Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday approved two crucial laws including the draft law on electoral reforms and the much-awaited census law. “The president has approved the draft law on election reforms and the law is prepared, the law on which the ministry of justice is working, all issues pertaining to the law will be finalized
Tolo News: Rahmatullah Nabil, the ex-chief of the Afghan spy agency—the National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Tuesday alleged that President Ashraf Ghani’s unnecessary meddling in the works of government institutions has fueled political, security and social uncertainties in the country. “Poor leadership and unnecessary interferences by President Ghani in various fields of politics, security and economy
Al Jazeera: The ongoing political crisis within the Afghan National Unity Government amid the country’s security and economic challenges recalls earlier warnings, notably from US intelligence and the UN, on the fragility of Afghanistan’s political stability. According to the agreement brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry in September 2014, the Afghan government should have initiated a
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 4, 2016 Two years after a contentious, fraud-marred presidential election pushed Afghanistan to the brink of another bloody civil war, the country is once again staring into the abyss. The compromise power deal signed by political rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to avert that crisis expires
The Washington Post: The accusation is that Ghani has surrounded himself with advisers from his Pashtun ethnic group and clan, while shutting out those from other backgrounds. Both of his vice presidents are from ethnic minorities, but several of his closest confidants, such as the national security adviser, Hanif Atmar, are fellow Ghilzai Pashtuns. He
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 1, 2016 The belated funeral ceremony for a controversial former Afghan monarch turned violent in Kabul on September 1, with at least one person killed and several wounded after gunshots were fired during a procession attended by thousands of members of Afghanistan’s ethnic Tajik minority. Mourners carrying
The First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum harshly criticized President Ghani during a gathering in Kabul following a deadlock in the Government of National Unity by CEO Abdullah’s remarks. According to a video released online by Enayatullah Babar Farahmand, the Chief of Staff of the Office of the First Vice President, Gen. Dostum is seen
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the central Bamyan province earlier to inaugurate the Bamyan airport and Bamyan-Kabul road as scores of people staged demonstrations against the government in the city. The demonstration was organized by the supporters of the Enlightenment Movement which was formed to protest against the change of a major power project route which was
1TV: Majority of the citizens of Afghanistan have called for change from the presidential system, a survey conducted by Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies revealed Tuesday. Out of the majority of people who voted in favor of change in presidential system, 28 percent proposed parliamentary system of governance where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from
Tolo News: After a week of political turmoil, President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah held a one-on-one meeting Wednesday in an attempt to ease tensions between them and resolve their disagreements – that sparked political uncertainty in the country over the past few days. Delegations from both sides appear to have brokered today’s meeting