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Abdullah's Team Optimistic About Negotiations with IEC

Abdullah's Team Optimistic About Negotiations with IEC

June 26, 2014

KABUL - Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah's campaign team reported on Wednesday that negotiations with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) have not yielded positive ...

NATO FM’s May Insist on BSA, SOFA Signing

NATO FM’s May Insist on BSA, SOFA Signing

June 26, 2014

KABUL - NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss different issues, including the alliance’s future ...

ECC to Finish Investigations without Complaints against Amarkhail

ECC to Finish  Investigations without Complaints against Amarkhail

June 26, 2014

KABUL - According to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), investigations into complaints filed regarding Election Day will be completed by midnight Wednesday without any ...

Amarkhail Resigns in Wake of Fraud Allegations

Amarkhail Resigns in  Wake of Fraud Allegations

June 24, 2014

KABUL - The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) Secretariat Chief, Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, announced his resignation on live television Monday afternoon. The announcement came just a day ...

NATO Summit to Talk Post-2014 Afghan Mission

NATO Summit to Talk Post-2014 Afghan Mission

June 24, 2014

KABUL - Foreign ministers from NATO member countries are likely to give final shape to the alliance’s post-2014 mission to train, advise and assist Afghan forces when they meet ...

Karzai Forms Delegation to Address Election Issues

Karzai Forms Delegation to Address Election Issues

June 24, 2014

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai has assembled a special delegation to work on solutions to problems that have cropped up around the election process over the past week, Attorney General Mohammad ...

Shun Fuelling Electoral Tensions, MPs Asked

Shun Fuelling Electoral Tensions, MPs Asked

June 24, 2014

KABUL - Some Wolesi Jirga (lower house) members on Monday urged their colleagues to focus on issues of national importance instead of fueling electoral tensions in the house. Kabul representative ...

No New Date Yet for Partial Results: Noor

No New Date Yet for  Partial Results: Noor

June 23, 2014

KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has not yet firmed up a new date for the announcement of partial results, an official said on Sunday. Noor Mohammad Noor, the IEC ...

MoI offer to Probe Amarkhel Rejected

MoI offer to Probe Amarkhel Rejected

June 23, 2014

KABUL - The Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Sunday said the Independent Election Commission (IEC) had rejected its offer to investigate fraud allegations against its secretary Ziaul Haq ...

Abdullah Releases Audio to ‘Prove’ Fraud Claim

Abdullah Releases Audio to ‘Prove’ Fraud Claim

June 23, 2014

KABUL - The campaign team of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday released audio recordings which they said contained evidence of fraud against a senior member of Independent ...

Spanta to Lead Team for Talks with Pakistan

Spanta to Lead Team for Talks with Pakistan

June 23, 2014

KABUL - National Security Advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta is expected to lead a delegation to Islamabad for talks on cooperation in the war on terror, a report said on Sunday ...

Partial Results of Runoff Elections Delayed

Partial Results of  Runoff Elections Delayed

June 22, 2014

KABUL - Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani, Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said at a press conference on Saturday that the announcement of partial results will be delayed because ...

Karzai Welcomes Abdulla’s UN Poll Mediation Remarks

Karzai Welcomes Abdulla’s UN Poll Mediation Remarks

June 22, 2014

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai announced his support behind calls for UN mediation to resolve complaints about massive fraud in the election second ...

Abdullah Supporters Continue Protests in Kabul

Abdullah Supporters Continue Protests in Kabul

June 22, 2014

KABUL - Crowds in the hundreds marched through Kabul on Saturday, continuing a spell of public demonstrations that has followed in the wake of claims made by presidential candidate ...

UN Prepared to Help in Election Process

UN Prepared to Help in Election Process

June 22, 2014

KABUL - Nicholas Haysom, deputy special representative of the secretary-general for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said at a press conference on Saturday that ...

Turnout in Runoff Less Than First Round

Turnout in  Runoff Less Than First Round

June 21, 2014

KABUL - The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) shared its findings about the elections with media on Thursday at a press ...

UN Raises Concern over Abdullah’s Boycott

UN Raises Concern over Abdullah’s Boycott

June 21, 2014

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Thursday called for respect of Afghanistan’s Constitution and electoral laws, as well as its independent ...

There will Not be any Sort of Crisis: IEC

There will Not be any Sort of Crisis: IEC

June 21, 2014

KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Friday said that the presidential candidates had committed to endorse the electoral procedures and decisions prior to the ...

Abdullah Stands Firm on His Demands

Abdullah Stands Firm on His Demands

June 21, 2014

KABUL - Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah reiterated that his demands made on Wednesday are definite, stating that it is in line with the country's law, on Thursday at a brief press ...

Abdullah Boycotts Commissions, Accuses Karzai

Abdullah Boycotts  Commissions, Accuses Karzai

June 19, 2014

KABUL - Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday announced at a press conference in Kabul that he has cut off ties with the election commissions and pulled his observers. He claimed ...

Karzai Rejects Situation in Afghanistan Could Get Worse as Iraq

Karzai Rejects Situation in  Afghanistan Could Get Worse as Iraq

June 19, 2014

KABUL - President Hamid Karzai rejected that the situation in Afghanistan could worse as Iraq and dismissed the possibility of al Qaeda groups comeback in the country ...

Senate Must Approve Anti-Money Laundering Law Soon: Delawari

Senate Must Approve  Anti-Money Laundering Law Soon: Delawari

June 19, 2014

KABUL - Head of Afghanistan Central Bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) Nurullah Delawari on Wednesday asked for the immediate approval of the Anti-Money Laundering law by senators ...

Massoud Congratulates Ghani Electoral Victory

Massoud Congratulates Ghani Electoral Victory

June 19, 2014

KABUL - Former vice-president Zia Massoud on Wednesday congratulated presidential runner Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai’s camp on its expected electoral victory, asking ...

Complaints Registration Ends, Open Hearings Begin

Complaints Registration  Ends, Open Hearings Begin

June 18, 2014

KABUL - The window for registering complaints with the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) closed at midnight on Monday. In total, officials said 2,558 complaints were filed, a significant ...

Border Surveillance Stepped Up: Dunford

Border Surveillance Stepped Up: Dunford

June 18, 2014

KABUL - Afghan and American forces are prepared for any effects of the ongoing military operation in Pakistan’s tribal region of North Waziristan, including extremists seeking refuge ...

Upper Houses Endorses 2 Conventions

Upper Houses  Endorses 2 Conventions

June 18, 2014

KABUL - Already ratified by the Wolesi Jirga, the Senate on Tuesday endorsed Afghanistan’s membership of two international conventions on human trafficking, especially women and children ...

Afghanistan’s Population Put at 28.1m

Afghanistan’s  Population Put at 28.1m

June 18, 2014

KABUL - The Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) on Monday put Afghanistan’s population at 28.1 million, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 6.4 percent and inflation rate at 5.6 percent ...

Frauds Give Ghani a Million Vote Lead in Runoff: Dr. Abdullah

Frauds Give Ghani a Million  Vote Lead in Runoff: Dr. Abdullah

June 17, 2014

KABUL - Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday his opponent's apparent million-vote lead in the second round elections at the weekend was due to massive fraud ...

Wolesi Jirga OK Anti-Money Laundering Law

Wolesi Jirga OK  Anti-Money Laundering Law

June 17, 2014

KABUL - The Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament, on Monday approved by a majority vote a draft law against money laundering law. The measure will replace a presidential decree ...

EU Observer Team Calls for Preserving Afghan Vote Integrity in Runoff

EU Observer Team Calls for  Preserving Afghan Vote Integrity in Runoff

June 17, 2014

KABUL - The chief observer of European Union Election Assessment Team (EU EAT), Thijs Berman, on Monday praised the courage of Afghans for using their right of suffrage on the June 14 presidential ...

MPs Split on Allegation Against Amarkhel

MPs Split on Allegation Against Amarkhel

June 17, 2014

KABUL - Wolesi Jirga members were on Monday divided into two groups over Kabul police chief’s electoral fraud allegation against the Independent Election Commission (IEC) secretary, with ...

ECC Says 275 Complaints Received, Wants IEC’s Cooperation

ECC Says 275 Complaints  Received, Wants IEC’s Cooperation

June 16, 2014

KABUL - The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) said on Sunday that 275 complaints regarding fraud and electoral violations had been registered with the institution since polls ...

Committee Formed to Investigate Amarkhail Fraud Allegations

Committee Formed to  Investigate Amarkhail Fraud Allegations

June 16, 2014

KABUL - A committee consisting of Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials has been formed and assigned to investigate the accusations of fraud made by Kabul Police ...

US Hopes for Fair Vote Count, BSA Signing

US Hopes for Fair Vote Count, BSA Signing

June 16, 2014

WASHINGTON - The United States, United Nations, Canada and NATO on Saturday congratulated the people of Afghanistan, in particular the security forces, on the successful and peaceful completion ...

Senators Call for Probe into Poll Fraud Claims

Senators Call for Probe into Poll Fraud Claims

June 16, 2014

KABUL - The Meshrano Jirga, commending the performance of the media and security forces, on Sunday urged the electoral commissions to investigate fraud in the runoff vote ...