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Government delay presidential inauguration on US request...

By: Javed Hamim Kakar , Date:25/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States (US) has thanked the Afghan government for agreeing to postpone the presidential inauguration, a statement from the US State Department said on Tuesday. “We urge all parties... Read More

For sake of peace, Gilani urges end to Ghani-Abdullah rift...

By: Behishta Arghand , Date:25/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (NIFA) leader Pir Hamid Gilani on Tuesday stressed solution to the dispute between the government leaders and warned political problems would con... Read More

اشرف غنى: در مناسبات وزارت خانه ها و ولایات باید یک تغییر بنیادی بوجود آید

Ghani’s oath-taking is illegal and hasty: Experts

By: Azizullah Hamdard , Date:25/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): Political affairs experts say President Ashraf Ghani’s oath taking event goes against the country’s laws and is ‘a hasty decision.’ The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on February 18 ann... Read More

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ABUL (PAN): The Harkat-i-Islami of Afghanistan, dubbing the grand electoral alliance as a coalition of sorts, said on Sunday it was in talks with other political groups to introduce a single candidate for the 2014 presidential vote.
Syed Hussain Anwari, the party leader, told Pajhwok Afghan News his group had not yet joined any coalition, including the grand electoral alliance.

Harkat-i-Islami discounts grand alliance

رهبر حزب وفاق ملى بر شفافيت انتخابات تاکيد کرد

KABUL (PAN): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief on Wednesday described security problems as the main challenge to next year’s presidential and provincial council polls.

IEC views insecurity as grave threat to elections

KABUL (PAN): Satisfied with the preparations made so far, the United Nations has reaffirmed its commitment to support next year's presidential and provincial council elections.

Security central to inclusive elections: Kubiš

KABUL (PAN): Residents of different provinces demand opening of more voter registration centres, but election officials say they cannot positively respond to such calls due to paucity of funds.
In the build-up to presidential and provincial council polls in April 2014, voter registration centres were set up on May 24 in the capitals of all the 34 provinces and the second phase started in July at district level.

KABUL (PAN): Members of the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) would be nominated and referred to the president for approval within a week even if civil society did not name its representative, a selection committee said on Sunday.