Tolo News: Critics blasted President Ashraf Ghani on Monday over the creation of what they call incompetent task teams assigned to investigate major incidents in the country and for withholding the findings of such teams despite having pledged otherwise. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: “Hizb-e-Islami favours Afghan-led and Afghan-owned talks as we have always argued that war is no solution to the problem,” said Ghairat Baheer who heads the political commission of Hizb-e-Islami under the leadership of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Click here to read more (external link).
The Guardian (UK): The Taliban now control more of the country, about 30%, than at any time since 2001 when they were pushed from power by western and Afghan forces after the Twin Towers attacks. Government forces have lost 19,000 dead and injured in the past 12 months. In October, President Barack Obama announced, clearly with
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah on Monday afternoon inaugurated the new Ministry of Defense building in Kabul city. According to officials, the building took 10 years to complete and cost an estimated $160 million. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: Taliban have rejected the report of a meeting between their Supreme Leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “A British newspaper ‘The Sunday Times’ published a report claiming that the leader of Islamic Emirate, Amir ul Mumineen Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor, held a meeting in Tajikistan in the month of September with
1TV: Afghanistan’s parliament on Saturday rejected by a majority of vote a presidential decree over electoral law. Details on what the presidential decree required were not immediately available. Click here to read more (external link).
Seema Joyenda in an interview with Ariana News, says she prevented corruption in development projects when she was Ghor’s governor. Joyenda accused her deputy (Amin Tokhi) of being involved in fraud and irregularities in development projects. She says her deputy has embezzled more than $100 million in development projects. Tokhi denies the claims. Click here
Khaama Press: Wolesi Jirga or House of Representatives on Monday rejected the recommended budget for fiscal year 2015 with vast majority of votes. Click here to read more (external link).
AOPNEWS | December 20, 2015 Ghulam Naser Khaze, originally from Herat province, has been appointed as the new provincial governor of Ghor, according to Afghan media reports. Khaze replaces Seema Joyenda who was recently re-appointed as the deputy governor of Kabul. According to an Associated Press report, Joyenda was re-appointed after intense pressure and threats
Ariana News: The general head of the National Electronic Identity cards has stated that any delays on issuing the electronic national identity cards will deteriorate the process, saying a new plan with a draft for a better identification of persons through bio metric has been sent for the Government approval. Click here to read more