VOA News / February 24, 2016 Akmal Dawi After more than a year of political wrangling with allies in Afghanistan’s national unity government, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani this week announced the composition of a new seven-member High Peace Council (HPC), and again called on the Taliban and other insurgent groups to stop fighting and choose
Khaama Press: Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum has once again returned to battlefield in a bid to clear the areas under the anti-government armed militants control. This time Gen. Dostum has joined thousands of the Afghan security forces in two districts of northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, four months after he first launched operations in this
1TV: Afghanistan’s First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum dismissed mounting speculation he is seeking to resign. Apparent row between the powerful VP and President Ghani backed by his official absence fueled rumors that the 65-year-old could resign. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: As Abdul Rashid Dostum has been out of office and public sight recently, speculation is overwhelming if the vice-president is planning to resign. The VP has not even been seen in government meetings including that of cabinet for several weeks. Click here to read more (external link).
AOPNEWS | December 20, 2015 Afghan MMA (mixed martial arts) fighter Baz Mohammad Mubariz took on Russia’s Islam Makoev and lost in the first round via submission (standing rear naked choke) in a lightweight preliminary card bout in Tajikistan tonight as part Absolute Championship Berkut’s (ACB) 27 card. Mubariz came out strong and was doing