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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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د کابل په موسهي ولسوالۍ کې د ولسي جرګې دټاکنو پر مهال درغلي شوې ده

KABUL (PAN): Members of the Meshrano Jirga -- or upper house of the parliament -- on Sunday provided cash assistance to relatives of a slain border policeman, asking the government to honour his family.
Mohammad Qasim was killed during a seven-hour clash between Afghan and Pakistani forces in the Konsari area of the Goshta district in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday night.

Senators extend support to Qasim’s family

د پاکستان پر وړاندې د افغان ځواکونو له کړنو ملاتړ وشو

KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday decided 10 polling zones would be set up for nomadic Kuchis in the next parliamentary elections, a move that drew criticism from some lawmakers.
A draft election law, having 17 chapters and 67 articles, was referred for approval to the Wolesi Jirga -- or lower house of parliament -- in December 2012.

KABUL (PAN): Some members of the Wolesi Jirga on Saturday alleged Pakistan had issued identity cards to a number of residents of the Goshta border town in eastern Nangarhar province, a claim rejected by the district chief.

Pakistan has issued ID cards to Goshta residents: MPs

KABUL (PAN): The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Thursday said that local security personnel were capable of conducting independent operations and maintaining security for the upcoming elections.

Afghan forces can ensure poll security: Dunford

KABUL (PAN): Some senators on Tuesday asked President Hamid Karzai to take the parliament and the nation into confidence on the “ghost money” the CIA allegedly handed out to his office over the past decade.
On Monday, the New York Times reported CIA delivered tens of millions of dollars to the president’s office -- a costly influence-peddling attempt that led to massive corruption in Afghanistan.