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ECC Begins Reviewing Complaints against Candidates
October 27, 2013
KABUL - The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) officially began investigating complaints lodged against Presidential and Provincial Council candidates on Saturday, but with bumps along the ...
New President to have Good Admin: Karzai
October 27, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has described next year's presidential elections as an important step toward ensuring stability in the country, hoping the Afghans would vote for a ...
No US Aid Until BSA Inked, Karzai Told
October 26, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States will not be able to provide any assistance to Afghanistan until the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between the two countries is signed, a top American senator ...
474 Complaints Filed against Candidates’ List
October 26, 2013
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Friday said it had received 474 objections to the preliminary list of presidential and provincial council ...
Karzai, Levin Talk BSA, Ties
October 26, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has met with a senior American politician, Senator Carl Levin, who chairs the US Senate Armed ...
Obama, Sharif Vow Joint Efforts on Afghan Front
October 26, 2013
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to work together for establishing a lasting peace in ...
BSA in Both US, Afghanistan Interest: Hagel
October 24, 2013
WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who met with his Afghan counterpart Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in Brussels on Wednesday, said an early conclusion of the bilateral security ...
Britain will Host Second Meeting to Jumpstart Taliban Peace Talks
October 24, 2013
KABUL - British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold a Number 10 summit meeting between Afghan and Pakistani leaders next week in hopes of getting the stalled Taliban peace process moving. Cameron ...
NATO Allies Vow to Standby Afghans Post-2014
October 24, 2013
KABUL - Believing they have still work to do, NATO allies and ISAF partners on Wednesday said they would continue to stand by Afghanistan after the mission ends in December ...
10 Runners Shortlisted in 2014 Presidential Race
October 23, 2013
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (’IEC), officially releasing a preliminary list of presidential and provincial council candidates for next year’s elections, on Tuesday said only 10 among ...
India, Russia Conditionally Back Afghan Peace Talks
October 23, 2013
MOSCOW/NEW DELHI - India and Russia on Monday said they supported the Afghanistan government's efforts to hold dialogue with the armed opposition forces if the guerrillas respected the ...
Afghanistan on Agenda as NATO Meeting Begins
October 23, 2013
KABUL - Improving capabilities and progress in Afghanistan and NATO-Russia cooperation will top the agenda of a two-day NATO defense ministerial beginning Tuesday in ...
Kabul, Dushanbe Agree to Deeper Bilateral Ties
October 22, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon on Monday signed a joint statement, expressing their readiness to further develop bilateral relations between the ...
ISAF Withdraws 30% of its Cargo Through Azerbaijan
October 22, 2013
KABUL - According to APA, 30% of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is being withdrawn from Afghanistan through ...
Graft A Key Issue for Next Afghan President: US Envoy
October 22, 2013
KABUL - Though tangible progress has been made in Afghanistan during the last decade, the problem of endemic corruption threatens its progress, a critical issue the next president has to deal ...
IEC Removes 8 Presidential Contenders from List
October 21, 2013
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) removed eight more potential presidential election runners from the contenders’ list, bringing down the total strength of the ...
Obama Stresses Inclusivity in Post-2014 Afghanistan
October 21, 2013
KABUL - On Saturday night, U.S. President Barak Obama spoke at a White House press conference and emphasized the importance of Afghanistan having a government that serves the needs of all ethnicities ...
Public Must Not Be Silent on Taliban’s Crimes: Senators
October 21, 2013
KABUL - Nearly a week after Logar Governor Arsala Jamal was killed during an Eid prayer by an explosive device planted inside a Pul-e-Alam mosque's copy of the Qur'an, a number of Senators ...
IEC Fails to Release Candidate List on Time
October 20, 2013
KABUL -The self-imposed deadline for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to publish the preliminary list of Presidential and Provincial Council candidates came and went on Saturday with no names ...
Political Situation in Afghanistan may affect TAPIPipeline Project: ADB
October 20, 2013
KABUL - The Asian Development Bank has warned that political situation in Afghanistan may affect progress on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline ...
Replacements for Resigning MPs Introduced
October 20, 2013
KABUL - The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs on Saturday introduced eight individuals to the Wolesi Jirga or lower house of the parliament to replace seven members standing down in the run up ...
Kerry, Karzai say Major Issues Resolved But Immunity Outstanding
October 13, 2013
KABUL - Secretary of State John Kerry and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday major issues over a bilateral security agreement had been resolved but the question of immunity ...
Jirga Seeks to Consolidate List of Presidential Candidates
October 13, 2013
KABUL - A Jirga titled "Mutual Understanding Among Presidential Candidates" consisting 15 registered nominees convened on Sunday to discuss the consolidation of the candidate ...
UN Votes Final Mandate for Afghan Force
October 12, 2013
KABUL - The UN Security Council on Thursday voted a final mandate for the US-led international military force in Afghanistan before it withdraws at the end of ...
US Cautiously Optimistic about Afghan Mission
October 12, 2013
WASHINGTON - A top Pentagon official on Thursday warned Al Qaeda’s safe havens in northeastern Afghanistan and the Afghan government’s limited capacity posed the biggest threat to ...
Kerry Meets Karzai in Kabul to Press for Security Deal
October 12, 2013
KABUL - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan on Friday to try to advance negotiations over a security pact that have stalled over two issues that have become ...
IEC Won’t Allow Meddling in Elections: Hotaki
October 12, 2013
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday insisted it would allow no foreign and local group or individual to interfere in the election ...
Afghanistan is Not Ready for NATO Troops Pullout: Russia
October 10, 2013
KABUL - Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, in an interview with Russia Today Television on Tuesday said that the situation in Afghanistan clearly indicates that Afghan security ...
Jirga Moves to Cut Presidential Runners’ Number
October 10, 2013
KABUL - A 14-member Jirga, including key former jihadi leaders, tribal elders and other influential figures, has been constituted to make efforts at reducing the number of ...
ECC Receives Eight Complaints against Candidates
October 10, 2013
KABUL - Nadir Mohseni, a member and the spokesman of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), said that the Commission has already received complaints against Presidential and Provincial Council ...
HRW Wants War Criminals Out of Race
October 10, 2013
KABUL - An influential Human Rights Group on Wednesday called on the Karzai administration to repeal recent amnesty and election laws preventing the Electoral Complaints Commission (EEC) from ...
$12b Oil & Gas Extraction Deal Signed with 3 Firms
October 09, 2013
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - An agreement on oil and gas extraction from the Afghan-Tajik basin in northeastern Afghanistan was signed on Tuesday with three companies, which would invest $12 billion in ...
Iranian Embassy Rejects Meeting with, Afghan, US Envoys
October 09, 2013
TEHRAN - Iran's Embassy in Kabul rejected media reports about holding a trilateral meeting among the Iranian, Afghan and US envoys in the Western city of Herat, in ...
Electoral Process Satisfactory: UNAMA
October 09, 2013
HERAT CITY - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday hailed the ongoing electoral process as successful and involved no serious ...
IEC to Introduce Seven New MPs to Fill Vacant Spots
October 09, 2013
KABUL - Noor Muhammad Noor, the Spokesman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), on Tuesday said that the Commission has prepared a list of seven individuals to fill the seats recently ...