Tolo News:Leaked documents seen by TOLOnews show that the provincial offices of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in Logar and Herat provinces have included fake votes among the credible ballots during the vote counting process. Based on some other documents, IEC staffers were also involved in stealing votes to increase the ballot numbers of their
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 18, 2018 The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan says the prospect of negotiated end to the war in Afghanistan is closer than it has ever been. The comments by Tadamichi Yamamoto on December 17 came as the Afghan Taliban said its representatives met with U.S. officials in the United Arab
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 17, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan-organized peace talks involving U.S. and Taliban officials took place in the United Arab Emirates Monday. Government officials were not immediately available to discuss details of the meeting. The special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, led the U.S. team in talks that included envoys from Pakistan,
Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday said the election management body has wrapped up the recounting process of votes for Kabul province and IEC staff is now processing the data registration of the results. The IEC said the election commission will announce the election results for Nangarhar, Paktia and Baghlan provinces within
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump says he will review the case of a former U.S. Army officer charged with murder for the 2010 killing of a man he suspected of being a Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan. “At the request of many. I will be reviewing the case of
By Shareefullah Sharafat and Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2018 QALAT, Afghanistan — The ancient fortress towering above Qalat, the capital of Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul, overlooks swaths of desert and scrubland that stretch to the rugged mountains straddling the border with Pakistan. This barren, sparsely populated land has long been
Michael Hughes: Washington still lacks any viable strategy for ending the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan outside of a last ditch bid to strike a Faustian bargain with Taliban contacts in Doha. Beijing, on the other hand, appears to have a workable regional solution that can bring stability and prosperity to Afghanistan if the United States
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 16, 2018 Afghanistan’s attorney general has called on soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, to share evidence it has collected over allegations of sexual and physical abuse against the women’s national team. Jamshid Rasuli, the attorney general’s spokesman, told reporters in Kabul that the December 16 request was part of an