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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ...