL - The United States on Monday said the world would not abandon Afghanistan and Pakistan after the drawdown of NATO troops by the end of the current year. US Ambassador to Pakistan ...

Rules Violated on Poll Campaign’s First Day

Rules Violated on  Poll Campaign’s First Day

February 03, 2014

KAUBL - Campaigners for some presidential candidates on Sunday, the day of election campaign launch, defied warnings from the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) against erecting ...

Trilateral Summit in Ankara on Feb. 12

Trilateral Summit in Ankara on Feb. 12

February 03, 2014

KABUL - A trilateral meeting involving leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey will be held next week in Ankara. According to Pakistani media reports, the tripartite summit will take place ...

Karzai’s Successor May Sign BSA: Rasmussen

Karzai’s Successor May Sign BSA: Rasmussen

February 03, 2014

KABUL - NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said an international military presence in Afghanistan beyond 20014 is essential, but the alliance is simultaneously planning for a troop ...

Govt. Determined to Ensure Poll Security: NSC

Govt. Determined to Ensure Poll Security: NSC

February 03, 2014

KABUL - The government planned to ensure elections security by focusing on improving the situation in insecure provinces, the Presidential Palace said on Sunday. The decision was taken at ...

SIGAR Misrepresenting Facts: MoF

SIGAR Misrepresenting Facts: MoF

February 02, 2014

KABUL - The Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Saturday rejected the latest assessment of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) on direct assistance to the ...

Afghan Troops Need More Training: NATO

Afghan Troops Need More Training: NATO

February 02, 2014

MUNICH - NATO's top leaders say Afghan security forces need further training and that makes it critical for a new agreement to be signed that allows international forces to remain after the ...

IEC Discusses Elections Security

IEC Discusses Elections Security

February 02, 2014

KABUL - With Presidential campaign starting Today, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) held a meeting with senior security officials on Saturday to discuss security for the ...