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    MoI assuages IEC's concerns about security

    KABUL (PAN): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday said it was fully prepared to keep security for voter registration centres, a process beginning Sunday.



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    US to complete transition for Afghanistan's security: Obama

    WASHINGTON (PAN): The United States will complete security transition to Afghan forces by 2014 and will work with the Afghan government to train its security forces to ensure al Qaeda never again establish a safe haven there, President Barack Obama said on Thursday.



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    FEFA welcomes electoral law approval

    KABUL (PAN): The Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) on Thursday welcomed the approval of an amended electoral law by the Wolesi Jirga, but expressed its reservations over some changes brought to the law.



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    No hope for peace until war criminals punished

    KABUL (PAN): The Transitional Justice Coordination Group (TJCG) on Thursday said its investigation showed the peace process in Afghanistan could not succeed until war criminals were tried and their victims compensated.



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    CJTF delivers seized money, vehicles, weapons

    KABUL (PAN): The Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday delivered money, vehicles and weapons it confiscated from convicted drug smugglers during the past two years to the government departments concerned, an official said.



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    Rassoul, Bokova discuss Afghan culture heritage

    KABUL (PAN): Foreign Minister Zalmai Rassoul on Wednesday met with visiting UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova at his office in Kabul and discussed with her the situation in Afghanistan and in the region at large.



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    Karzai is home, leaves behind "wish list" in India

    NEW DELHI/KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai, who returned from a two-day official visit to India,  on Wednesday told reporters in New Delhi he had given a "wish list" of military equipment t



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    600 Afghan interpreters will relocate to Britain

    KABUL (PAN): Six hundred Afghan interpreters, about half of those who worked with British troops for more than a year time and put themselves in physical danger, are expected to be given the right to live in the UK.



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    Wolesi Jirga passes electoral law

    KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, on Wednesday adopted the amended  electoral law with some further amendments after a long-lasting debate.



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    India will stand by the Afghans: Mukherjee

    NEW DELHI(PAN): Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said his country was prepared to increase bilateral contribution to institution-building, training and equipment to the extent India could for Afghanistan.