Tolo News: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday said the election management body has wrapped up the recounting process of votes for Kabul province and IEC staff is now processing the data registration of the results. The IEC said the election commission will announce the election results for Nangarhar, Paktia and Baghlan provinces within
Tolo News: The National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan led by the First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, said that President Ashraf Ghani has requested Dostum to once again support him in the 2019 presidential elections. President Ghani and Vice President Dostum were in one team in 2014 presidential elections. Bashir Ahmad Tahyanj, spokesman for the National Islamic
Tolo News: Fawzia Kofi, an incumbent lawmaker and a protesting candidate, whose name was dropped from the final lists of parliamentary candidates in August, says she wants the allegations against her cleared, otherwise those who have decided to reject this nomination should be punished. Click here to read more (external link). Related فراتر از افغانستان برای
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 6, 2018 KABUL — Afghanistan’s Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has declared that all votes cast in Kabul Province during the country’s October parliamentary election are invalid. IECC spokesman Alirez Rohani told reporters in Kabul on December 6 that the decision was made for 25 different reasons — including major
1TV: New announcement of preliminary results for five provinces: Winners in Kunar: Javed Sapai, Shazada Shahid, Nematullah Karyab, Wazhma Sapai. Winners in Nuristan: Obaidullah Nuristani, Zahida Faizan Winners in Maidan Wardak: Abdul Ahmad Durrani, Abdul Rahman Wardak, Mohammad Mahdi Rasikh, Halima Askari, Hamida Akbari. Winners in Sar-i-Pul: Mohammad Akbar Sultan Zada, Asadullah Ayoubi, Sharif Balkhabi,
Ariana: Mohammad Hanif Atmar, former Afghan national security adviser has announced that he would be contesting as a candidate in the presidential elections… Hanif Atmar has been a central figure in Afghanistan for years. He signed the 2014 Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the United States and inked a 2016 peace deal with Hizb-i-Islami, an extremist insurgent
1TV: Afghanistan has postponed presidential election by three months, a source told 1TV Sunday. The vote was originally expected to be held on April 20 next year. Click here to read more (external link). Related The IEC Deputy Spokesman Aziz Abrahimi told Ariana News that the decision is being taken order to hold the presidential elections
1TV: Winners of parliamentary elections in five provinces according to preliminary results and the number of votes they have secured: Daykundi: Syed Mohammad Dawood Naseri (13,055), Raihana Azad (12,680), Ali Akbar Jamshidi (10,490), Shirin Muhsini (10,480). Farah: Humayoun Shahidzada (2,471), Abdul Satar Hussaini (1,869), Abdul Naseer Farahi (1,658), Abdul Jalil Bakhtawar (1,483), Belqis Roshan (1,104) Jawzjan: Batur Dostum (19,768),
Ariana: The Afghan government on Monday rejected the reports about the proposed interim administration in Kabul as part of the peace efforts with the Taliban armed group. President Ghani’s office Spokesman Mohammad Haroon Chakhansoori said that the government is committed for the April 2019 presidential elections and that rumors about the formation of a new interim
Ariana: In reaction to the Wall Street Journal’s report, the U.S. Ambassador in Kabul John Bass on Tuesday said that the United States is committed to helping the Afghan electoral commissions and the government to hold the presidential elections in April next year. The WSJ [Wall Street Journal] reported that the Trump administration is discussing whether to