Showing posts with label Abdullah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abdullah. Show all posts

Friday, October 3, 2014

National Unity Government (NUG) Agreement

The two Afghan presidential candidates signed an agreement (20 September 2014) outlining how the National Unity Government (NUG) will be formed. The actual text of the agreement (in English) is available on the website of the Wall Street Journal. You can read the 4-page document (Adobe Acrobat PDF) at the link below.
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/afghanagreement.pdf

Monday, September 29, 2014

Abdullah Confirms He Will Join Government

The international community (as well as all of Afghanistan) is carefully watching the actions and listening to the words of Abdullah Abdullah to see how he will approach his role in the new "unity government". He has the power to ensure that a cooperative working relationship exists between President Ghani and he but also to cause the government to slip into a quagmire. Read more in "Afghan Runner-Up, in Tone of Compromise, Confirms He Will Join Government", The New york Times, September 25, 2014.