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UN Insists on Transparency With Afghan Election Count The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday issued a statement calling on the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Elections Complaints Commission (IECC) to ensure that the votes of Afghans are accurately counted and that results are determined in a fair, inclusive... |
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Abdullah Claims Victory in Presidential Elections Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah declared victory in Afghanistans 2019 presidential elections, saying his campaign has received the highest votes.
Speaking at a televised press conference on Monday, Abdullah said that the electoral commissions will announce the results but his electoral ticket... |
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Yemens Houthis to free 350 captives, including three Saudis, in good will gesture The head of Yemen’s National Committee for Prisoners Affairs (NCPA) says the Houthi movement will release 350 prisoners, including three Saudi nationals, in its latest goodwill gesture.
Through the release, the Ansarullah movement of the Houthis and their allies in the Yemeni... |
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Floods kill 113 in north India in late monsoon burst; jail, hospital submerged Heavy rains have killed at least 113 people in Indias Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states over the past three days, officials said on Monday, as flood waters swamped a major city, inundated hospital wards and forced the evacuation of inmates from a jail.
Indias monsoon season that begins in June... |
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Pro-Government Fighters Killed By Mistake In Takhar Airstrike An Afghanistanian forces airstrike in northeastern Takhar province has mistakenly killed and wounded at least 16 public uprising forces, local officials said.
The incident has taken place in Baharak district of the province on Sunday night.
Jawad Hejri, a spokesman for the provincial governor confirmed... |
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Vote Counting Underway; 1 Million Counted So Far The Independent Election Commission (IEC) stated on Saturday evening that as polling closed, more than 1,051,998 votes have been counted in 2597 centers across the country.
According to officials in IEC, 4905 centers were open on the Election Day and data from the remaining 2308 centers would be... |
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Abdullah Calls on Electoral Commissions to Stay Independent Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday called on electoral commissions to preserve their independence and announce the final result of elections based on the will of the people of Afghanistan.
Casting his vote at a polling center in Naderia High School in Kabul, Abdullah emphasized that... |
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Hekmatyar Casts Vote without Having Sticker on His Tazkera+photos Presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar casted his vote at a polling center in Kabul though his national identity card - Tazkera - did not has a sticker.
Speaking with the reporters at a polling station in Habibia High School, Hekmatyar said that the sticker has paved the way for electoral fraud.
He... |
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Voting Kicks off in Afghanistans 4th Presidential Election Afghan citizens began voting in the countrys fourth presidential election on Saturday, September 28.
The voting process began at around 7 am and continues simultaneously in most of the countrys 34 provinces until 3 pm.
13 candidates including current Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive... |
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Suicide attack in Kabul city kills 22 civilians, injures 38 others A suicide attack in Kabul city killed 22 civilians and wounded at least 38 others.
The security officials confirmed that the explosion but did not elaborate further regarding the casualties.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives on a roadside... |
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Taliban claims Kabul and Parwan explosions The Taliban group claimed responsibility for the explosions in Kabul city and Parwan provinces.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives close to the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Defense in Kabul city this afternoon.
Mujahid... |
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Legislate Peace Campaign in Afghanistan In Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 3rd, "Legislate Peace" campaign was held by the Peace House of Afghanistan attended by about 160 participants including civil society organizations and women, men and youth longing for peace.
With the theme of "Legislate Peace - Implementation of the DPCW for Sustainable... |
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Trump rejects UN request for FBI probe into Khashoggis murder to save weapons sales US President Donald Trump has rejected a United Nations (UN) request for the FBI to investigate the brutal murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, expressing concern that the move would affect Americas trade with the kingdom.
Trump shrugged off the Washington Post columnist’s... |
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Tory leadership race exposes Britains democratic deficit As the race to select the next leader of the conservative party- and by extension Britains next Prime Minister - reaches its final stages, it is worthwhile examining the systems weaknesses if only to underline the superficial nature of British democracy.
Britains electoral system has long been... |
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Georgia parliament head quits after 240 injured in crackdown The head of Georgias parliament has quit Friday after more than 240 people were injured in a police crackdown on mass protests, which erupted over an address to lawmakers by a Russian MP.
Opposition leaders have vowed to hold demonstrations until parliament is dissolved and snap elections are... |
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Russia will help Iran with oil, banking if payment channel not launched: Ryabkov Russia has signaled its willingness to secure Irans interests in the oil and banking sectors if Europes non-dollar mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with the Islamic Republic is not launched.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday that Moscow is ready to help Iran... |
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Iran refrained from hitting manned US plane accompanying downed drone, IRGC says A senior Iranian military commander says Iran has refrained from shooting down a US plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying an American spy drone which was shot down in the Persian Gulf after intruding into the Iranian airspace.
"Along with the US drone, there was also an American... |
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Senior Afghan Politicians In Pakistan For Key Meeting Several Afghan politicians, including Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, former Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor, second deputy chief executive Mohammad Mohaqeq, and presidential candidate Abdul Latif Pedram on Friday left Kabul to Pakistan to attend a meeting in which some members of the Taliban... |
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SCO plays constructive role in promoting regional peace, stability: Statement The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an "effective and constructive" mechanism for promoting multilateral cooperation that plays an important role in maintaining regional peace and stability, the SCO member states say.
"It was noted that the SCO had asserted itself as a solid platform for strengthening... |
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1000s of Haitians protest against corruption Thousands of Haitians protested in the streets of Port-au-Prince Thursday demanding that President Jovenel Moise resign over corruption allegations.
A few barricades of burning tyres were placed in the streets and police were seen skirting the perimeters of the march but there were no reports of anyone... |
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Trump announces exit of his spokeswoman Sarah Sanders US President Donald Trump has announced the surprise departure of White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, who has fiercely defended Trump and presided over the end of the daily news briefing for about two years.
Sanders has been one of Trumps closest aides and has been at his side during... |
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Ghani, Modi Discuss Afghan Peace in Bishkek President Ashraf Ghani met with Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday night on the sidelines of the 19th summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the Presidential Palace said in a statement.
In a statement released on Friday, the presidential... |
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SCO Summit Begins In Bishkek Global issues will be discussed at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bekki, Kyrgyzstan on Friday.
The Big Eurasian G8, as well as observer and dialogue partners, will gather in Bishkek.
One of the most important factors in maintaining and strengthening security in the Organization... |
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Video: Iran saves crewmembers of tanker hit in Sea of Oman A new video posted by the website of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) shows crewmembers of a tanker hit earlier on Thursday by a suspicious blast in the Sea of Oman, after they are rescued by Iranian relief teams.
The video refutes false reports by some media outlets claiming... |
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World reacts as two tankers attacked in Sea of Oman Hours after two tankers were reportedly attacked in the Sea of Oman, a flurry of international reactions poured in from various countries, companies, and political figures as well as financial markets, the gist of which follows.
Russia: Dont use tanker attacks to pressure Iran
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Police shooting of black man triggers unrest in Memphis, Tennessee At least 24 US police officers have been injured during a large protest in Memphis, Tennessee, following the shooting death of an African American man by law enforcement officers.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said the violence erupted on Wednesday night after officers of the US Marshals Service,... |
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UK government signs order to enable Assange extradition to US Britain’s interior minister Sajid Javid has signed an order enabling the country’s legal system to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States where he could face decades in prison for exposing confidential documents.
Javid told BBC radio on Thursday that... |
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Ex-Football Chief Yet To Be Detained Despite Arrest Warrant The former head of Afghanistan Football Federation, Keramuddin Karim, who is accused of sexual abuse of women footballers, has not been arrested so far and there is no exact information about his whereabouts, despite an arrest warrant has been issued for him, according to an official and two lawmakers.
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Man Who Tried To Approach Ghani Was Asked By Arg To Stay Silent Raees Zazai, a resident of Paktia who was beaten by President Ghanis guards after he tried to approach the president at the end of his speech at a ceremony in Herat last year in December, said on Thursday that he had been asked by the Presidential Palace, the Arg, to stay silent and that he has "never... |
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Leader of Iran to Japan PM: Trump not worthy of exchanging messages with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei dismisses US President Donald Trump as a person not worthy of a response or a message, stressing that negotiations with Washington cannot help solve any problem.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a Thursday meeting with Japanese Prime... |
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