Tolo News: Wahid Muzhda, an Afghan political analyst, was assassinated Wednesday in Kabul when at least one unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle attacked him in the PD7 area close to the Russian embassy, the Ministry of Interior confirmed. Nasrat Rahimi, the ministry spokesman, said the incident occurred around 5:00 pm while Muzhda was going to the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 5, 2019 Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has criticized a new peace plan put forward by President Ashraf Ghani as an unrealistic “wish list.” In September, U.S. President Donald Trump stopped months-long negotiations with the Taliban amid ongoing militant violence. Ghani’s team last month released a seven-point proposal aimed at
Michael Hughes: It is impossible to decipher the true motives that drove Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani to suddenly resign from his post although his allegiance to CEO Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani’s primary electoral opponent, is likely a factor. However, there are also other reasons to be considered including the reality that he was
Ariana: President Ghani has appointed Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman as Acting Foreign Minister, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi tweeted. Mr. Zaman has been serving as Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs since October 2018. His new appointment comes days after resignation of former Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani. Click here to read more
AFP: Afghanistan’s ruling elite and international power brokers must listen to the fast-growing youth population — including junior Taliban members — if the war is ever to end, the country’s new youth delegate to the United Nations says. In a nation at war for 40 years and where two-thirds of the population is aged 24 or under,
Tolo News: Lawmakers in Afghanistan’s parliament on Wednesday lashed out at the special units of the Afghan police forces for their alleged involvement in breaching the digital center of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), saying the move is not acceptable. The parliament speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani ordered the head of the parliament’s Internal Security Commission to
Ariana: Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani resigned from his post on Thursday. In his resignation letter to President Ashraf Ghani, Rabbani said that the foreign ministry had been sidelined and that it was treated as a private NGO. Immediately, it was unknown if President Ashraf Ghani will accept his resignation. Salahuddin Rabbani had [a] tense
Michael Hughes: A potential scandal involving a foundation Afghan President Ashraf Ghani established in the United States could affect voter sentiment during the likely presidential run-off. However, many questions remain open to determine whether the allegations amount to true corruption or run-of-the-mill conflict of interests. On Sunday, October 13, Tolo News reported that The Institute for
Ariana: Strong criticisms rise after authorities failed to implement a court decision over a former member of the Independent Election Commission. Afghanistan’s justice center sentenced all members of electoral commissions to five years in jail after they were found guilty of rigging the votes of Kunar parliamentary elections in 2018. However, Wasima Badghisi, a senior member
Tolo News: Following a public row between Sediq Seddiqi, the presidential spokesman, and Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Sibaghatullah Ahmadi, President Ghani on Sunday fired Ahmadi and replaced him with the former ambassador to Turkmenistan, Mirwais Nab. The argument was over the propriety of the Taliban delegation to Pakistan. On Thursday Ahmadi publicly supported Pakistan’s hosting of the