Ariana: Following the last year’s chaotic parliamentary elections, more than 230 people including senior employees of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has been referred to the Attorney General’s office over alleged election crimes. Jamshid Rasooli, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s office on Monday said they have registered at least 80 cases of election-related crimes and
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 7, 2019 ISLAMABAD — More than 30 people, mostly pro-government forces, were killed in Afghanistan when Taliban insurgents stormed security outposts and a bomb blast ripped through a busy market, officials confirmed Monday. The Taliban staged coordinated raids in two districts of northwestern Badghis province late Sunday, killing 21 Afghan soldiers
CNA: As Ghani seeks a second term, the announcement by former national security adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar that he would contest the presidential polls positions him as a leading contender in the electoral fray. Click here to read more (external link). Related Mohammad Hanif Atmar has picked Mohammad Yunus Qanooni and Mohammad Mohaqiq as his
VOA News January 6, 2019 At least 30 people have been killed in an apparent mine collapse in northern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. Villagers in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province had dug into a river bed mining for gold when the walls around them collapsed, according to local officials. At least seven others have been
Tolo News: Yama Yari, the Minister of Public Works, said 25 percent of roads and highways are damaged in Afghanistan and that their reconstruction needs a high budget. As a landlocked country, Afghanistan’s provinces are connected with each other by highways. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: Apart from Mohammad Hanif Atmar who has picked Mohammad Yunus Qanooni and Mohammad Mohaqiq as his deputies, the other possible candidates including President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Salahuddin Rabbani, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have yet to form their election tickets. Mohammad Alam Ezadyar, a member of Jamiat-e-Islami party said that they struggle to form
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 5, 2019 Afghan special forces have rescued 12 people from a Taliban prison in the country’s south on the same day that the militants kidnapped a group of 15 government employees in the west, officials said. The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the country’s main intelligence agency, said in a