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
Tolo News: The practice by the National Unity Government (NUG) of not appointing Afghan ambassadors and other key diplomats on merit, will affect the country’s foreign standing, a number of analysts have warned. President Ashraf Ghani recently appointed the former chief of Independent Election Committee Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani as ambassador to Spain and earlier his uncle Abdul
Khaama Press: The Afghan government is reportedly working on at least 20 major corruption cases involving highly political influential figures. According to a report by BBC’s Afghanistan service, the government is currently reviewing the cases of powerful individuals which includes former ministers. The report further added that the suspects have extensive political support and the review of the
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s appointment of Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, former Head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), as Afghanistan ambassador to Spain has been challenged by the Office of the Chief Executive. While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not yet comment on the appointment of Nuristani, the Office of the Chief Executive (CEO) said the
Press TV July 11, 2016 President Barack Obama announced last week that the US strategy in Afghanistan has changed again, slowing the drawdown of US forces in the country. He even bragged about why he constantly reviews his strategy in Afghanistan, changes commanders, and makes adjustments, saying he is “guided by the facts, what’s happening
1TV: Speaking with the Los Angeles Times, Hamid Karzai has said that the current Afghan top officials including President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah all served in his government. “[Ghani] is also a legacy of mine. So is Abdullah,” Karzai said. “Rather than going into the past, they should begin to deliver — not talk
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani during his election campaign pledged to appoint qualified individuals regardless of their political affiliation to government institutions and Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions. “We have not promised the sharing of government, the government does not belong to us, this is supposed to be an asset of the nation,” Ghani said at the time. But instead,
Silent Crow News: The question is why heroin use has dramatically increased since 2002? Maybe the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 after the September 11th attacks under the Bush regime had something to do with it? As long as the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan continues under the guise of establishing a democratic government, the flow