Tolo News: Officials from Afghanistan Central Civil Registration Authority (ACCRA) on Tuesday said that the body is expected to open an Electronic Identity Card (e-NIC) distribution center in Kabul in the coming days. Although a nationwide roll out of e-NIC will take time, ACCRA is committed to speeding up the roll-out process across the country, said
VOA News May 5, 2018 Eligible voters across Afghanistan are registering for upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections while politicians try to shore up their alliances in preparation. Afghan Second Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a prominent Afghan Uzbek-ethnic leader and high-ranking government official who lives in exile, has become a pivotal figure for opposition
Tolo News: He blamed Iran for fueling ethnic rift in Afghanistan and said Iran helps “the infiltration of Daesh into Afghanistan”. “Daesh cannot come from Iraq or Russia. It has only one way which is Iran. They can only enter Afghanistan through Iran,” he added. According to him, there are three factions of Daesh operating in Afghanistan:
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 3, 2018 ISLAMABAD — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani launched long-delayed electronic citizen ID cards Thursday, but his governing partner, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, boycotted the ceremony and questioned the legitimacy and timing of the process. The president and first lady Rula Ghani, along with several top officials, received their ID cards,
Tolo News: Speaking at the 26th anniversary of Mujahideen Victory in Kabul on Saturday Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that elections must be transparent and fair. Ghani said the presidential elections will be held before Jawza 1398 – May 2019. Click here to read more (external link). Related Abdullah Sees Election As Key To Solving Problems
Tolo News: Speaking at an Afghanistan Law and Political Studies Organization gathering in Kabul on Thursday, Qanooni said: “CIA’s site office in Islamabad was coordinating with (Pakistan’s) ISI; this office recommended to the US that any alternative to the Taliban must be a Pashtun-oriented alternative and that the United Front shouldn’t be an alternative to
1TV: Speaking at an event in Kabul, Qanooni, dismissed claims that Karzai was chosen all of a sudden at the Bonn conference or the united front was responsible for his rise to power… Citing a book of U.S. diplomat James Dobbins, the “orchestrator” of Bonn conference, Qanooni said that the director of Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 16, 2018 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban has ruled out political reconciliation with the Afghan government and urged war-weary voters to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections in the country, alleging the “fake” exercise is being staged at the behest of U.S.-led “foreign occupation” forces. The statement comes in response to President Ashraf Ghani’s
Press TV April 15, 2018 Afghanistan has begun registering voters for the long-delayed legislative elections that are scheduled for October. According to Abdul Badie Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), authorities will register as many as 14 million adults at more than 7,000 registration centers across the war-torn country over the next two months. Highlighting
by Farid Behbud KABUL, April 14 (Xinhua) — The Afghan election officials began voter registration process on Saturday for long-delayed parliamentary and district councils’ elections. Afghans pin hopes on the elections although challenges remain, including lack of funds and increasing insecurity problems. On April 1, Gula Jan Abdul Badi Sayad, chairman of Independent Election Commission