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Newly Electoral Commissioners Swore in After Days of Delay
Leaders of the National Unity Government of Afghanistan have introduced the new electoral commissioners for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Election complains commission (IECC) on Tuesday during oath taken ceremony.
In a statement President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said, “The new electoral commissioners were chosen during a transparent process.”
Meanwhile Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah demanded the newly elect commissioners to carry out the assignments with independency and do not let any pressures to discourage you all.
After days of efforts finally the below persons were introduced as the new elect commissioners for the Afghanistan Election system:
For the Independent Election Commission ( IEC ) : Najibullah Ahmadzai, Abdul Qadir Quraishi, Maliha Hassan, Wasima Badghisi for 5 years and Rafiullah Bidar, Gulajan Sayad, and Maazullah Dawlati were appointed for upcoming 3 years.
And for the Independent Election complains commissions (IECC) Ghulam Dastgeer Hedayat, Abdul Basir Fayez, Ali Reza Rohani for 5 years and Humaira Haqmal and Abdul Aziz Aryayee were picked for 3 years.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said, “After lots of efforts we could introduce the new elect commissioners for the electoral bodies, whom were chosen during a transparent process, I declare the following step as important for further stabilization and holding of the upcoming transparent Elections.”
“The newly elect commissioners are responsible to support the Election commission’s performance, and should carry out the assignment with more Independency.” President Ghani during his speech said.
The new Electoral commissioners were chosen after lots of consultation was made.
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said, “President Ghani and I had basic consultation with each other on picking and introducing of the new commissioners, and this was one of the reformation article of the National Unity Government political agreement we have taken in it forward now.”
Further he has insisted that all the Election commissioners should continue to work with full confidence and independency.
Both leaders of the National Unity Government demanded the newly elect commissioners for the Electoral bodies to select the head and deputy and secretariat for smoothing the upcoming process.
Reported by: Rafi Sediqee
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Turkish Airlines to resume flights to Afghanistan from Tuesday
Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Afghanistan tomorrow (Tuesday), officials said on Monday.
The Ministry of Transport said that a Turkish Airlines plane will land in Kabul airport on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow, Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Kabul International Airport. There will be four flights between Kabul and Istanbul per week. This is good news for Afghan travelers. For those Afghans who travel to European countries, they can move easily through Turkey,” said Imamuddin Ahmadi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Transport.
However, the Chamber of Commerce and Investment emphasized that visas should be provided to businessmen and citizens of the country, otherwise companies will benefit the most, not Afghan citizens and businessmen.
“Not a single passenger is allowed, the reason is that they do not issue visas. If the Turks don’t start issuing visas, or the Arabs don’t issue visas, the plane will come for the cargo and there will be little movement of people,” said Khanjan Alokozay, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment.
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Kabir tells UN official IEA will attend Doha meeting if its ‘position is accepted’
In a meeting with Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister said the Islamic Emirate will participate in the third Doha meeting if its “position” is accepted.
He said that Afghanistan is under the complete control of the Islamic Emirate and that the country “has an Emir” and the government is “obeyed”.
According to a statement issued by Mawlavi Abdul Kabir’s office, the deputy prime minister told DiCarlo: “The previous meeting in Doha was incomplete due to some shortcomings of its organizers, and the position of the Islamic Emirate should be accepted in the next meeting so that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate in it.”
The Secretary General of the United Nations once expressed regret for the Islamic Emirate’s non-participation in the Doha meeting, but at the same time said that accepting the demands of the Islamic Emirate is equivalent to its recognition.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate is asking the United Nations and other countries to recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
Kabir said that the Islamic Emirate has fulfilled all its obligations and “rules over the entire geography of Afghanistan… There is a central government in all of Afghanistan that has an emir and is obeyed.”
The United Nations is expected to hold the third Doha meeting with the participation of special representatives of countries for Afghanistan, but it has not set a date for it yet.
The Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations meanwhile visited Kabul this week and invited the Islamic Emirate’s officials to participate in the Doha meeting.
According to the deputy prime minister’s office, DiCarlo informed Kabir about the Doha meeting and said that “the Islamic Emirate’s conditions for participating in this meeting are not difficult.”
She expressed hope that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate.
She said that representatives of a number of international organizations and countries have been invited to the Doha meeting, including the World Bank.
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UN’s DiCarlo meets with Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah over Doha meeting
Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai, and the country’s former CEO Abdullah Abdullah met with Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs this weekend, regarding the third Doha meeting.
In a statement issued by Karzai’s office, it is stated that during the meeting they emphasized the need to help and support the people of Afghanistan and said that they considered education in Afghanistan essential.
They also emphasized the need for national understanding to achieve peace.
DiCarlo, who is on a trip to Kabul, has already met and discussed numerous issues with a number of officials of the Islamic Emirate.
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