Eye on the News [email protected] Truthful, Factual and Unbiased Vol:XI Issue No:122 Price: Afs.20 www.afghanistantimes.af www.facebook.com/ afghanistantimes www.twitter.com/ afghanistantimes SUNDAY. DECEMBER 02. 2018 -Qaws 11, 1397 HS Afghanistan Football Federation rejected the allegations,calling them a conspiracy against the authority. In reaction to allegations over sex- tee to thoroughly probe the allega- ual and physical abuse of some tions against officials of the foot- members of Afghanistan National ball federation. “The deputy head Women’s Football Team, the At- of the Attorney General’s Office torney General’s Office (AGO) on on crimes of violence against wom- Saturday said they will run a thor- en, chairperson of crimes of vio- ough investigation into the claims. lence against women and head of A number of former members crimes department of Ministry of of the women’s football team has Interior have been appointed to have claimed that some officials document the issue and investigate from the technical cadre of Afghan- it if the incident has happened,” istan Football Federation (AFF) said Rasuli. have abused the members of the After the allegations made over team sexually and physically. sexual and physical assault on The AGO spokesman Jamshid women players at AFF, Khalida Rasuli told TOLOnews that the Popal, a former player at the Af- ball Team who lives outside the country accused department has formed a commit- ghanistan National Women’s Foot- the leadership of the AFF over sexual... P2 AT News Report KABUL: Religious scholars in Nangarhar at a gath- ering on Saturday issued a verdict against cultiva- AT News Report ernment’s action against the IEC tion of opiumand use of drugs, declaring... P2 official. “Niyazi solicited money KABUL: A top election commis- from parliament candidates to have sion official has been arrested on them win the election,” he said. He bribery charges, claimed some claimed he had sufficient evidence members of parliament, amid an to prove that Niyazi took money elongated voter tally of October from some candidates including 20 elections. Lawmakers said Sat- some from Khost to support them AT News Report urday that operational director of with fraud votes. He said individ- the Independent Election Commis- uals who offered bribe to Niyazi for election rigging should be iden- KABUL: An Afghan law firm, Kakar Advocates, sion, Obaidullah Niyazi had been has been ranked Asia’s highest ranking for its ser- arrested by the National Director- tified and punished. He termed the Wolesi Jirga election full of fraud vices for the third consecutive year in a row. The ate of Security over alleged brib- firm said on Saturday that the Kakar Advocacy ery. Khost representative, Mirbat and asked the IEC to separate transparent votes from fraudulent has been ranked as a Band I Law firm in the Cham- Khan Mangal, raised the matter in bers and Partners’ 2019 Guide. The ... question and commended the gov- votes. Second deputy... P2 P2 SUNDAY. DECEMBER 02, 2018 AFGHANISTAN TIMES Some Khost candidates reject results, call for vote recount round 30 Wolesi Jirga candidates while another presidential contender, addressing reporters here termed the then our party will announce its October 20 elections as rigged and own candidate,” he said. “So far, we are of the view that we should rejected the preliminary results support a joint candidate from announced by the election body. within the Grand National Coali- tion of Afghanistan. As far as I know, Qanuni and Mohaqiq have not decided on a course separate from the coalition.” It is still not clear whether Afghan Chief Exec- utive Abdullah Abdullah, a key lead- er of Jamiat-e Islami, will be run- ning. Omid Maisam, a spokesman for Abdullah, says the chief execu- tive is still engaged in wide-rang- ing consultations before deciding on his future political direction. Other major political players are also still undecided. The rec- onciliation of Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hikmatyar this year might change the dynamics of the Afghan presidential election. As one of the country’s largest polit- ical organizations, Hizb-e Islami has yet to announce its decision. Hashmatullah Arshad, a spokesman for Hizb-e Islami, says KHOST CITY: Some protesting the favour of certain candidates on they will announce their course candidates from southeastern the Election Day. soon. “We are engaged in some se- Khost province threatened to halt He asked the IEC and Inde- rious consultations and hope to presidential elections in the prov- pendent Electoral Complaint Com- announce our candidate or declare ince if the Independent Election mission (IECC) to recount the An Afghan man casts his vote during the Parliamentary elections in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 27 October 2018. our support for one within the next Commission (IEC) ignored their votes of all 182 polling stations in week,” he told Radio Free Afghan- demands. the presence of security and de- KABUL: Potential contenders for fidants have embarked on a new movements and our diverse popu- Mohaqiq will share his ticket. Ra- istan on November 30. Around 30 Wolesi Jirga candi- tective personnel. Afghanistan’s presidency are political course. lation can feel that they are repre- dio Free Afghanistan couldn’t Many former officials, how- dates while addressing reporters Another Candidate Abdul Na- working overtime to win support Mohammad Hanif Atmar, sented on the presidential ticket.” reach Qanuni or Mohaqiq for im- ever, have been touting their cre- here termed the October 20 elec- seer Haqmal said IEC did not co- as the country’s presidential field Ghani’s former powerful national In Afghanistan’s presidential mediate comment. But Ismail dentials for a long time. Moham- tions as rigged and rejected the pre- ordinate with IECC before the an- takes shape. security adviser, is one of the first republic, the president heads the Khan, a former minister and se- mad Omar Daudzai, a former min- liminary results announced by the nouncement of elections results With the April 20 presidential to announce his decision to run for executive branch of the govern- nior leader of Qanuni’s Jamiat-e ister and chief of staff for former election body. which he termed unacceptable. vote still months away, some can- the presidency as Kabul grapples ment and is elected for a five-year Islami, says the two leaders have Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Abdul Wali Wahidze, one of He added the IECC did not didates have announced their in- with rising Taliban violence and a term. Two vice presidents are part not yet decided to join Atmar. is expected to contest the 2019 the protesting candidates, said all address the proof-based com- tention to run for the presidency U.S. push for swift peace negotia- of the presidential ticket and fol- Khan told Radio Free Afghanistan presidential polls. the votes from Khost should be plaints regarding elections. while others are jockeying hard to tions between the insurgents and low the president in the line of that Jamiat-e Islami and Mohaqiq’s His spokesman, Sayed recounted in the presence of na- As a collective response, the form the most formidable coalition the Afghan government. succession. To attract support Hizbi Wahdat-e Islami are part of Maisam Ehsani, says they are en- tional and international observers protesting candidates warned to or come up with a strong ticket. “We are in negotiations with from Afghanistan’s diverse popu- the Grand National Coalition of gaged in consultations with vari- in order to separate genuine and block the doors of local IEC and Afghanistan’s incumbent Pres- the various [political] currents in lation, most presidential contend- Afghanistan, which also includes ous political parties and personal- fraudulent votes. stage widespread protests if a pos- ident Ashraf Ghani is widely ex- the country and, God willing, we ers have put together multiethnic Vice President Abdul Rashid Dos- ities to put together a “strong” elec- He warned that the relatively itive response to their demand did pected to seek a second term. But will join the electoral contest with tickets since the first presidential tum’s Junbish-e Milli Islami. “If tion for a Daudzai ticket. stable security situation came into not come from authorities within it is not clear whether he will be a truly national and trustworthy election in 2004. Atmar’s confi- Jamiat-e Islami fails to reach an Abubakar Siddique wrote this being with the support of the peo- 24 hours. able to gather a formidable and di- team,” his spokesman, Tawab dants hope that ethnic Tajik leader agreement to support a single can- story based on reporting by Radio ple of Khost would deteriorate if Provincial IEC Head Shah Ja- verse coalition similar to the one Ghorzang, told Radio Free Afghan- Younus Qanuni and Hazara leader didate with other parties of the Free Afghanistan correspondents their demands were ignored. han Sardar said they were ready to he put together in 2014. istan on November 30. “Our aim and current second deputy of Af- Grand National Coalition of Af- Nusrat Parsa and Najia Safi from Ajab Gul, another candidate, recount all votes if directed by their Many of his key former con- is to make sure that all political ghan chief executive Mohammad ghanistan and fails to unite with Kabul, Afghanistan. (gandhara) said massive rigging took place in central office. The preliminary results of the forced the IEC to recount the bal- for the coming presidential elec- long-awaited parliamentary elec- lots for some provinces. tions – scheduled for April 2019. tions for Kabul have been delayed The IEC said the primary re- Some election observers said ...P1 and physical abuse of female by The Guardian in a report on for the second time, the Indepen- sults for Kabul will be delayed as that the IEC has not its credibility players.