Afghan President Oath taking Ceremony on Sept 02 , Yet Final Decision for the President still in the offing

Afghanistan's President Oath taking Ceremony on Sept 02JNN 24 Aug 2014 Kabul : Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday his successor would take office on September 2, despite a slow-moving vote audit designed to eliminate fraudulent ballots cast for the two contenders, and the final decision for the Post of President is still in the Offing. Continue reading

Ghani declared winner , Abdullah Rejects the Presidential Election Results of Afghanistan

Presidential Election Candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah AbdullahJNN 08 July 2014 Kabul : Afghanistan’s election commission has declared that former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani won last month’s run-off presidential election with 56.44 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results, while the other contestant Abdullah Abdullah has rejected the Polling Results , and called them as “ Blatant fraud ” . Continue reading

Abdullah calls on election officials to halt Afghan vote count

Presidential Contestant Abdullah AbdullahJNN 18 June 2014 Kabul : Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said on Wednesday that he had suspended work with the country’s electoral bodies and asked them to stop counting votes because of widespread fraud. Continue reading

Obama wants to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014

US President Barak Obama in AfghanistanJNN 29 May 2014 Kabul : US President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday his intention to leave 9,800 troops in Afghanistan after the end of combat operations this year. Continue reading

Abdullah leads in first partial results of Afghan vote

Afghan Presidential Candidate Abduallah AbdullahJNN 15 April 2014 Kabul : Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah is leading his closest rival Ashraf Ghani in the Afghan presidential election, the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Sunday. Continue reading