Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani has criticized Pakistan for its policy of tackling the Taliban leadership in that country, and blasted Islamabad for not taking decisive action against the militant groups which he believes are waging war against Afghanistan from inside Pakistan’s territory. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to
Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s speech was interrupted at a gathering in Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in the United Kingdom after two Afghans blasted him for what they called injustice against the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) electricity project. One of the two protesting attendants Ahmad Bahduri called Ghani a “liar” and claimed that he has failed to fulfill
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said he does not want an apology from the British Prime Minister David Cameron for describing Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’. In an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program, Ghani said Afghanistan was “one of the most corrupt countries on earth”. Click here to read more (external link). Related UK
Tolo News: With worsening air pollution and growing mounds of garbage in Kabul, a city that still has no mayor, members of the public on Wednesday slammed the president for not fulfilling his election campaign promises. They said that in the run up to elections, President Ashraf Ghani promised to take a corrupt municipality, Kabul, and turn
Business Standard: Months after Tajikistan closed its consulates in Kunduz and Badakhshan province citing security issues, Afghanistan has asked Dushanbe to re-open the consulates in the country. Click here to read more (external link).
KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left here on Tuesday for Tajikistan for a two-day visit to the neighboring country, said a statement issued by the country’s Presidential Palace. “President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, leading a high-level delegation, at the official invitation of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, left this morning for Dushanbe,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan May 6, 2016 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has proposed a reshuffling of his defense and intelligence ministers in the aftermath of a massive deadly terrorist attack in Kabul. Zafar Hashemi, the president’s office spokesman, tweeted late on May 5 that Ghani had appointed acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanikzai to be
KABUL, May 5 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that the Afghan government is firm in fight against administrative corruption and would step up efforts to eliminate the menace in the country. “The administrative corruption is still a big challenge. The Afghans are fed up with corruption. But we are firmly
Khaama Press: Former Afghan interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali has said the government of national unity led by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and CEO Abdullah Abdullah will not collapse. Jalali served as the minister of interior during former President Hamid Karzai’s administration and is currently in the United States, serving as lecturer in a US military academy.
KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday termed illicit drug as a national problem and called upon Afghans to stand along with the government in fighting the menace. “Like poverty, the problem of drug in society is a national problem and a serious challenge,” Ghani said while inaugurating a drug