Tolo News: President Ashraf Ghani’s first VP General Abdul Rashid Dostum on Monday said that he had not been injured during a Taliban siege in Faryab, terming CEO Abdullah Abdullah’s remarks inappropriate. Presiding over a meeting of council of ministers on Monday, Abdullah said that Dostum had been slightly injured in a Taliban siege in Faryab. However
Tolo News: Karzai recently said the Taliban (fighters) are also the citizens of Afghanistan and that they can have parts of the country under their control. Commenting on this, Abdullah said: “If we take this serious, then what it means? It means that his [Karzai’s] 13 years of presidency was not legitimate as he said the fight
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 4, 2016 Two years after a contentious, fraud-marred presidential election pushed Afghanistan to the brink of another bloody civil war, the country is once again staring into the abyss. The compromise power deal signed by political rivals Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah to avert that crisis expires
Tolo News: After a week of political turmoil, President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah held a one-on-one meeting Wednesday in an attempt to ease tensions between them and resolve their disagreements – that sparked political uncertainty in the country over the past few days. Delegations from both sides appear to have brokered today’s meeting
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
Tolo News: The Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah has said that corruption cases have a connection with international mafia and that he is aware of some compromises being made by certain people in the country. “I am aware of the corruption cases that have been connected with international mafia. I know what relatives of (some) elders
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,
VOA News August 12, 2016 Hasib Danish Alikozai Afghanistan was on the brink of a civil war when both presidential candidates claimed victory in the 2014 run-off election, which outside observers called flawed by fraud and irregularities led to a contested result. The impasse was only resolved after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry brokered
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: The National Unity Government (NUG) has drawn up a new electoral reforms roadmap, Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah said Monday. Abdullah said the new roadmap is a combination of two electoral laws and other necessary entries that will pave the way for reforms to be brought in the electoral system. He said that reforms will