Kabul

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): President Hamid Karzai has said he is not backing any particular candidate for next year’s presidential elections.
The president told a delegation of the Afghanistan Women’s Network (AWN) reports in local and foreign media about his support for a specific candidate were baseless.