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Govt Accused Of ‘Engineering’ Next Election

21st June, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: “I want to ask the people not to sacrifice their lives for this election and neither vote for me nor should they let their children be sacrificed for this process. This process (elections) is a rigged process,” the first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, Humayun Humayun, said. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Corruption, Elections News, Political News | Tags: Election Fraud, Humayoun Humayoun |
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Former US interpreter accuses Afghanistan government of releasing Taliban prisoners

20th June, 2018 · admin · 3 Comments

The Hill: A former Afghan interpreter for U.S. forces is accusing the Afghanistan government of releasing Taliban prisoners “under the table.” Saber Rock spoke with Hill TV’s “Rising” on Tuesday morning, where he was strongly critical of Kabul’s handling of the war against the Taliban. He noted that the American government has spent billions in its war

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Posted in Corruption, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, National Unity Government, prisoners, Saber Rock |
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Former US interpreter: US is losing war in Afghanistan

19th June, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

The Hill: Saber Rock appeared Tuesday morning on “Rising” on Hill.TV, where he accused the Afghanistan government of “censoring the facts” about the war to the U.S. He encouraged the U.S. to “stop supporting the fraud government of Afghanistan.”  He added that the U.S. has remained loyal to one particular group in its 17-year war on the Taliban.

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Posted in Corruption, Ethnic Issues, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Decade of US Anti-Drug Efforts in Afghanistan Yields Zero Results – Inspector General

14th June, 2018 · admin · 5 Comments

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Sputnik) – More than $8 billion spent by the United States in the past decade to curtail opium production in Afghanistan has been graded a failure, with poppy production at an all-time high and providing income for terrorist groups with help from corrupt Afghan officials, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John

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Posted in Corruption, Drugs, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Poppy cultivation |
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Abdullah Abdullah: ‘Nobody promised Afghanistan will be paradise in 2, 3 years’

14th June, 2018 · admin · 9 Comments

DW: On widespread corruption and human rights abuses in Afghanistan, the country’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, said: “Nobody had promised that Afghanistan will be paradise as a result of the two, three years of the unity government but we have promised to take steps, which we have done.” He admitted earlier this year that his

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Posted in Corruption, Human Rights, Political News | Tags: Dr. Abdullah, National Unity Government |
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Where’s the aid money gone? Afghan girls’ struggle for education

10th June, 2018 · admin · 3 Comments

Al Jazeera: Despite billions of dollars being poured into girls’ education in Afghanistan, conditions at schools remain rudimentary.  Some classes are held under makeshift tents; others are held out in the open, with nothing to buffer the girls from the elements of Afghanistan’s punishing summers and bitter winters. While the girls persevere through rain, hail or shine,

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Posted in Afghan Women, Corruption, Education |
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Afghanistan: School Scandal

8th June, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Al Jazeera: 101 East gets rare access to go inside the Sayedul Shohada School in Kabul. We meet the girls desperate to get an education and investigate whether the international community and the Afghan government is failing to honour their promise to educate a generation of girls.

Posted in Afghan Women, Corruption, Education |
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US Audit Casts Doubt on Afghan Anti-Corruption EffortsUS Audit Casts Doubt on Afghan Anti-Corruption Efforts

7th June, 2018 · admin · 2 Comments

Ayaz Gul VOA News June 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Anti-corruption efforts in Afghanistan continue to face challenges of capacity, resources, lack of action against powerful individuals, and the presence of “unqualified and potentially corrupt actors” in key government institutions combating corruption. Those findings are part of a report conducted by the U.S. Special Inspector General for

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Posted in Corruption, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Ghani’s Decree on Appointment of IECC P. Members Is above the Law: IECC

3rd June, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: President Ashraf Ghani in a decree has referred the appointment of IECC provincial commissioners to the Independent Administration Reform and Civil Services Commission (IARCSC), but the issue has sparked criticism of Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). Click here to read more (external link). Related Ghazni Election Crisis Continues, Residents Call for Action Concerns Raised Over ID

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Posted in Corruption, Elections News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Election Fraud |
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President Ghani Rejects IEC Secretariat Head Candidates

1st June, 2018 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: President Ashraf Ghani has rejected all shortlisted candidates for the position of the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC) Secretariat, a reliable source said Friday. About two weeks ago, acting IEC Secretariat Chief Shahla Haqparast stepped down from her post over the decision to stamp the photocopy of voter’s national identity cards. Click here to read more

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Posted in Corruption, Elections News, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Election Fraud, Shahla Haqparast |
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