Tolo News: The Supreme Court of Afghanistan has approved the extension of President Ashraf Ghani’s tenure until the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for September 28. Based on the Constitution, Ghani’s tenure ends on May 22. A number of presidential candidates described the court’s decision in defiance to the spirit of the law and accuse the president
Tolo News: As the National Unity Government’s (NUG) term will end within the next one month, a group of 11 presidential candidates have started consultations on the establishment of an interim government to prevent “power gap” as elections are scheduled for September 28. The candidates said the incumbent government’s term ends on May 22 and that
Tolo News: Officials from the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday said they have made some developments in the preparations for the upcoming presidential elections as they have accelerated their efforts for the polls as well as for the provincial councils elections and Ghazni parliamentary elections – all scheduled for September 28. An IEC official said many vacant posts, including 10 provincial chiefs and technical positions, have
Ariana: Most of the presidential candidates are against the upcoming Grand Consultative Peace Jirga, reasoning that it is an electoral campaign for President Ashraf Ghani, a Presidential candidate said on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday repeated his call for interim government in Afghanistan, as he warned of rejection of election results and anarchy without it. “As a brother, we are telling our brother that if you want to achieve peace with election, then our experience says that hold it under such an interim government
Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday held a meeting with elections stakeholders and signed cooperation agreements with them on the upcoming presidential polls, which are scheduled for September 28. The IEC has estimated that $192 million is needed for the presidential, provincial councils, district councils and Ghazni parliamentary elections which all will be held on the
Tolo News: Rula Ghani says there is no political motive behind the move to distribute money to women in Nangarhar… Some members of Nangarhar provincial council, however, criticized Rula Ghani over spending the money for electoral campaigns. They said for supporting poor people, there are channels that can do it instead of distribution through Rula Ghani’s
Tolo News: The National Unity Government’s (NUG) was established based on an agreement between Ghani and Abdullah in September 2014 after controversial elections. The agreement on the NUG was brokered by former US Secretary of State John Kerry. “Our nation is gradually coming to a consensus that the continuation of the incumbent government has no legitimacy
Ariana: Abdul Aziz Aryaee, former head of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has alleged he had been asked by President Ashraf Ghani to declare some “specific” candidates as “winners” in final results of parliamentary elections held in last October. It comes a day after Ariana News obtained documents which indicated that President Ghani has meddled in
Ariana: Documents obtained by Ariana News show that President Ashraf Ghani has meddled in October parliamentary elections in favor of a particular candidate. Based on the obtained documents, the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission had asked the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) to provide information about parliamentary candidates with criminal convictions. In between, AGO had declared Mirza Khan Katawazai