Parties

KABUL (PAN): The Musharikat-i-Milli party on Tuesday alleged Iran and Pakistan were trying to interfere in the Afghan presidential elections by supporting certain candidates.
Najibullah Kabuli, the party chief, told a meeting in the central capital that he had found documents indicating the neighbours’ financial support to election contenders of their choice.

KABUL (PAN): Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has stood down as Security Transition Commission chairman to participate in next year's presidential ballot, a knowledgeable official said on Sunday.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confided to Pajhwok Afghan News President Hamid Karzai had not yet taken any decision on Ghani's resignation.

KABUL (PAN): A newly-formed political alliance “Movement of Change” on Thursday announced it would jump into the electoral fray with new faces.

KABUL (PAN): More than 10 political parties and dozens of civil society groups on Thursday announced entering an electoral alliance called “Association of National Amity of Afghanistan or ANAA”.
One of ANAA’s senior leaders, Mohammad Yasin Asim, who announced the formation, said the coalition involved 10 political groups and 110 social organisations.

KABUL (PAN): The National Front of Afghanistan on Wednesday said calling a Loya Jirga on the proposed Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) with the US would be illegal.
The government says it plans to convene a Loya Jirga in the next two months to deliver a final word on the fate of the agreement.
But ANF leader Ahmad Zia Massoud told a news conference in Kabul the move was illegal and shorn of constitutional sanction.

KABUL (PAN): A meeting of the Afghan Millat party on nominating a candidate for next year’s presidential ballot was marred by rowdyism and physical clashes in Kabul on Monday.
Mohammad Amin, the Afghan Social Democratic Party leader, says his group is part and parcel of Afghan Millat Party. But others reject the claim, insisting Stana Gul Sherzad is their leader.

KABUL (PAN): Key political parties have agreed to field Anwarul Haq Ahadi, the Commerce and Industries Minister, as their joint candidate in next year’s presidential elections, a reliable source said on Sunday.
Privy to a meeting held Friday at the residence of Haji Mohammad Muhaqqiq, the Wihdat Party leader, the source said General Dostum, the Uzbek leader, not present at the meeting, endorsed the decision when informed through the telephone.

KABUL (PAN): The head of Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA)’s moderate faction, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, on Thursday called for insurgent groups to stop fighting and participate in elections.
Addressing a party gathering in Kabul, the economy minister condemned suicide and bomb attacks that killed and wounded innocent people. Such attacks amounted to the continuation of foreign aggression against Afghanistan, he said.

KABUL (PAN): Acting head of Jamiat-i-Islami Salahuddin Rabbani on Saturday said his party would actively participate in next year’s presidential elections - the best way to bring about change and reform.
He was speaking at an event marking the second death anniversary of Gen. Daud Daud, former commander of the 303rd Pamir Military Corps, and Shah Jehan Noori, the Takhar police chief, who were killed in a suicide attack in Taloqan.

KABUL (PAN): The Right and Justice Party on Thursday strongly denied receiving money from any foreign organisation on a monthly basis as reported by two local media outlets.
Hamidullah Farooqi, the party spokesman, told a press conference in Kabul the allegation should be investigated. He asked the media outlets to produce evidence in support of their claim.
He added the party had been accused of receiving $60,000 per month from the Dubai-based Anham Company -- a logistic supply firm.