All Elections News

WASHINGTON (PAN): The outcome of fraud investigations by the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has become critically important in determining the outcome of the August 20 election, a leading American expert has said.

JALALABAD (PAN): Flash floods and torrential rains have killed 13 people and destroyed several houses in Alingar district of the eastern Laghman province, residents and officials said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (PAN): Amid media reports of a verbal clash with the Afghan president in the immediate aftermath of the elections, the Special US representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan says he has great respect for Hamid Karzai.

KHOST CITY (PAN): A clash has erupted between two tribes over farm lands, causing several casualties, on the outskirts of Khost City, an eyewitness said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (PAN): The UN Security Council would listen to first-hand information from the special envoy for Afghanistan about the current situation in the country, in particular the August 20 elections and allegations of fraud.

PUL-I-ALAM (PAN): A roadside landmine blew up a tank of US-led coalition forces, injuring two soldiers, in Baraki Barak district of the central Logar province, an official said on Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (PAN): Afghanistan has more people working as contractors with the US Defence Department than the men in uniform, a Congressional document has revealed.

ASADABAD (PAN): Journalists in the eastern province of Kunar on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of Afghan journalist Janullah Hashimzada.

JALALABAD (PAN): Afghanistan's deputy intelligence chief and a provincial council head were among 23 people killed in a suicide bombing that rocked Mehtarlam, capital of the eastern Laghman province, Wednesday morning.

KABUL (PAN): Muhammad Shahzad hammered a glorious century to guide Afghanistan to a six-wicket triumph over the Netherland in a One-Day International (ODI) played at Amstelveen on Tuesday.