Khaama Press: According to reports, Gen. Zadran was appointed as the provincial police chief based on a formal letter issued by the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan. Gen. Zadran was reportedly dismissed and was replaced by provincial security chief Nisar Ahmad Abdul Rahimzai following a delegation’s visit to Paktika from Kabul on Tuesday. The appointment and hasty dismissal
VOA News Fatima Tlisova, Noor Zahid April 26, 2016 For decades, Afghanistan’s Abdul Rashid Dostum has been a powerful player in the remote north of the restive country. As an army general and warlord, he aligned himself with America’s CIA when the Taliban was in power and helped the U.S. oust the militant group in 2001.
1TV: Afghanistan’s First Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum has been barred from visiting the United States, the New York Times reported Tuesday. The second-ranking Afghan official was not welcome apparently over accusations of war crimes against him. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan’s Vice President Is Barred From Entering U.S. – The New York
VOA News Megan Duzor April 23, 2016 The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says one of the biggest problems facing Afghanistan continues to be its poor relationship with its neighbor, Pakistan. Khalilzad told VOA in an interview Friday that “the two countries need each other and they should cooperate.” He said the United
Tolo News: The Presidential Palace on Friday announced half-staff status for two days (Friday and Saturday) in order to mourn the victims of Tuesday’s attack in Kabul. According to a statement sent by the Presidential Palace, the half-staff status is applicable in the country and at Afghanistan’s embassies around the world. Click here to read more (external
The Washington Post: Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan’s new ambassador to the United States, representing a country where 75 percent of the population is younger than 35 — and has never known a day of peace. And is sick of it. “We’ve lived through conflict all our lives, since the day we’re born,” explains Mohib. “We didn’t choose it; it
Khaama Press: The delegation of Hezb-e-Islami led by Ghairat Baheer have said they have put forward the party’s 25 conditions to Afghan government to join peace process, including the removal of Hekmatyar’s name from the blacklist. Hekmatyar’s name was included in the blacklist by the United Nations Security Council in 2003 for having links with the al-Qaeda
Michael Hughes: Convening a Loya Jirga, as some Afghan figures have called for recently, is a proper and fitting mechanism for remedying Afghanistan’s political gridlock. That the U.S. is opposed to this solution is not too surprising given indigenous governing mechanisms are antithetical to Washington’s mission to democratize the world, Jeffersonian style. However, Afghans should still
Tolo News: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Abdullah Abdullah, said that those who no longer have the facilities they used to have, are unhappy with the continuation of the National Unity Government’s (NUG) tenure. Abdullah urged political figures to cooperate with the government, instead of creating problems and criticizing the activities of the NUG. Click here
Khaama Press: Afghan lawmakers have unanimously voted to bar lawmaker Ghulam Sakhi Mashwani from parliament sessions for a period of at least 10 days after he assaulted on Minister of Rural Development Nasir Ahmad Durani’s face last week. The decision to bar Mashwani from parliament sessions was announced by Zahir Qadir during the general session of the