Al Jazeera: Afghanistan’s two-year-old National Unity Government is experiencing its most difficult political moment after Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah expressed dismay and frustration last week over the way that President Ashraf Ghani is dealing with issues pertaining to partnership, leadership and policy priorities. Click here to read more (external link). Related Presidential Palace, CEO’s Office Work
Al Jazeera: The growing political crisis within the Afghan National Unity Government is compounding the ongoing security and economic crises in the country. President Ashraf Ghani sees himself as a saviour destined and determined to restore the Ghilzai Pashtuns’ lost political mastery against the Durrani Pashtuns and non-Pashtuns. Ghani’s strategy has been sidelining his electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah,
Press TV August 12, 2016 Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has slammed President Ashraf Ghani, saying his ally is “unfit for the presidency.” Abdullah made the comment during a gathering in the capital Kabul on Thursday. The president had agreed to give Abdullah the position of prime minister following the controversial elections of 2014. Ghani,
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday awarded the title of ‘Martyr of The Nation’ title to Hashmat Khalil Karzai, former chairman of Kandahar provincial council and cousin of former president Hamid Karzai. Hashmat Karzai was assassinated inside his home in the southern Kandahar province in 2014 by a suicide bomber hiding the explosives inside his turban.
Khaama Press: Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed Nader Naderi as the chief of the independent administrative reform and civil service commission. The Office of the President, ARG Palace, in a statement, said Mr. Naderi has been appointed for the post in a bid to help further align and consolidate the affairs of the relevant department
1TV: Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s Twitter account was hacked on Saturday and filled with a post that ridiculed the official. The attack happened four days after the official posted tweets stressing on government’s decision on route of a planned power line despite protest. “I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery,” the only tweet by the hackers read
History News Network: It all began on April 25th 2016 when Matthew Rosenberg wrote an article in the New York Times titled “Afghanistan’s Vice President is Barred From Entering the U.S.” which stated that First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek, “has been accused of war crimes and is not welcome in the United
KABUL, July 16 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has expressed concerns over coup attempt in Turkey, believing that military regimes often block the way for development. “Since the government and people of Afghanistan have bitter experiences of coup and military regimes, believe that coup and military regimes are obstacles on the ways toward
Michael Hughes: Captain obvious Zalmay Khalilzad told the U.S. Foreign Affairs committee on July 12 that Pakistan was using the Taliban as a proxy force to dominate Afghanistan. Besides revealing a phenomenon few people outside of Pakistan would deny, Mr. Khalilzad’s testimony dripped with irony considering both the Taliban movement and its patrons in Islamabad were
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s appointment of Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, former Head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), as Afghanistan ambassador to Spain has been challenged by the Office of the Chief Executive. While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not yet comment on the appointment of Nuristani, the Office of the Chief Executive (CEO) said the