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Fake Opinion Polls Creating Confusion: IEC
April 10, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday urged the presidential runners to avoid releasing fake surveys and opinion polls about poll ...
Economic Growth Rate May Fall to 3.2pc
April 10, 2014
WASHINGTON - Projecting a drop in Afghanistan’s growth rate to 3.2 percent this year, the World Bank on Wednesday expected the country’s economy would recover ...
Watchdog Starts Investigating Complaints
April 09, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Tuesday said it had started investigating complaints from last weekend’s presidential ...
US Eyeing Cordial Ties with Karzai Successor
April 09, 2014
WASHINGTON - Amidst tallying of votes after the presidential elections, the White House said it was looking forward to having a productive relationship with the successor of President ...
Kubis to Runners: Respect Poll Process
April 09, 2014
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Tuesday urged the presidential candidates to respect the work of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) ...
EU Lauds Bravery of Afghans on Participation in Elections
April 09, 2014
BRUSSELS - EU High Representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Catherine Ashton, Tuesday paid tribute to the "courage and bravery of the Afghan people in their ...
IEC to Announce Partial Results of Presidential Election
April 08, 2014
KABUL - Just two days after millions of Afghans safely cast votes around the country, the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) announced on Monday that partial results of the presidential ...
Observers Call 2014 Elections ‘Transparent’
April 08, 2014
KABUL - Observers who monitored polling centers around the country on Saturday have said this year’s elections were more transparent than the 2009 election ...
Int’l Community & Afghans Hailed Elections
April 08, 2014
KABUL - The international communities and Afghans hailed the presidential and provincial councils elections as "successful" despite allegations of fraud ...
Successful Poll, Real Exercise of Democracy: NSC
April 08, 2014
KABUL - Chaired by President Hamid Karzai, the National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Sunday congratulated the holding of successful presidential and provincial council elections ...
Votes Tallied in Most Provinces: IEC
April 07, 2014
KABUL - Counting of votes cast during Saturday’s presidential and provincial council polls has finished in most of the provinces with sensitive electoral materials taken back ...
Massive Turnout for Afghanistan’s Historic Elections
April 07, 2014
KABUL - Despite fears that Taliban violence and suspicions of fraud might put a damper on Saturday's historic elections, Afghans showed-up to polls around the country in numbers ...
Afghans Receive Int’l Praise for Peaceful, Popular Elections
April 07, 2014
KABUL - World leaders have come out left and right to praise Afghans following Saturday's vote, which marked the beginning of Afghanistan's first democratic transition of power in modern ...
IEC Begins Ballot Transfers, Urges Candidates to Respect Results
April 07, 2014
KABUL - Just a day after a historic election that saw millions of Afghans safety cast votes, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has said the process of transferring ballots ...
Election Turnout Could Exceed 50 Percent: Official
April 06, 2014
KABUL - The turnout for Afghanistan's presidential election on Saturday could exceed seven million, the head of the Independent Election Commission said - more than half of eligible ...
Several Polling Sites Run out of Ballot Papers
April 06, 2014
KABUL - Hundreds of people had to wait in long lines in front of voting centres in various provinces due to a shortage of ballot papers ...
Bamyan Residents Frustrated by Long Wait
April 06, 2014
BAMYAN CITY - Some people in central Bamyan province on Saturday afternoon left electoral sites without voting as a result of continued rush, officials ...
Moscow May Deny NATO Afghan Transit in Retaliation: Legislator
April 06, 2014
MOSCOW - Moscow has a right to deny NATO transit to and from Afghanistan in response to the alliance's decision to suspend cooperation with Russia, a senior Russian legislator ...
211 Polling Centres Remain Shut
April 06, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday announced more than 200 of 6,400 voting centres across the country remained closed. IEC Chairman Yousaf Nuristani ...
Candidates Duty-Bound to Prevent Fraud: US
April 02, 2014
WASHINGTON - The United States on Monday said that candidates running for Afghanistan’s presidency had an important responsibility to prevent fraud in Saturday’s presidential ...
95,000 Personnel Deployed for Poll Security
April 02, 2014
KABUL - More than 95,000 security personnel have been deployed across the country to ensure security for Saturday’s presidential and provincial elections ...
Foreign Firms Get a Month to Pay Taxes
April 02, 2014
KABUL - The Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Tuesday said it had set a one-month deadline for 15 foreign companies to pay taxes to the government in line with the law ...
Taliban Suicide Bomber Turns on His Own Commanders, Kills 15
April 02, 2014
KABUL - At least 15 senior Taliban commanders were killed on Tuesday in Ghazni province by a suicide bomber reportedly attempting to keep them from carrying out plans to disrupt ...
MPs Call for Wide Participation in Election
April 01, 2014
KABUIL - Afghan MPs on Monday called on people to participate in the presidential and provincial council elections to show the insurgents that violence cannot keep people from ...
Voting, Precise Monitoring Both Important: Qanuni
April 01, 2014
KABUL - Mohammad Younus Qanuni, the first vice president, in a series of separate meetings on Monday said participation in presidential elections and widespread monitoring are both ...
Persons with Disabilities Demands Facilitation in the Polling Process
April 01, 2014
KABUL - Representatives of persons with disabilities have demanded the independent election commission to provide necessary facilities for the people with disabilities ...
Foreign Spy Networks can’t Disrupt Polls: Faizi
April 01, 2014
KABUL - The Presidential Palace on Monday reiterated its vow to hold elections on schedule, saying efforts by foreign spy networks to scuttle the process would ...
US Allies in Region Hampering Peace: Karzai
March 31, 2014
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai had a telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry on issues of common interest on Saturday afternoon, the Presidential Palace ...
Fair Ballot Key to Bright Future: Mohammadi
March 31, 2014
KHOST CITY - Defence Minister Gen. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi reiterated on Sunday security forces had adopted all possible measures to conduct elections in a peaceful ...
ECC Ready to Address Complaints on Election Day
March 31, 2014
KABUL - With Election Day just around the corner, officials from the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) announced on Sunday that they plan to have offices open in all 34 provinces ...
Smooth Polls Top Priority: Daudzai
March 31, 2014
KABUL - The Minister of Interior, Mohammad Omar Daudzai, on Sunday met with three members of the US congress wherein they discussed coming presidential and provincial council’s election ...
Top Security Officials Summoned to Lower House
March 30, 2014
KABUL - Top security officials were summoned to the lower house of parliament on Saturday to answer questions related to security for the upcoming elections that is scheduled ...
IEC Kabul Office Attacked Second Time
March 30, 2014
KABUL - Four insurgents armed with RPGs and automatic guns opened fire on the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) headquarters in the Pul-i-Charkhi neighborhood of Kabul ...
Uncompleted Tasks to be Completed before Polls: Amarkhail
March 30, 2014
KABUL - Head of IEC Secretariat, Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, said all pending tasks that have not been completed will be completed this week to prevent any shortages during Election Day ...
Sadat Warns of Threats to Election Process
March 30, 2014
KABUL - Only one week before the April 5 vote, the independent electoral complaints commission (IECC) on Saturday warned of serious threats to the process ...