AT News KABUL: The Independent Election Commission finally announced the final results of last year’s presidential polls after 143 days. The Tuesday’s announcement introduced incumbent Ashraf Ghani as the winner, which was immediately faced huge reactions and criticism from the loser contenders particularly Abdullah Abdullah who thought he would take …
Read More »Watchdog dismisses election result as ‘poor decision’
AT News KABUL: Election is not necessarily a win and lose game, but a holistic process that should be entirely lawful, as its results are embraced merely when electoral processes are chiefly characterized by lawfulness, that in turn helps in forming a legitimate state. The final results of the 2019 …
Read More »Govt.’s post-election political legitimacy in tatters
Election reflects a ‘blatant’ interference of foreigners; argues Karzai A pre- and post-election political divide is symbolic of a deeper crisis amid an opposition challenge of the poll results and an impending threat of a ‘parallel state’, which highlights urgency of a reconciliation AT News KABUL: In the wake of …
Read More »Nabil hints at demise of democracy over flawed election
AT News KABUL: Former spymaster and presidential candidate, Rahmatullah Nabil said that “democracy has died in Afghanistan” after Independent Election Commission has declared President Ashraf Ghani as winner in the controversial 2019 Afghan election based on fake votes. Speaking in a press conference on Wednesday, he objected 300,000 controversial votes …
Read More »Electoral shellacking rumbles on amid an ‘unfinished business’ of peace
By Rafiullah anwari KABUL: Afghanistan Presidential Election, which was held in last September, has been looming in drastic crisis since then. The almost five-month delayed result of the election was announced Tuesday, in which incumbent President Ashraf Ghani had been declared as winner for the second term. Hours after the …
Read More »Dustom rejects election result, vows own governors in north
AT News KABUL: After a long time dispute on Afghanistan presidential votes, the Independent Election Commission had declared Incumbent Ashraf Ghani – who is taking the position for the second term – as the winner. But the announcement has posed drastic criticism by Ghani’s top rival, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah …
Read More »Tens of rebels killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 54 Taliban militants have been killed and 29 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan …
Read More »We mustn’t miss opportunity for peace
AT News KABUL: As the US and Taliban are getting close to forge a peace agreement that can pave the ground for foreign troops draw down and facilitation of direct negotiation between Afghan government and Taliban, a Presidential Palace advisor has said there is a problem with the term “intra-Afghan-talks”, …
Read More »Karzai condemns US strike on civilians
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an airstrike conducted by the the US military in the western province of Herat. The strike targeted a vehicle in the Rabat Sangi area, killing civilians including women and children. Karzai expressed deep concerns over rising violence and civilian casualties amid …
Read More »Watchdog confirms sexual harassment in Logar
AT News KABUL: The Independent Human Rights Commission confirmed the existence of a “child abusing circle” in Logar province by releasing the summary of a report titled ‘Probe of sexual abuse in schools in Logar province’. The report comes after two civil society activists revealed school boys are sexually abused …
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