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Committee Considers Ghani’s Decree ‘Illegal’ on Selection of Election Commissioner
President Ashraf Ghani in a decree has assigned the Former Selection Committee to start working on selection of a member for the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
According to the decree, the president has ordered the selection committee to resume its activities immediately.
The President’s Office in a statement said late on Saturday that the decree was issued by President Ghani after no individual was found eligible from the former shortlisted applicants to be well qualified for the vacant position.
However, the president’s decree regarding the resumption of the selection committee’s work was being considered “illegal.”
“The committee has presented the list of 21 candidates for the Election Commission and 15 others for Electoral Complains Commission to the President’s Office and there is no legal justification for the committee to resume its work,” said Yusuf Rashid, a member of the IEC Selection Committee.
The election watchdog also criticized the decree, saying the president’s order is against the Electoral Law.
“Legally, this decree of the president is in contrary to the article 14 and 16 of the Electoral Law and the selection committee’s work has ended when it has sent the list [of applicants] to the Presidential Palace,” said Jandad Spinghar, Head of the Free and Fair Elections Foundation (FEFA).
This comes as President Ghani removed Najibullah Ahmadzai, the Head of the Election Commission, and one of the members of the commission on November 15.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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Traffic accident leaves one dead, four injured in Herat
Local officials in Herat say one person was killed and four others injured due to a traffic accident in Karukh district of the province.
The accident took place on Thursday night at 8:pm.
The injured individuals have been taken to Herat’s regional hospital by the personnel of Karukh district police headquarters, local officials said.
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