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IECC to Submit Findings into Complaints by Monday
May 12, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Sunday said it would be submitting its findings into electoral complaints by Monday to the Independent Election ...
Abdullah Wins Key Ally in Presidential Race
May 12, 2014
KABUL - Former foreign minister and Front runner in Afghan presidential Elections, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah received a boost in the race for the Afghan presidency on Sunday when one ...
Major Int’l Aid Conference to be Held on Afghanistan
May 12, 2014
KABUL - The Afghan government is expecting to organize a major international conference which will focus on Afghan government’s accountability towards the international aid committed during ...
ANA Reaffirms Election Security
May 12, 2014
KABUL - Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported that the Afghan National Army (ANA) is undertaking a spring operation to ensure security for the presidential election runoff ...
Flaws in First Round Won’t Recur in Runoff: IEC
May 11, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday promised flaws in the first round of the presidential vote would not recur in the runoff ...
Afghanistan’s Maiden Satellite Launched
May 11, 2014
KABUL - Afghanistan’s first satellite – AFGHANSAT 1 -- was formally launched on Saturday, with officials expecting a $15 million addition to the government’s annual revenue ...
Chinese, Iranians to Help Retrieve Corpses
May 11, 2014
FAIZABAD - Chinese and Iranian experts have promised to help retrieve corpses buried under a deep layer of mud as a result of the May 2 landslide in northeastern Badakhshan province ...
HIA to Boycott Afghan Election Run-Off
May 11, 2014
ISLAMABAD - The second armed resistance movement, Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan, led by former prime minister, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, will boycott the run-off election next month ...
UN Strategies Fail in Global War on Drugs: LSE
May 10, 2014
KABUL - Experts at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) have criticized the United Nation (UN)'s anti-drug policy, asking the international community to undertake ...
US Military Worried as CIA Plans to Close its Satellite Bases in Afghanistan
May 10, 2014
KABUL - The US officials have said that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is planning to close its satellite bases in Afghanistan and pull all its personnel back to Kabul ...
Complaints Affecting Final Results Probed
May 10, 2014
KABUL - More than 900 complaints, believed to affect final presidential poll results, were probed by the Independent Election Complaint Commission (IECC) during the just-concluded ...
UN to Play its Role in Afghanistan in Post-Drawdown Period
May 10, 2014
ISLAMABAD - The United Nations would continue to play its role to strengthen the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) after the scheduled drawdown of the allied forces ...
Karzai Visits Badakhshan Victims
May 08, 2014
KABUL - On Wednesday morning, President Hamid Karzai visited the victims of the landslide in Abi Barik village of Argo district and expressed his condolences and sympathy with ...
Ballots from 36 Polling Sites Invalidated
May 08, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Wednesday said ballots from 291 of 444 suspected polling sites had been found valid. IECC Secretary Mohammad Nadir Mohseni ...
UN Admits Problems in Aid Delivery as Afghans Flock to Landslide
May 08, 2014
KABUL - The United Nations says delivery of aid to thousands of victims of a devastating landslide in Afghanistan is being hampered by increasing numbers of outsiders flocking to the area ...
Runoff will Face Delays: IEC
May 08, 2014
KABUL - Independent Election Commission (IEC) Chairman Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani admitted on Wednesday that the runoff round expected between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani ...
ECC Reviews Northeastern Complaints
May 07, 2014
KABUL - On the fourth day of its open review, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) on Tuesday addressed 80 complaints from Badakhshan, Takhar, Kunduz and Baghlan provinces ...
Noor Comes Hard on Electoral Bodies
May 07, 2014
MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor on Tuesday said the April 5 elections had been a success, but some election officials had not been impartial when it came to results ...
Govt. Doing Little to Assist Us: Landslide Victims
May 07, 2014
KABUL - Victims of Friday’s massive landslide in the Argo district of northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday complained they had been delivered insufficient aid despite ...
Landslide Casualty Numbers Still Uncertain, Concerns Over Aid Management
May 07, 2014
KABUL - Afghan officials have said that exact casualty numbers from last Friday's devastating landslide in northern Badakhshan province will remain unknown until excavations ...
Relation of Natural Disaster and Sin
May 06, 2014
On Sunday, when I was making my way amidst crowd that similarly was struggling not to get muddied as result of flash floods overpowered roads, a group of old men were sitting on the ...
Over 240 More Election Complaints Discussed
May 06, 2014
KABUL - In the run-up to the final outcome, the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Monday evaluated more than 240 ...
Don’t Repeat Iraq Mistakes in Afghanistan: Boehner
May 06, 2014
WASHINGTON - John Boehner, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has said that Washington should not repeat the same mistakes in Afghanistan which were made in ...
Don’t Want Food but Corpses: Survivors
May 06, 2014
FAIZABAD - The government has stopped digging and rescue efforts to look for hundreds of people believed died after a massive mudslide buried their houses in northeastern Badakhshan ...
Election Commission Ready for Possible Runoff Vote
May 06, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) is prepared to hold a possible second round of presidential elections, an official said on ...
Day of Mourning as Focus Shifts to 700 Displaced Families
May 05, 2014
KABUL - As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent ...
IECC Publicly Hears Electoral Complaints
May 05, 2014
KABUL - The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Sunday publicly heard cases of fraud in the April 5 presidential vote in the central
Search Ends to Find Survivors in Badakhshan
May 05, 2014
KABUL - Rescuers stopped searching and digging to find survivors in the double landslide caused by flooding related to ice and snow melt in northern Badakhshan province on Friday ...
78 Violence Cases Recorded Against Journalists
May 05, 2014
KABUL - The free media support organisation, NAI, on Sunday announced recording 78 cases of violence against journalists throughout the country in 2013. NAI Director Sadiqullah Tawhidi ...
Wolesi Jirga Oks Amended Mining Law
May 04, 2014
KABUL - After a marathon debate, the Wolesi Jirga on Saturday approved an amended mining law that was referred to the lower house a year ago. The previous mining law ...
Sherzai Endorses Abdullah
May 04, 2014
KABUL - Presedential candidate, Gul Agha Sherzai, on Saturday announced at a joint press conference with leading presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, that he has joined Abdullah's team ...
Afghanistan’s Export up by 33pc: ACCI
May 04, 2014
KABUL - The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Saturday said the country’s exports witnessed a 33 percent increase during the current year, compared with ...
WJ Blasts ANDMA Authorities after Landslide
May 04, 2014
KABUL - Members of Wolesi Jirga (WJ) summoned leaders of the Afghan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) on Saturday in order to question them and express grievances ...
2,000 People Missing After Landslide in Afghan Village
May 03, 2014
KABUL - A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried a village Friday in northeastern Afghanistan, leaving as many as 2,000 people missing, a top official ...
India Signs Pact with Russia for Afghan Arms
May 03, 2014
NEW DELHI - India has signed an agreement under which it will pay Russia to supply arms and equipment to the Afghan military as foreign combat troops prepare to leave the country, in a move ...