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Khalilzad Looks to Shape Post-Trump End Game in Afghanistan

16th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Michael Hughes: President-elect Joe Biden may have no choice but to allow Zalmay Khalilzad to stay on as U.S. envoy to Afghanistan for reasons of continuity amid the ongoing negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban. Khalilzad, a native Afghan turned American cowboy, is not taking any chances, however, as he aggressively pushes President Ashraf Ghani

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Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Zalmay Khalilzad |
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Zakhilwal says govt is being ‘forced to compromise’

15th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: Former Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal said President Ashraf Ghani has violated 80 percent of the constitution during his presidency. Zakhilwal said the Afghan peace process is a US initiative that has caused concern for Ghani. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Omar Zakhilwal |
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Former UNAMA chief gives frank opinion on current crisis

12th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: Kai Eide, former head of UNAMA has pointed a finger at Afghanistan’s leaders and said there is little unity among them and that hostile statements made could undermine the peace process. Referring specifically to the first vice president, Eide said: “I see Amrullah Saleh, the vice president, constantly (making) what I would call rather

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani Government |
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Govt says NYT claims of misinforming media are baseless

11th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: On Monday, the New York Times reported that after Ahmad Jawad Hijri, the spokesman for the governor of Takhar Province, told the media that children were wounded in an Afghan airstrike in the province in October, government jailed him for three days and then fired him. …Ghani administration has muzzled provincial spokesmen and district

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, censorship |
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Ghani appoints critics to avoid interim govt: politicians

10th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: Some Afghan politicians said on Sunday that President Ashraf Ghani has cultivated new friendships with some of his critics in order to avoid an interim government and to stay in power. This comes after Ghani appointed Mohammad Mohaqiq, head of the Wahdat-i-Islami Party, as his senior political and military adviser and introduced Rahila Dostum

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Posted in Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Ashraf Ghani Government |
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Afghan President Wants ‘Positive Peace’ With Taliban, Transition To ‘Elected Successor’

9th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 9, 2021 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that his goal is to transition power to an “elected successor,” and that he seeks a “positive peace” with the Taliban. Speaking alongside first lady Rula Ghani in an interview with CNN on January 8, the Afghan president addressed the start

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Posted in Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Ashraf Ghani |
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Govt Plans to Bring Madrassas Under State Control

8th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The Ministry of Interior Affairs says the government plans to take control of a network of over 5,000 madrassas as part of a drive to mainstream religious schools by putting them under the control of the state. “It will be a good move if they operate under the control of the government. This

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Posted in Education, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Political News, Security |
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Fighting Rages Across Afghanistan As Peace Talks Resume In Qatar

7th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 7, 2021 At least 17 Afghan civilians and members of the Afghan security forces were reported killed across Afghanistan as fighting continued to rage — despite the resumption of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha aimed at finding an end to decades of war. Afghan government negotiators in the Qatari capital

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Political News, Security, Taliban |
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Atta Noor changes tack, mulls interim government

7th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Ariana: Former Balkh governor and politician Atta Mohammad Noor said he has recently started considering the option of an interim government which he said could help resolve the current crisis. He said he only recently started thinking about this as an option and only after President Ashraf Ghani’s move to summarily dismiss the health minister

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Posted in Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Atta Mohammad Noor |
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Ghani Accused of Meddling in Ex-Minister’s Trial

6th January, 2021 · admin · Leave a comment

Tolo News: The former minister of mines, Wahidullah Shahrani, who was sentenced to 13 months in jail and fined $1.5 million on charges of misuse of authority, on Wednesday accused President Ashraf Ghani of trying to interfere in his judicial proceedings in the court. Shahrani’s aide quoted the Afghan Attorney General Farid Hamidi as saying

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Posted in Corruption, Crime and Punishment, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Wahidullah Shahrani |
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