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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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KABUL (PAN): Runner-up in the August 20 presidential election Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday said formation of a coalition government in

Afghanistan will not resolve the problems facing the nation.

KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai rejected the formation of coalition government following the announcement of his victory as a result of the August 20 presidential polls.

The female poll contestants argue they are unable to print posters and pamphlets carrying their photographs because of financial problems. Even if they manage to print the same, one way or another, they are faced with security concerns.

KABUL (PAN): Presidential candidate Abdul Ghafoor Zoori says he does not recognise the Durand Line and, if elected to the top office, he will resolve the issue by seeking the intervention of the international community. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Zoori explained Afghanistan had no problem with any country except Pakistan. The only spat with the neighbouring country was the status of the British-era frontier, he said. Similarly, Zoori stressed that Afghan areas that became part of Pakistan following the imposition of the Durand Line must be returned to his country.

KABUL (PAN): Presidential candidate Hidayat Amin Arsala has opposed the introduction of federal system in the country and said it would not create even a single complete institution. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Arsala said he would continue the existing system if elected as president of Afghanistan in the upcoming presidential elections. Referring to the Constitution of the country, he said law-making was not as a simple job to be changed after every two or three years. Supporters of the federal system could not work for the benefit of Afghanistan, he added.

KABUL (PAN): The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said roughly 200 international staff of the world body will be temporarily relocated outside

Afghanistan.