1   | It is time for Karzai to step down submited by jack14 in World |
It is time for President Hamid Karzai to bow out gracefully, even if he is declared as the winner of last month’s election. His regime is tainted by allegations of corruption, maladministration and electoral fraud to the extent that he is no longer capable of leading Afghanistan for another term with an acceptable degree of legitimacy.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/02/presi...
Facebook banned in Afghanistan
The Communications Ministry has been discussing with telecommunication service providers in Kabul to launch filtering systems for controlling the Internet. Authorities say the restriction is aimed at banning contents violating the “Islamic culture” and “Afghan traditions”.
Deutscher Außenminister Westerwelle warnt vor überhasteten Abzug aus Afghanistan
Nach dem Tod dreier Bundeswehrsoldaten bei Gefechten in Afghanistan diskutiert man in Deutschland wieder verstärkt den Bundeswehreinsatz. In diesem Zusammenhang warnt der deutsche Außenminister Guido Westerwelle davor, den ursprünglichen Abzugsplan in Frage zu stellen.
BlackBerry lands in Afghanistan
AWCC is proud to announce the launch of the BlackBerry solution in Afghanistan. Afghan Wireless, the country’s leading mobile service provider has teamed up with Research In Motion (RIM) to offer their state of the art BlackBerry’ Enterprise Service to Afghan wireless customers.
ATN Awards Show Coming to Hamburg, Germany
The 3rd Annual Ariana Television Network Awards celebrating Afghan music and performance worldwide was held on Saturday, November 29, 2008 for the 1st time in theUSA, bringing together nearly fifty Afghan artists from around the world, many of whom have been separated for years by war.
Election Commission Orders Recounts in Afghan Vote
Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission says it has found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud” in last month’s presidential vote, and has ordered a recount of questionable ballots.
Election commission postpones partial vote results
Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission has postponed the release of the latest partial results until this Sunday or Monday because of “technical problems”, while a leading candidate to the presidency denounced widespread vote fraud.
