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Pajhwok
By Abasin Zaheer
KABUL - Three days ahead of the presidential elections, former interior minister Ali Ahmad Jalali, along with his supporters, has lent his weight to President Hamid Karzai.
Speaking on behalf of Jalali, his brother Abdul Salam Jalali told a gathering in Kabul on Monday they had held a meeting with Karzai and after studying his manifesto, decided to support him.
"Due to the multiplicity of candidates in the presidential race, Ali Ahmad Jalali did not jump into the fray," his brother added.
He claimed millions of people supported the ex-interior minister's policies and hailed his decision to back the incumbent president. "Karzai's polices are workable and that is why we back him," argued Abdul Salam Jalali. |
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Pajhwok
KABUL - Hours before the electioneering ended, Hedayat Amin Arsala Monday pulled out of the battle for presidency in support of President Hamid Karzai.
The Presidential Palace said the ex-finance minister had a meeting with President Karzai this evening before announcing his withdrawal from the contest, slated for Thursday.
Arsala urged his supporters to vote for the incumbent president in the election featuring more than 30 candidates.
On the occasion, Karzai thanked his former minister and hoped his decision would a go a long way in promoting Afghanistan's reconstruction and development.
"In an attempt to bring stability and progress to the war-devastated country, I decided to contest the polls. But after noting that our objectives are the same, I opted for retiring in favour of President Karzai," Arsala remarked.
Earlier in the day, four contenders pulled out of the race and put their weight behind President Hamid Karzai. The candidates including Hakim Torsan, Muhammad Yasin Safi, Dr. Muhammad Naseer Anis and Shah Mahmood Popal announced their support to Karzai hours before the election campaign ended at midnight.
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[Presenter, in Dari] Hello dear viewers of the National Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA) and esteemed audience of Radio Liberty.
The National Radio Television is proud of organizing a live televised debate by some presidential candidates of 29 Asad 1388 [20 August] in cooperation with the Radio Liberty in the National Radio Television hall. It will shortly air the debate live.
Dr Akbar Ayazi, head of the Radio Liberty, is hosting the current programme and he and the guests are present in the hall.
We request him to commence the programme.
[The presenter talking to Ayazi on the phone]
Mr Ayazi can you hear me? The National Radio Television studio is ready for the programme.
[The TV shows the NRT hall and Ayazi is laughing]
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Asia Times
By M K Bhadrakumar
The Taliban's activities are hogging the headlines, as they spill over to the northern and western provinces of Afghanistan. The murder of the police chief of Dasht-e-Archi district in the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday following the Taliban overrunning the district and storming his headquarters in the town center comes as an eye-opener. Sizeable numbers of "foreign fighters" have moved northward with the intent of reaching the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan.
The alienation of the Pashtun settlements in the north, the split between the Uzbekis and the Tajiks in the Amu Darya region and the steady fragmentation of Rashid Dostum's Jumbish are factors that help the Taliban. All in all, therefore, the presidential election in Afghanistan on August 20 has assumed immense significance for the geopolitics of the region.
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