Tag Archives: ARG

The Afghan presidential palace wants the Taliban to stop making excuses and introduce its negotiating envoy for the intra-Afghan peace dialogue. After the Taliban criticized the formation of the Afghan government’s negotiating team of intra-Afghan dialogue, saying it will not talk to the team which is not all-inclusive, the Afghan …

The presidential palace says that the work of forming the delegation for intra-Afghan dialogue has been finished; officials say the delay was because some discussions and consultations had to be made. The intra-Afghan talks should have been commenced four days back. The government just reported the completion of the negotiating …

The presidential palace, in response to the Chief Executive’s latest decree, says that bringing reforms in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is essential and of the president’s priorities. After the resignation of Salahuddin Rabbani, President Ghani appointed Haroon Chakhansoori as the new acting minister of the foreign affairs, one of …

Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah strongly criticized the current peace process by the Afghan government saying that “Peace is not exclusive to a person or a ministry”. He underscored that a ministry cannot conduct the peace process and that the Afghan peace envoy should be comprised of people as well as …

The state-builder electoral ticket held a campaign rally inside the presidential palace on Wednesday. The fortified compound hosted thousands of Ghani’s supporters. The participants of the gathering entered into the palace through the building of the Administrative Office of the President. “We entered very easily without any problem,” Ahmad Jan, …

The peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban is ready and Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, has shared its details with President Ghani before the beginning of the eighth round of US-Taliban talks in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The Presidential Palace says …

The State Ministry for Peace Affairs in a statement says that the government has formed a negotiation team of 15 members which is supposed to talk with the Taliban in the near future. The ministry does not publicize the negotiating team members’ names yet but says that the political, social, …

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 …