| 2020/05/18-23:59 |
Iran, Pakistan, China, Russia support national reconciliation in Afghanistan
Senior diplomats from Iran, Pakistan, China and Russia have thrown their weight behind a power-sharing deal in Afghanistan signed between leaders of the country’s two main political factions, expressing hope that the important step would speed up intra-Afghan talks...
05/18-23:59:00 |
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| 2020/05/17-15:19 |
Ghani and Abdullah Sign Agreement to Break Political Deadlock
Ashraf Ghani and his political rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a power-sharing deal after months of political discord that critics say could have pushed the country towards a new crisis if not resolved...
05/17-15:19:00 |
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| 2020/05/15-18:27 |
Details of GhaniAbdullah Political Agreement
TOLOnews has obtained a copy of the political agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and his political opponent Abdullah Abdullah that outlines the structure of a future government in which each side will have a 50 percent share...
05/15-18:27:00 |
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| 2020/04/26-17:16 |
Will Participatory Government Help End Afghanistan Impasse?
Half a year after the presidential elections in Afghanistan, the government is yet to be formed in the country...
04/26-17:16:00 |
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| 2020/03/31-21:05 |
Presidente Abdullah Abdullah endorses intraAfghan dialogue negotiating team
Presidente Abdullah Abdullah endorsed Tuesday the delegation for intra-Afghan peace dialogue announced by Ashraf Ghani aimed to negotiate with the Taliban representatives, noting that the team represents the country’s national interests...
03/31-21:05:00 |
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| 2020/03/26-20:57 |
US’s $1B Aid Cut Cannot be Compensated: President Abdullah
President Abdullah Abdullah at a press conference on Thursday said the US cut of $1B aid to Afghanistan cannot be compensated...
03/26-20:57:00 |
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| 2020/03/23-10:49 |
US hasty measures, inattention to domestic issues behind crisis in Afghanistan: Iran
The file photo of Iran’s Foreign Ministry building in Tehran
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says hasty measures taken by the US administration to reach an agreement with the Taliban in Afghanistan and inattention to the country’s domestic issues are the main reasons behind the current political crisis in the country following the recent presidential election...
03/23-10:49:00 |
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| 2020/03/11-20:15 |
Khalilzad Hopes IntraAfghan Talks Conclude in ’100 Days’
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in an interview with TOLOnews on Wednesday spoke about a number of significant topics related to the peace agreement between the US and the Taliban, including counterterrorism operations, intra-Afghan talks and the prisoner exchange, and he also spoke about the current political deadlock between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah...
03/11-20:15:00 |
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| 2020/03/10-15:40 |
A joint statement was agreed on the occasion of the signing of the USTaliban Agreement on February 29 in Qatar. The representatives of the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations met
A joint statement was agreed on the occasion of the signing of the US-Taliban Agreement on February 29 in Qatar...
03/10-15:40:00 |
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| 2020/03/09-19:50 |
Abdullah Takes Oath to Lead Parallel Govt
Abdullah Abdullah, at a parallel swearing-in ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday, took an oath of office as a self-proclaimed president and vowed to establish an inclusive government, focusing on peace and governance reforms...
03/09-19:50:00 |
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| 2020/03/09-11:36 |
Presidential swearingin ceremonies postponed
The inauguration ceremonies for President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have been postponed...
03/09-11:36:00 |
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| 2020/03/06-13:39 |
Ghani, Abdullah Teams Meet to Break Deadlock: Abdullah
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday in an interview with TOLOnews said that a delegation from President Ghani’s side and a group from his own team held a meeting on Thursday to find a common solution to the election standoff...
03/06-13:39:00 |
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| 2020/02/23-10:34 |
Abdullah’s Campaign Head: ’I Was Barred From Flight’
Osmani said that after many phone calls from the Chief Executive’s office he was allowed to fly to Herat...
02/23-10:34:00 |
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| 2020/02/22-20:50 |
Defiant Abdullah Meets Politicians in Midst of Election Dispute
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a statement on Saturday once again rejected the presidential election results, saying the announcement is not credible and is based on fraud...
02/22-20:50:00 |
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| 2020/02/21-20:19 |
Khalili Criticizes Intl. Silence on Election Results
In the midst of the electoral dispute, Mohammad Karim Khalili, a top member of Abdullah Abdullah’s Stability and Convergence campaign team, on Friday said that Abdullah’s campaign was holding discussions about the formation of a new cabinet under Abdullah’s leadership...
02/21-20:19:00 |
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| 2020/02/20-21:28 |
Council of Presidential Candidates Calls to Annul Election Result
The Council of Presidential Candidates during a press conference on Thursday called for the final results of the presidential election to be disregarded...
02/20-21:28:00 |
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| 2020/02/20-15:49 |
Abdullah Asks EU’s ’Clarification’ on Election Stance
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a letter on Thursday asked the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, for clarification about the EU’s congratulation of President Ghani...
02/20-15:49:00 |
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| 2020/02/20-10:26 |
Afghan election results fuel tensions in the country
Afghanistan has entered a fragile phase due to the controversial release of the results of the country’s September presidential election...
02/20-10:26:00 |
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| 2020/02/19-20:33 |
Hekmatyar Rejects Results: Ghani Chose ’Path of Crisis’
Presidential candidate and leader of Hizb-e-Islami party, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, at a press conference in Kabul on Wednesday rejected Tuesday’s announcement by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) declaring incumbent Ashraf Ghani the country’s next president, saying Ghani chose the path of crisis rather than the path of cooperation...
02/19-20:33:00 |
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| 2020/02/19-17:19 |
Election ’Imposed’ on Afghans Serves Foreigners: Karzai
Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai on Wednesday said that he had already informed the Afghan people that the current circumstances in the country weren’t suitable to ensure credibility and transparency of the elections and that the election process was imposed on the Afghan people...
02/19-17:19:00 |
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| 2020/02/18-20:51 |
Abdullah Rejects Results, Announces Formation of ‘Inclusive Govt’
Hours after the announcement of the final results of the presidential election by the Independent Election Commission, Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of Afghanistan, announced the formation of an inclusive government by his Stability and Convergence campaign team, declaring his victory in the polls...
02/18-20:51:00 |
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| 2020/02/18-17:48 |
Ghani Elected President of Afghanistan
The Independent Election Commission announced President Ashraf Ghani as winner of Afghanistan’s presidential election during a press conference on Tuesday...
02/18-17:48:00 |
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| 2020/02/17-21:08 |
IEC to reveal election results
According to a member of the Independent Election Commission, political issues will not affect the technical and legal aspects of the election to pronounce the final results...
02/17-21:08:00 |
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| 2020/02/14-21:34 |
Dostum Threatens ‘Parallel Govt’ if Election Results are Rigged
First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum has threatened to form a parallel government under the leadership of Abdullah Abdullah, the chief executive of the National Unity Government, if the election commission announces fraudulent results of the presidential elections, which were held on September 28, 2019...
02/14-21:34:00 |
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| 2020/02/07-11:49 |
IECC’s Decision Made Under Political Pressure: Campaigns
A recent verdict by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) to send a small percentage of the 300,000 disputed votes for a special audit came under domestic and international pressure, a number of campaign teams said on Thursday as Afghans await the final results of last September’s presidential elections...
02/07-11:49:00 |
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| 2020/01/14-20:34 |
Nearly 10, 000 Election Complaints Rejected: IECC
Zuhra Bayan Shinwari, head of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), at a Tuesday press conference said that 9,866 complaints out of 16,545 complaints have been rejected for lack of evidence...
01/14-20:34:00 |
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| 2019/12/13-22:19 |
Abdullah Asks Protestors to Allow Recount in Seven Provinces
Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Friday asked the protestors currently blocking the offices of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to allow the recount of the votes in the seven remaining provinces so that no excuse is left...
12/13-22:19:00 |
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| 2019/12/11-18:51 |
Abdullah Says Result Announcement Will Not Be Acceptable
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday stressed that if the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announces the results of the election, it will not be acceptable for him...
12/11-18:51:00 |
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| 2019/12/10-23:36 |
IEC May Announce Election Results Wednesday
The Independent Election Commission (IEC), has finalized all decisions on the recounted votes and it will likely announce the preliminary results of the presidential polls on Wednesday, election commissioner Awrangzeb said...
12/10-23:36:00 |
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