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President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday held a consultative meeting with jihadi leaders and political figures, his office said.

Recent developments in the Afghan-led peace process came up for discussion at the meeting, chaired by President Karzai.

A statement from the Presidential Palace said the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Afghanistan and the United States was also dicussed.

Other issues facing the country were also taken up by the participants, whose names were not given.

The Wolesi Jirga -- or lower house of parliament -- on Saturday accepted two suggestions of President Hamid Karzai about a draft election law, but could not take any decision on others proposals due to lack of quorum.

President Hamid Karzai on Thursday described next year’s presidential vote as important for the country’s future, urging all Afghans to actively participate in the elections.

In a radio address to the nation, he said: “Voter registration for the third presidential ballot has got under way. The Afghans will elect a new head of state next year.”

The people would be discharging a key national obligation by exercising their franchise right in April 2014, the president said, asking all adult Afghans to get their voter cards.

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday launched voter registration process for the 2014 presidential and provincial council elections simultaneously in Kabul and provincial capitals across the country.

A total of 4.5 million eligible people would get voter cards, IEC spokesman, Noor Mohammad Noor, told a press conference in Kabul.

President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday appointed senior career diplomat Ershad Ahmadi as deputy minister of foreign affairs for political affairs, replacing Jawed Ludin.

Prior to the latest appointment, Ahmadi served as director-general of 5th Political Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dealing with the Continents of Americas and Australia, the Office of Administrative Affairs said.

KABUL (PAN): An alliance of opposition parties on Tuesday accused President Hamid Karzai of refusing to sign on law on the authority and structure of the Independent Electi

While debating the draft law on elections, the House of People approved another two articles of the law.
Chaired by Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, Speaker of the House of People, Ibrahimi and some deputies talked on the importance of 8th of Saur the victory anniversary of Mujahidd

President Hamid Karzai's political rival Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday called on the nation not to allow the incumbent government to prolong its stay in power by interfering in next year’s presidential election.

You should not allow one or two groups to rule you by misusing your sincere intention to cast ballots

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday said it had adopted a new voter registration plan for presidential and provincial council polls, accepting both old voting cards as well as computerised identity cards. 

IEC Secretary Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhel told a news conference in Kabul that the old voting cards would be acceptable without the panel’s approval. The plan was approved after a series of consultative meetings with stakeholders, including mainstream political parties and civil society organisations.