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KABUL (Pajhwok): Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah on Tuesday insisted on the conductof Wolesi Jirga and district council elections, saying approval of the draft election law would pave the ground for the democratic exercise. Speaking at a gathering on ‘Evaluation of general suggestions for amendments to the constitution’, Abdullah said one of the important points of the political agreement on the national unity govement was electoral reform. He said the way for the Wolesi Jirga and district council elections had been opened after the cabinet approval of the draft election law.The cabinet approved the draft, underlining the imperative of a single-seat system at polling stations. “A...

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Mullah Abdul Rauf Arafi has been appointed as new leader of a Taliban splinter group, led by Mullah Rasoul, the group’s spokesman Mullah Abdul Rahman Niazi said on Saturday. In a telephonic conversation, Niazai told Pajhwok Afghan News Mullah Arafi had been appointed by a 13-member executive council of the group. He is a resident of the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. The breakaway group’s spokesman said Arafi’s nomination came after Mullah Rasoul’s disappearance over the past few months. Supporters had no information about his whereabouts, he added. After the demise of former Taliban leader Mullah Omer, some of the group’s commanders did not accepted the le...

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GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): The police chief for southe Ghazni province on Tuesday alleged some provincial council members were meddling in his affairs, but a public representative demanded their names to be exposed. Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel told... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of parliament members and political experts have demanded a negotiated end to differences between the two govement leaders, saying the political wrangling would create more problems in the country. Two days earlier, Chief... Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan won the top position in the ICC Intercontinental Cup by defeating the Netherlands in a crucial four-day league match in The Hague, raising hopes for the war-to country to become 10th-ranked Test playing nation. The four-day first-class competition, an integral part of the cricket schedule for sides below the 10 Test playing countries, was a pathway to Test cricket. After securing the top position, Afghanistan will take on the 10th-ranked Test team in an ICC Test Challenge in 2018. If the ICC Intercontinental Cup wier wins the ICC Test Challenge, then it will secure Test status until the next ICC Test Challenge, which will take place in 2022. Earlier defending ch...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has said his govement is committed to holding parliamentary election and for this purpose, two separate committees – finance and security – have been established. The president told this to the Afghanistan Protection and Stability party leadership at the Presidential Palace, a statement from the place’s media section said. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah, National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar, former veteran jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rassoul Sayyaf, Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi and Senate chairman Fazl Hadi Muslimyar were present on the occasion. Other participants of the meeting included Mohammad Younas Qanuni, Mohammad Omar ...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Second Vice-President Sarwar Danish on Wednesday insisted on holding the parliamentary and district council elections this solar year and urged lawmakers to approve the presidential decree on electoral reform to pave the way for the polls. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

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KABUL (Pajhwok): Former presidential advisor on tribal affairs Shehzada Massoud on Sunday said the govement could not hold the long-delayed parliamentary and district council elections in its self-declared timeframe. The Independent Election Commission had set an Oct. 15 date for holding the parliamentary and district council elections. President Ashraf Ghani a few days ago directed the authorities conceed to make preparations for the long due elections. But the former advisor to ex-president Hamid Karzai said holding transparent elections in the current circumstance was not possible. Massoud told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that until comprehensive security was not ensured and ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The govement has decided to mange Afghanistan’s water resources in line with inteational rules, President Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday. Ghani, who met a special delegation of the Ministry of Energy and Water at the Presidential Palace, was presented a technical study report on the Harirod River zone in weste Herat province, the Presidential Palace said in a statement. The president praised the study and investigation of the ministry’s technical team and assigned the team with thoroughly studying the Hirmand zone in southe Helmand province as well. “Afghanistan’s water was earlier distributed traditionally but from now on the country’s water will be organised in complianc...

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Wednesday that the people of Afghanistan and its armed forces were engaged in rescuing the region and the world from terrorism and extremism as it they did it in the past by defeating the red army which seemed unstoppable. Let's block ads! بخوانید...