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1.5 Million Votes Could be Invalidated Upon Re-Investigation: Abdullah Camp
September 02, 2014
KABUL - At a press conference on Monday, presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah's camp displayed a number of documents claiming that the signature of observers had been ...
Vote Audit Enters Final Stage; Results Soon: Noor
September 02, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday informed that the vote audit process was about to be completed and that the results of presidential runoff election would be ...
83 pc Votes Audited: IEC
September 01, 2014
KABUL - A total of 19,047 ballot boxes or 83 percent ballots cast during the June presidential runoff elections were audited as of Saturday evening, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) ...
Mohammadi Chosen to Attend NATO Summit
September 01, 2014
KABUL - The National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday decided to send Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi to attend next week’s crucial NATO summit in the UK because of the impasse over ...
Karzai Urged to Stay Until His Successor Takes Oath
September 01, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) chief on Sunday urged President Hamid Karzai not to leave office until his successor was ...
Election Results to be Announced Soon: IEC
August 31, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) is said to announce the election results in a matter of days as the United Nations (UN) has promised to increase the number of observers for ...
Govt. Representative to Attend Wales Summit: MoFA
August 31, 2014
KABUL - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Saturday said the government would send someone as its representative to next week’s NATO summit in the UK if final result from the ...
76pc of Votes Audited, Recounted: IEC
August 30, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on Friday more than 76 percent of the votes cast in the presidential polls had been audited and recounted -- a process ...
Results to be Ready in Few Days: IEC
August 30, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday said the vote audit process was proceeding in the presence of Afghan and international ...
UN Updates President on Progress of Election Audit
August 30, 2014
KABUL - The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, briefed President Hamid Karzai on the progress of the Presidential run-off ...
Afghan Leaders Need Hard Compromise: Obama
August 28, 2014
WASHINGTON - Amidst a lingering dispute over the auditing of votes, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the leaders of Afghanistan needed to make hard compromise for the sake of their ...
Audit Process to Continue Without Candidates
August 28, 2014
KABUL - Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah boycott the audit process, while the United Nations (UN) asked Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai to withdraw from the procedure stressing that the ...
Abdullah’s Team Warns Boycotting Election Process
August 27, 2014
KABUL - At a press conference on Tuesday, presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah's Chief Observer, Fazal Ahmad Manawi, warned of boycotting the election process if the camps ...
11,000 Checklists, Result Sheets Ready
August 27, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday announced entering at least 11,000 checklists and result sheets into the ...
Japan Hands Facilities over to AIHRC
August 27, 2014
CHAGHCHARAN - The Embassy of Japan on Tuesday handed over the Human Rights Protection Centre (HRPC) and the Women Rights Consultation (WRC) office to the Afghanistan Independent Human ...
Vote Invalidation Process in Full Swing
August 26, 2014
KABUL - Roughly 4,000 ballot boxes were adjudicated on Monday during the vote invalidation kickoff resulting in 72 boxes being pronounced invalid from several ...
UN Welcomes Electoral Authorities’ First Decisions on Audit of Presidential Run-Off
August 26, 2014
KABUL - The United Nations on Monday welcomed announcement by Afghan electoral authorities of the first official decisions on the findings from the 100 per cent audit of the Presidential ...
Afghanistan Suffers $5bln Loss Due to Election Deadlock: Zakhilwal
August 26, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan has suffered over $5 billion financial loss due to political impasse as a result of election deadlock, Finance Ministry officials ...
Candidates Disagree on Roles in National Unity Govt.
August 25, 2014
KABUL - Presidential hopefuls Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai have reached upon agreements on important issues regarding the national unity government, but continue to disagree ...
Normal Ballot Audit Set to End Today
August 25, 2014
KABUL - The vote auditing process concluded yesterday evening while the invalidation exercise will kick off today, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced ...
Vote Audit to be Completed in 10 Days: IEC
August 24, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said on Saturday that 67 percent of the ballots cast during the presidential runoff had been audited and the process would be ...
UN Urges Campaigns to Cooperate with Audit Process
August 24, 2014
KABUL - With two-thirds of the ballot boxes from the 100 percent audit of the Presidential run-off election now processed, the United Nations urges the two campaigns ...
63 Percent of Votes Audited: IEC
August 23, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Friday reported that 14,516 ballot boxes have been audited, adding up to 63 percent of the total that is expected to be reviewed as ...
New President Should Take Office in 15 Days: Karzai
August 23, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai announced on Thursday the deadline for inaugurating new president would not be extended for more than 15 days at ...
We will Protect People’s Votes: Abdullah
August 23, 2014
KABUL - At a meeting hosted by members of the Reform and Convergence Team on Thursday afternoon, presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah asserted that the audit process should bring ...
Security Forces Need $6b Annually: Zakhilwal
August 21, 2014
KABUL - More foreign aid would be needed to strengthen Afghan security forces after the drawdown of international troops and the current insurgency in the country, officials said on ...
Karzai Urges for Election Results on Schedule
August 21, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday renewed his concerns at the negative effects the delay in announcing the presidential election results was having on people's ...
Afghanistan Marks 95th Independence Day
August 20, 2014
KABUL - A special ceremony was held at the Ministry of Defense (MoD) commemorating the 95th anniversary of Afghanistan's independence on ...
53 pc of Ballots Audited: Poll Panel
August 20, 2014
KABUL - Nearly 53 percent of the votes cast in the second round of the presidential polls have been audited, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on ...
Karzai Calls for Early Runoff Results
August 20, 2014
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday called for early announcement of the result of the presidential runoff held ..
Corruption Seen Behind Torching of Oil Tankers
August 20, 2014
KABUL - A delegation of Wolesi Jirga, investigating the torching of hundreds of fuel tankers, said on Monday some security and supply officials were linked to the arson ...
Over 700 Taliban Militants Attack Check Posts in Logar Province
August 18, 2014
KABUL - According to local authorities in central Logar province of Afghanistan, at least 5 Taliban militants were killed following clashes with the security forces in this province ...
US Forces Close to Total Pullout from Afghanistan: Iran Official
August 18, 2014
TEHRAN - A senior Iranian official has claimed that Afghan people no more want foreign forces in their country and that the US forces are close to complete withdrawal from Afghanistan ...
No Talks with Rebels in Helmand: MoD
August 18, 2014
KABUL - Rejecting reports of talks with militants, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Sunday said the troops were carrying out operations in the Sangin district of southern Helmand province ...
Special Audit of 6,000 Ballot Boxes Launched
August 17, 2014
KABUL - After a daylong delay, a special audit of 6,000 suspect ballot boxes was launched in the presence of national and international observers on Saturday, an official ...