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Sarwar Danish, the Second Vice President of the country, described the sexual favor allegations on ARG by some of the former government officials political and baseless with the purpose of electoral campaigns.   He says that there are people who make accusations against the government with the aim to destroy …

President Ashraf Ghani alongside other senior officials laid the foundation stone of the Darulaman Administrative Complex on Sunday. “We want the Kabul which Babur wanted his corpse to be buried in; this Kabul is underway. A plan has been designed in six volumes and this [Darulaman Administrative Complex] is only …

A number of the lawmakers describe the increase of sexual favor allegations on the Presidential Palace (ARG) shameful and stress that the allegations should be seriously investigated. “This is very shameful. I do not know why the judiciary and judicial institutions are silent,” said Sharif Balkhabi, an MP from Jowzjan …

A senior member of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Thursday accused the presidential palace of interfering in IEC recruitments. Mawlana Abdullah, a member of the IEC said that there is a collusion between President Ghani’s aides and the chief secretariat of the IEC. “There are some specific circles in …

The Council of Presidential Candidates and a number of political movements are gathering their supporters to stage a huge protest against the government in the next few days, sources familiar with the developments told Ariana News. The political parties are planning to gather over 50,000 people for launching demonstrations on …

A group of presidential candidates announced on Saturday that more than ten of them will not participate in the upcoming presidential elections if President Ghani remains in power before holding the election. The candidates added that their electoral tickets and their supports will boycott the upcoming presidential elections if an …

Muhammad Mohaqiq, the Second Deputy of Chief Executive of the country and a member of the Peace and Moderation electoral ticket, said on Wednesday that the government has promoted the sexual bribery in the Presidential Palace. Mohaqiq said that the government has offended the people’s honor and prestige instead of …

The Council of Presidential Candidates in their latest meeting decided to launch the protests against the extension of President Ghani’s tenure in the first day of the upcoming week. Moreover, the council once again asked President Ghani to become ready for negotiating with them or leave the power as the …

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) said on Sunday that the arrest warrant of Habibullah Ahmadzai, a former special security advisor to President Ghani, has been issued to the police. Recently, Mr. Ahmadzai claimed that the presidential palace has asked women for sexual favors in exchange for the top positions in …

Presidential candidates are not ready to negotiate with President Ghani on the circumstances of his tenure extension in the Presidential Palace (ARG). President Ghani is ready to negotiate on ordaining the election ethical principles. But, the Presidential Candidates Council say that President Ghani should be ready to negotiate with them …

In spite of the oppositions, President Ghani is on power even though his tenure ended on Monday, May 22. The Council of Presidential Candidates believes that this action is an indecency and ignoring the country’s Constitution by ARG (Afghanistan’s Presidential Palace). Faramarz Tamana, a presidential candidate, says that they do …

President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday met with visiting Uzbekistan delegation in Kabul and discussed the peace process, regional connectivity, infrastructure projects, trade, transit, regional issues and expansion of economic ties. The Presidential Palace in a statement said that the Uzbekistani delegation was led by the country’s National Security Advisor Viktor Muhammadov …

Abdul Aziz Aryaee, former head of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) has alleged he had been asked by President Ashraf Ghani to declare some “specific” candidates as “winners” in final results of parliamentary elections held in last October. Speaking in a special interview with Ariana News, Aryaee alleged that …

Following the reports of U.S. forces’ reduction from Afghanistan, the Presidential Palace on Friday said that the move would not affect the security in the war-weary country. Fazl Fazly, a senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghani said that the Afghan government assumed full security responsibility at the end of 2014 …

Shaida Abdali says during his term as Afghan Ambassador to India he couldn’t report on embassy-level issues to Foreign Affairs Ministry but instead had to directly brief the President’s office. Speaking to Ariana News on Monday, Abduli said that he did not act illegally when he was serving as Afghan …

The Presidential Palace (ARG) on Friday said that the government is still working on advisory board for peace talks with the Taliban and that the composition of the negotiating team will be announced after president’s approval. Sources have told Ariana News that President Ashraf Ghani has already elected a negotiating team …

President Ashraf Ghani re-launched Journalists Support Fund on Tuesday in a bid to help journalists financially.  At the opening ceremony held in Presidential Palace, Ghani announced that he will donate five million Afghanis from his personnel account to the fund. He, meanwhile, asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate 10 …

President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the defense and security forces to continue their operations against the Taliban until a positive response has not been received from the armed group regarding the government’s three months ceasefire. According to the Presidential Palace (ARG), the decision came after Ghani spoke via video teleconference …

Presidential Palace (ARG) has rejected the proposed plan of the political parties on using biometric technology in upcoming parliamentary and district council elections, saying usage of a biometric system is time-consuming and will prevent having timely elections.  Changing the election system, allowing political parties to oversee the election process and the …

The Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) expressed concerns as the commission’s list of 102 provincial commissioners has not been approved yet by President Ashraf Ghani. It has been 45 days since the IECC has sent the list of its provincial commissioners to the Presidential Palace (ARG) for approval, but the …