Al Jazeera: The growing political crisis within the Afghan National Unity Government is compounding the ongoing security and economic crises in the country. President Ashraf Ghani sees himself as a saviour destined and determined to restore the Ghilzai Pashtuns’ lost political mastery against the Durrani Pashtuns and non-Pashtuns. Ghani’s strategy has been sidelining his electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah,
VOA News August 12, 2016 Hasib Danish Alikozai Afghanistan was on the brink of a civil war when both presidential candidates claimed victory in the 2014 run-off election, which outside observers called flawed by fraud and irregularities led to a contested result. The impasse was only resolved after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brokered
Press TV August 12, 2016 Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has slammed President Ashraf Ghani, saying his ally is “unfit for the presidency.” Abdullah made the comment during a gathering in the capital Kabul on Thursday. The president had agreed to give Abdullah the position of prime minister following the controversial elections of 2014. Ghani,
Tolo News: Nangarhar Provincial Council warns that if government authorities do not arrest land grabbers, more land will be usurped. A number of council members say that government not only banned land grabbing, but also the phenomena is increasing day by day in the province. However, local authorities in Nangarhar say that they have plans in hand to
Tolo News: A batch of supposedly leaked documents reveals that a number of projects related to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) were monopolized by a private firm called Governance in Afghanistan (GIA) which had been founded and chaired by the serving minister of health Ferozuddin Feroz. The leaked papers also suggest that recently GIA made new
Tolo News: A survey has found that sports in Afghanistan is in dire straits – mainly due to deep rifts and differences among members of sporting organizations and because of mismanagement of hundreds of thousands of Afs by the Directorate of Physical Education and Sport of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Other Sports
Michael Hughes: The U.S. state-building watchdog reported on July 29 that despite Washington investing $3 billion in Afghanistan’s power sector the country still suffers from one of the worst electrification rates in the world. The report, issued by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), beat around the bush citing issues like “poor project management”
By Abdul Qadir Ghafoori and Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 29, 2016 He calls it matrimony. Her parents call it kidnapping. Whatever the case — and it’s a complicated case — an Afghan mullah finds himself behind bars following his purported marriage to a 6-year-old girl. Sayed Mohammad Karim, a 50-something religious figure in a
KABUL, July 29 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has vowed to keep high pressure on corruption as the country is preparing for a key international conference to be held later this year, Arg, the country’s Presidential Palace said in a statement on Friday. On Thursday, Ghani chaired the first meeting of National High
Tolo News: Nearly 110 employees of the Kabul Municipality have been barred from leaving the country pending corruption charges, the Attorney General Office (AGO) said Monday. AGO spokesman Basir Azizi said all cases against former and incumbent government officials will be investigated thoroughly at the anti-corruption judicial center. “Cases involving 110 officials from the Kabul Municipality will be