1TV: Afghanistan’s acting minister for hajj and religious affairs, Abdul Hakim Munib, has claimed that he was physically assaulted by strongmen in president palace on Friday. Munib was humiliated and physically assaulted by six strongmen including former member of parliament, Mullah Tarakhil Mohammadi, and two incumbent MPs, a statement from haj ministry said. Click here to
Ariana: Pakistan’s army and the Quetta Shura are designing programs for the Taliban insurgent group, a senior member of Ashraf Ghani’s State-Builder team said on Saturday. Amrullah Saleh, the former chief of Afghan intelligence agency and first Vice President of Ashraf Ghani’s electoral ticket said that the Taliban are not independent to launch direct talks with the
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s rival candidates on Thursday accused him of misusing his authority and manipulating national assets for campaign purposes hours after the inauguration of Darulaman Palace, an imperial monument in the western part of Kabul that was heavily damaged the civil war in the country. Mr. Ghani at a ceremony inaugurated Darulaman Palace after
Michael Hughes: The United States handed bags of cash and awarded ministry posts to the most brutal warlords on earth in Afghanistan during the early post-9/11 era. The United States, for years, looked the other away as the Karzai family and tons of other Afghan government officials transferred millions of dollars into bank accounts in places
Tolo News: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami party who runs for president, says the incumbent government is “weak” and cannot decide on major issues in the country and that it will “collapse” if the US forces leave the war-ravaged Afghanistan. “There is no doubt in US forces withdrawal [from Afghanistan]. They will definitely leave [the country],”
Tolo News: Presidential candidate Abdul Latif Pedram on Thursday appeared at his first election camping rally in Kabul where he stressed the need for establishing a federal government in the country which he believes will ensure an equal right to all citizens of Afghanistan. Mr. Pedram said the National Unity Government’s tenure has ended, calling it
Tolo News: Vice presidential candidate Mohammad Mohaqiq on Wednesday confirmed internal rift among members of presidential runner Mohammad Haneef Atmar’s team. He said that there is a possibility that members of this team will join another campaign as confirmed differences between four key members of the campaign. “It is a reality that some issues came upon
Tolo News: While presidential candidate Mohammad Haneef Atmar suspended his campaign, sources told TOLOnews that Mr. Atmar might join President Ghani in his re-election campaign in the September election. The sources said that National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib met with Mr. Atmar on Sunday evening aimed at encouraging him to join Mr. Ghani’s re-election campaign. A spokesman
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 9 , 2019 Seventeen men will contest Afghanistan’s presidential election in a race among old power brokers — ex-government officials, prominent technocrats, and a notorious former warlord. The twice-delayed September 28 election is slated to be only the second-ever democratic transition of power in the war-wracked country
Tolo News: The Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is running for president, at a campaign rally on Wednesday slammed the Afghan government leaders as “foreigners’ slaves” and called the government “un-Islamic”. Mr. Hekmatyar said the incumbent government — which is led by President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah — has been “occupied” by