1TV: Afghan government has expressed anger after a plane belonging to an Arab country landed in western Heart province. The provincial governor said that the plane landed in the Afghan soil without coordinating with the local officials. The plane belonged to Qatar and which brought ten costly armored vehicles, Mohammad Asif Rahimi explained. Click here
Tolo News: A number of Nangarhar provincial council members along with residents on Sunday expressed their concerns over the rampant land-grabbing practice currently being witnessed in the province. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press November 29, 2015 The High Office of Anti-Corruption on Sunday released its report enlisting the current and fixed assets in possession of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and First Lady Rula Ghani. According to the report, President Ghani and First Lady Rula Ghani are jointly in possession of the properties which includes $4.817 million
Khaama Press November 28, 2015 The High Office of Anti-Corruption of Afghanistan on Saturday declared a list of properties in possession of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah. The list was declared in a report by published by state-run Anis Daily newspaper as part of a practice to announce the properties and belongings of
DW: A confidential report by the German Foreign Ministry paints a grim picture of Afghanistan, a German public broadcaster says. Recently, German officials called for more Afghan refugees to be returned to their country. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Khalilullah Frozi who was sentenced to 10 years in prison late last year for his part in the Kabul Bank scandal was moved from Bagram Prison and transferred to Shah Amanullah Hospital on the orders of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), officials said Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: A former Pashtany bank head and his six other employees have been jailed for 10 years each over embezzlement of more than one billion Afghanis several years ago. The court has also ordered Hayatullah Dayani and others to repay the stolen money, the Attorney General Office said Sunday. Dayani presided the government-owned bank from
Tolo News: In a letter addressed to the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), President Ashraf Ghani’s suspended legal advisor Abdul Ali Mohammadi allegedly instructed the legal body to investigate the case of the six Urban Development Ministry officials – a move deemed by legal experts to be outside the parameters of his authority. According to the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 21, 2015 Afghan investigators have blamed poor leadership, misuse of resources, and lack of coordination between Afghan security forces for the Taliban’s capture of Kunduz city in September. “On the day of the crisis, nobody knew who was in charge,” said Amrullah Saleh, a former chief of the national intelligence
Khaama Press November 21, 2015 Two employees of the Ministry of Finance have been arrested on corruption charges. The two officials of the Revenue Department were referred to the Attorney General after prosecutors detained them for demanding bribe, the ministry said in a statement. The case is under further investigation and the suspects would be