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Draft Law on President’s Pay, Privileges Approved
June 25, 2013
KABUL - The lower house on Monday approved with slight amendments a draft law regarding the salaries, expenses and privileges of the ...
Doha Office Taliban’s Grave Mistake: HIA
June 25, 2013
KABUL - Last week's opening of Taliban’s political office in Doha, a move backed by the Obama administration, was a grave mistake, the ’Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) said on ...
Meshrano Jirga OKs Draft Law on Poll Panels
June 24, 2013
KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga on Sunday approved a draft law on the structure, duties and powers of election panels, with some members saying the legislative measure should have been adopted by a ...
Doha Office Flag, Banner Raised with “Agreement of Qatar”: Taliban
June 24, 2013
KABUL - The Taliban had the agreement of the Qatar government to use its flag and banner at the opening of its Doha office, the group said on Sunday, in a sign it may be unwilling to remove ...
Taliban Must Keep Promises before Talks: Musazai
June 24, 2013
KABUL - The government would hold talks with the Taliban in Qatar if the militants honored their commitments, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on ...
HPC Criticize Taliban and Discuss Concerns about Negotiations
June 23, 2013
KABUL - Salahuddin Rabani, the head of the High Peace Council (HPC), has asserted that talks about the future of Afghanistan with foreigners cannot ensure sustainable peace and stability and will be ...
Moral Corruption on its Peak: Mujaddedi
June 23, 2013
KABUL - Former president and jihadi leader Hazrat Sibghatullah Mujaddedi on Saturday said “moral corruption has reached its peak point in Afghanistan” and the government should prevent ...
Main Dialogue Between Afghan Govt. Taliban: US
June 23, 2013
WASHINGTON - The White House has strongly asserted that the main reconciliation talks would be between the Afghan government and the Taliban, but the US would have its own talks on a set of issues ...
Karzai Backlash Causes Removal of Taliban Flag in Doha
June 22, 2013
KABUL - The backlash from the Afghan government to the Taliban's naming of their Doha office as the political office of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," forced the Obama ...
Afghanistan High on US-India Talks in Delhi
June 22, 2013
WASHINGTON - The situation in Afghanistan -- security transition and reconciliation talks -- would dominate India-US strategic dialogue to be held in New Delhi next week, US officials ...
Plan to End Afghan War on Track: Hagel
June 22, 2013
WASHINGTON - With Afghan forces taking the lead in national security for the first time in 12 years, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the plan to end the war in Afghanistan was on ...
Govt. Threatens to Boycott Qatar Talks
June 20, 2013
KABUL - The Afghan government on Wednesday threatened it would boycott peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar unless the process was led by ...
Karzai Suspends Talks with US
June 20, 2013
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said he has suspended talks with the US on the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the ...
China Welcomes Developments in Afghan Reconciliation: FM Spokeswoman
June 20, 2013
BEIJING - Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday that China welcomes the positive development of the ongoing reconciliation process in ...
New Era as Afghan Forces Undertake Combat Lead
June 19, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan entered a new era on Tuesday as President Hamid Karzai announced the transfer of nationwide security from NATO to Afghan ...
Blast Hits Mohaqqiq Convoy, 3 Killed, 30 Injured
June 19, 2013
KABUL - Haji Mohammad Mohaqqiq, Leader of Afghanistan National Front (ANF) and prominent Hazara leader, escaped unhurt in a bomb blast in the Pul-e-Surkh area of Kabul city. The heavy blast that ...
Taliban's Political Office Opened in Qatar
June 19, 2013
KABUL - Taliban at a press conference said that its political office has been opened in Doha, capital of Qatar ...
Coalition By Political Parties Favorable for Election: IEC
June 18, 2013
KABUL - The Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday called for the creation of a 'coalition' by the political parties and said that it will be favorable for the upcoming 2014 ...
WJ Once again Summons Zakhilwal
June 18, 2013
KABUL - A majority of Wolesi Jirga or lower house members on Monday voted to once again summon Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal after he did not appear before the house to explain his ...
Only Legal Demands of Students Acceptable: Obaid
June 17, 2013
KABUL - The higher education minister on Sunday said every legal and academic demand of Kabul University students who had been on hunger strike a month ago would be accepted, accusing some ...
Taliban Leader Soften Stance in Peace Talks
June 17, 2013
KABUL - A top Taliban leader, who served as finance minister in Mullah Omar's regime, Mutasim Agha Jan, said that the insurgent group is ready to negotiate a peace deal with the Afghan ...
Afghan-US Security Agreement Talks to Begin in Few Days: MoFA
June 17, 2013
KABUL - Officials of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday said that the fourth phase of talks about the Afghan-US Security Agreement will begin within few days in ...
US House Votes to End the War in Afghanistan
June 16, 2013
WASHINGTON - The US House of Representative on Friday voted to end the war in Afghanistan and passed a resolution which said that the Congressmen would have a chance to vote for any troop ...
WJ Wants “Un-Islamic TV Shows” Banned
June 16, 2013
KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) on Saturday set a one-month deadline for Information and Culture Minister Syed Makhdom Raheen to ban “anti-Islamic broadcasts” by TV ...
Afghanistan is Our Vietnam: Hammond
June 16, 2013
KABUL - British defense secretary Philip Hammond has admitted that the long war in Afghanistan had left Britain wary of more major military engagements abroad, calling it the Vietnam phenomenon ...
Khalilzad Meets Afghan Leaders for Talks Over Elections
June 16, 2013
KABUL - The former US Ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad on Saturday said that he has been discussing with Afghan leaders over a national consensus before the 2014 presidential election, but ...
2,156 Freed from Bagram Jail in 14 Months
June 15, 2013
KABUL - A high-level meeting, chaired by President Hamid Karzai, on Thursday discussed a string of attacks on judicial institutions in recent months and their possible implications for ...
Afghanistan at Bottom of Global Peace Index
June 15, 2013
KABUL - Afghanistan remains at the rock bottom -- in 162nd position -- on the 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI), faring poorly in terms of political stability and respect for human ...
Violations against Afghan Children Continue: Ban
June 15, 2013
KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has identified underage recruitment, killings, abductions and sexual violence as some of the grave violations committed against children in ...
BSA Talks Enter Final Stages: Hagel
June 15, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States will maintain a presence in Afghanistan post 2014, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel informed lawmakers, as negotiations on the bilateral security agreement reportedly entered a final ...
US Winning War in Afghanistan: Dempsey
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON - The United States is winning the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, a top Pentagon general told lawmakers but cautioned that losing the fight would result in regional ...
Changing Political System will Not Be Accepted: Political Parties
June 13, 2013
KABUL - In an exclusive interview with TOLOnews on Wednesday, a number of political parties raised their voices against the comments made by the first Vice-President of Afghanistan, Marshall Mohammad ...
MPs Call for Replacing Top Security Officials
June 13, 2013
KABUL - Parliamentarians and top security officials on Wednesday met behind closed doors on increasing attacks, amid calls for replacing the heads of some security ...
Civilian Casualties Up in First Half of 2013: UN
June 12, 2013
KABUL - The United Nations on Tuesday announced an increase in civilian casualties in Afghanistan, indicating its plan to hold talk with the Taliban on the issue. UN Secretary-General’s Special ...
17 Dead in Suicide Attack Near SC
June 12, 2013
KABUL - A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the Supreme Court (SC) in the nation’s heavily-fortified capital on Tuesday, killing 17 civilians and wounding 39 ...