The New York Times: Women’s sports programs in Afghanistan, long a favorite of Western donors, have all but collapsed. Some consist of little more than a young woman with a business card and a desk, as one insider described the women’s version of cricket, Afghanistan’s most popular game. Others, like women’s soccer, have managed to field a few teams for practices
Tolo News: Election watchdog organizations and political parties on Sunday said that government has failed to bring about electoral reforms. They said this was unacceptable. According to them, the continuation of war and insecurity should not deter government from bringing electoral reforms. They said that playing games with the issue of electoral reforms is playing games with the fate
1TV: Most of the citizens in Afghanistan will not participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the findings of a recent survey. The survey, by Focus Group, covered 10,512 people in all 34 provinces of the country. Mohammad Yosuf Rashid, the head of Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan, said a fraud-rigged presidential election in
Khaama Press: Noor issued an online statement earlier tonight rejecting the allegations which comes after days of massive protests which were triggered following the removal of Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum’s portraits from Mazar-e-Shari city, the provincial capital of Balkh province. Noor released a photo which purportedly shows formation of the provincial leadership of Balkh province,
1TV: Former Afghan governor Abdul Basir Salangi has grabbed government land in north Kabul. The issue came to light after authorities visited the site to clear the constructed buildings and reclaim the land in Badam Bagh area. As they started operation, guards affiliated to Salangi, who was governor of Parwan during Karzai rule, arrived at the site forcing
Tolo News: Addressing delegates at the 4th g7+ Ministerial meeting in Kabul on Wednesday President Ashraf Ghani stressed the need for transparency in government in conflict-affected countries. He said the lack of a real fight against corruption was one of the main reasons for a lack of progress. Referring to Afghanistan, he said so far corruption had
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan March 9, 2016 Authorities in Afghanistan say they’re investigating the circumstances around a disturbing video clip that appears to show police officers taking part in the brutal torture of an alleged terror suspect. The two-minute footage was posted this week by the Pajhwok news agency and shows a group of men,
The New Yorker: America’s war in Afghanistan, which is now in its fifteenth year, presents a mystery: how could so much money, power, and good will have achieved so little? Congress has appropriated almost eight hundred billion dollars for military operations in Afghanistan; a hundred and thirteen billion has gone to reconstruction, more than was spent
1TV: Afghan lawmakers have marked down the unity government’s performance, a new survey by Democracy International has found. Out of 215 members of the parliament interviewed, only seven percent were satisfied said the government was going in the right direction. The survey found that insecurity, poverty, poor governance and corruption have been major challenges the government is facing.
Tolo News: Ahmad Zia Massoud, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Representative on Reform and Good Governance, in an interview with TOLO news said that there are certain circles that do not want Taliban to be suppressed in military operations. Massoud said that these circles in collusion with the Taliban do not let the security forces move from