Materials for New Voter Cards Sent to 9 Provinces

KABUL (NNI): The long-awaited distribution of electronic ID cards will start Hamal 3 after Nowruz, Karzai's office said. The Council of Ministers has discussed has ordered the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Communication and Information ...

KABUL - Upper House (Senate) members on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Interior to ensure new electronic ID cards were distributed to the people ahead of the 2014 presidential elections. Kabul residents started receiving the new ID cards this month, ...

Kabul (BNA) The Independent Election Commission (IEC) proclaimed that the program of voters` registration for presidential elections to begin in May 26th of current year. The spokesman of IEC Noor Muhammad Noor told media that all are prepared and ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF/KABUL, Afghanistan, April 26 (Alexey Eremenko, RIA Novosti) A storm was brewing and the crowd was tense in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif last week on the night when Soviet army veterans clashed with local residents as the citys ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry paid a surprise visit to Kabul this morning, hoping to move forward on a reconciliation process between the Taliban and the Hamid Karzai government. Kerry arrived as the US armed forces transferred control of the ...

KABUL - Afghan foreign ministry officials announced to launch an investigation in connection to involvement of Afghan nationals in Syria war. The officials further added that recent reports suggest involvement and casualties of Afghans in Syria and ...

KABUL, Afghanistan - A special operations raid meant to disrupt a Taliban arms operation in southern Afghanistan ended in the death of a man with family ties to the Afghan president's inner circle, leading to tensions between regional officials and ...

KABUL - The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Tuesday asked the Wolesi Jirga to act fast on amendments to laws on polls and structure, duties and powers of poll panels. The lower house of parliament is expected to discuss ...

KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga on Sunday decided to abolish a commission, including members of parliamentary panels, civil society groups and higher education ministry, to probe results of a recent university entry test. On Saturday, the lower house ...