Tolo News: Nizamuddin Qaisari, the former police chief of Faryab’s Qaisar district was freed from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) detention on Friday evening, the Attorney General’s Office confirmed. Before his release, Qaisari appeared at a ceremony at the First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum’s residence in Kabul where he met a number of his supporters.Qaisari
Tolo News: “Jamiat has considered a list of figures but has not introduced them officially. Let’s the peace process get completed and the talks get started officially in the form that the Taliban show readiness for negotiations, then we will introduce the team,” he said. Click here to read more (external link).
Ariana: As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) is gradually announcing the result of Afghan parliamentary elections, the preliminary results show that, in a surprise move, most of the government critics have not won a seat. So far the names of MP Zahir Qadir from eastern Nangarhar province, MP Hamayun Hamayun from Khost province, MP Abdul
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan December 23, 2018 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced that Assadullah Khalid, the former head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), as the country’s defense minister and Amrullah Saleh, also a former intelligence chief, as interior minister. Ghani made the announcement in a December 23 decree in which he
1TV: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday officially began the registration process of candidates for coming presidential elections in the country. Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, a deputy spokesman of the IEC said that so far at least 22 individuals have received the candidacy information package for the April presidential elections including Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Zalmai
The Interpreter: As Ghani seeks a second term, the announcement by former national security adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar that he would contest the presidential polls positions him as a leading contender in the electoral fray. A Durrani Pashtun from Laghman province, as much as Atmar is known for his integral role in the nation’s high
1TV: Afghanistan’s attorney general has agreed to release Nizamuddin Qaisari, a powerful police commander in north, who was arrested in July… Qaisari to be banned from travelling to foreign countries and that he would remain in Kabul. Click here to read more (external link).
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
Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 14, 2018 Video footage that appears to show a young man being pushed and then dragged by the collar into a vehicle by President Ashraf Ghani’s presidential bodyguards has sparked online debate in Afghanistan. The video, which was uploaded on social media and was reported by various news
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