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By MASOUD AHMADI A late night house fire broke out in a Herat city last week. Neighbors rallied to the help of the homeowner, Imamuddin, who yelled for help as he poured buckets of water over some flames. "My life is lost, my family is gone,"...
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By SEDIQ ZALIQ More than 200 complaints have been filed with the Electoral Complaints Commission. So far the commission has not made public any findings of its investigations into the complaints. Complaints have been filed by candidates, the Indep...
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By NASIBA ALIMYAAR The Wolesi Jirga election campaign has entered its second month and Kabul nominees say their campaigns are being hampered by restrictions. In past elections candidates littered the capital with literature, including posters tha...
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Before the election campaigns kicked off Afghan voters knew that more than 2,500 nominees were vying for 240 seats. Most voters had no clue about the candidates running. One month into the campaign period, voters are starting to become familiar with ...
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By WAZHMA FROGH Afghanistan Analyst Network There are mixed feelings among Afghans on the eve of Kabul International Conference. Many people who are involved in convening the Conference, are extremely excited and proud that it's the FIRST internat...
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For the first time in its history, Afghanistan was host to dozens of government representatives from around the world. The one-day Kabul Conference set the stage for cooperation between the international community and the Afghan government to improv...
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By NASIBA ALIMYAAR Kabul residents are finding it difficult to register for a new voter registration card. There are only three registration centers in the entire capital, in Darulaman, Khair Khana and near the Ghazi Stadium. On a recent visit to ...
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By SEDIQ ZALIQ As the election campaign entered its fourth week the Electoral Complaints Commission announced that dozens of complaints have been filed against candidates for electoral violations, adding that many could be fined. Among the complai...
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Insecurity main concern for nominees in Herat By MASOUD AHMADI HERAT CITY - Local election campaigns in Herat province are intensifying, but insecurity across the province and a recent spate of bombings in the provincial capital have dampend the cam...
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- IDREES DANIEL Gen. David Petraeus’ first meeting with Hamid Karzai was tense, according to Afghan and international media reports. In the meeting, Karzai raised his objections to a U.S. plan to arm villagers in the fight against the Taliban. Th...
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By DANIEL SERWER Washington Post While President Obama is surging troops into Afghanistan and money into Pakistan, plans are being laid for a negotiated settlement to be reached before the beginning of the American drawdown in July 2011. Gen. Davi...
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The partition of Afghanistan is being talked about in regional media and by some scholars. This week, Robert D. Blackwill, a former US ambassador to India, said that the best option for Washington is to partition Afghanistan because the current coun...
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By MASOUD AHMADI On a daily basis dozens of Herat residents gather outside the province's department for martyrs and disabled persons. On a day visited by this reporter, an elderly woman argued with the building's security officers after they den...
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By HAKEMA HEJRAN The municipality has started construction on the country's first overpass in the Kote Sangi area in southwest Kabul. Construction of the 500-meter overpass is expected to be complete before next spring. The municipality anticipates...
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By SEDIQ ZALIQ Nominees who were disbarred from running for parliament are protesting the decision of the Independent Election Commission, claiming that they are being disenfranchised. A special commission of the IEC disbarred 25 nominees this wee...
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There are alarming new signs that the country is headed towards another ethnic conflict. Government policies and appointments, as well as back room deals are fueling the current tensions. Hizb Wahdat leader Haji Mohammad Muhaqiq, who aligned himsel...
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With its newly discovered mineral wealth, it could end up like Nigeria. Or like Mexico. By STEPHEN HABER AND VICTOR MENALDO (Wall Street Journal) The U.S. government recently announced that geologists had discovered almost $1 trillion in untapp...
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