International Policy Digest: On the 11th of June, 2002, a Loya Jirga was held to transfer power to the Afghan Transitional Authority. While King Mohammed Zahir Shah had considerable support from the delegates, the United States decided to back Hamid Karzai instead. Had the Bush administration not sidelined the King, these last 15 years might have been
Reuters: The invitations, extended over the past two months by Russian diplomats in Kabul, were confirmed to Reuters by six of the eight leaders, who include former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, or their aides, and by other leading politicians with ties to the Afghan government. Atta Mohammad Noor, a leader in the Jamiat-i Islami party and
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has revealed he is seeking re-election next year to “finish the job” of bringing an end to the 17-year war, Bloomberg quoted the president in a report on Thursday. According to Bloomberg report, President Ghani said the Taliban and other terrorist groups are trying “to turn our beautiful country into a
1TV: Afghanistan’s lawmakers are set to review the bilateral security agreement with the United States as violence flares in the country. The idea was put forward by some lawmakers in the Lower House on Monday and it was approved by majority of the MPs through voting on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Hamid Karzai, a former Afghan president, who
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Sputnik) – US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) is investigating reports that airstrikes led to civilian casualties during a military operation in Kunduz province, USFOR-A spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Martin O’Donnell said in a press release on Wednesday. Last week, the Afghan Defense Ministry confirmed that 14 people were “killed and wounded” in a joint airstrike
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 20, 2018 At least 14 people, including women and children, have been killed in an Afghan-U.S. air strike near the northern city of Kunduz, officials say. Afghan officials said it was still unclear whether the casualties had been caused by Afghan or U.S. aircraft, both of which flew missions in
Ariana: Speaking during an interview with China’s CGTN TV channel, Karzai said that the Afghan people call for change in the U.S. policy and when that happens peace would be ensured in Afghanistan. The former president stressed that the U.S. presence was seen as “conducive” to the better development of peace in Afghanistan by neighbors. Click here
Tolo News: Former president Former president Hamid Karzai said he will not run for president in the next presidential election as he rejected the reports about him saying he will be part of the campaign once again in 2019 election. Karzai said he will give a chance for new faces and younger generation to nominate as
Tolo News: While Afghanistan’s constitution allows a president to serve only two terms in office, former president Hamid Karzai has said that should political parties reach an agreement over him running for office he would stand against the challenges and do so. “Unfortunately, there is confusion in the constitution of Afghanistan about a citizen (being able) to
Tolo News: Speaking at an Afghanistan Law and Political Studies Organization gathering in Kabul on Thursday, Qanooni said: “CIA’s site office in Islamabad was coordinating with (Pakistan’s) ISI; this office recommended to the US that any alternative to the Taliban must be a Pashtun-oriented alternative and that the United Front shouldn’t be an alternative to