Khaama Press: The provincial governor of northern Balkh province and chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami party Ata Mohammad Noor has claimed that certain circles in the government are attempting to spark ethnic tensions among the people. In a statement released on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, Noor said the misbehaviors and wrong approaches by the circles have resulted
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has been criticized for promoting the acting defense minister, Tariq Shah Bahrami, four times since 2014 – from lieutenant colonel to the rank of lieutenant general. Military analysts have said the promotion in rank was given to him because of his close ties with the National Security Advisor’s office and not because
Tolo News: Addressing an event in Mazar-e-Sharif on Sunday, Noor accused Hekmatyar of not acknowledging government despite having signed a peace accord. Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor on Sunday warned the central government not to conspire against him and said he would respond to those at the Presidential Palace if such moves are not stopped. He
Tolo News: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said the recent statement by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the Hizb-e-Islami leader, about Afghanistan’s National Hero Ahmad Shah Massoud are rooted from a reprisal and that those remarks will not affect the status of the country’s martyrs. Abdullah said that Hekmatyar was seeking fame by making such ‘false allegations’.
Reuters: Atta Mohammad Noor, the governor of Balkh province, denies an accusation by provincial council member Asef Mohmand that Noor and his sons abducted him from the Mazar-i-Sharif airport and then assaulted him. Mohmand told reporters one of Noor’s son bit off part of his ear during the beating. A spokesman for Noor called Mohmand’s story
Tolo News: The next president who steps into the presidential palace and takes over the office will be someone who wins the support of Hizb-e-Islami in the next presidential election, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, head of Hizb-e-Islami said at a press conference in Kabul on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).
ANI: Atta Mohammad Noor, Governor of northern Balkh and leader of Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan and Mohammad Mohaqiq, the second deputy to the CEO has issued a draft resolution in which they accused President Ashraf Ghani of working beyond the law and monopolising political power and also sought return of General Abdul Rashid Dostum, the First
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has nominated Deputy Interior Minister Hamid Tahmasi as Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation and former eastern Nangarhar governor Gul Agha Shirzai as Minister for Borders and Tribal Affairs. Ghani also appointed the National Directorate of Security (NDS) deputy Matin Bek as the head of the Independent Director of Local Governance
Tolo News: First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum is set to return to Afghanistan from Turkey in the next week, a spokesman for the Islamic National Movement of Afghanistan, Bashir Ahmad Tayanj, said on Wednesday. Tayanj said Dostum is still in Turkey. This comes after aviation authorities reportedly refused to allow Dostum’s plane to land
Michael Hughes: Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) is tasked with trying to budge the country towards some kind of peace process with a headless Taliban movement while the body faces an existential struggle against Afghan lawmakers. Moreover, President Ashraf Ghani believes negotiations must start not with the Taliban but with the group’s benefactors, although that is