Former NSA Spanta backs call for convening Loya Jirga

Former National Security Advisor in the last government, Rangeen Dadfar Spanta has backed call for convening Loya Jirga, a traditional grand assembly of elders.

Speaking at an event in Kabul on Sunday, Spanta said that the country is an “emergency” situation and it needs urgent solution to resolve the existing crisis, adding that the only possible way in regard is to form a national grand assembly.

The call for convening Loya Jirga was first suggested by Former President Hamid Karzai last month, when he criticized the U.S. President Trump’s Afghanistan strategy and asserted that it does not bring “a message of peace” but instead increases war and fuels regional rivalries over his war-torn country.

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New Party Launched As Elections Draw Closer

A new political party by the name of Mehwar-e-Mardum-e-Afghanistan was officially launched on Sunday in Kabul.

Leaders of the new party addressed a crowd of supporters and said the National Unity Government (NUG) was not able to manage political, security, economic or other affairs of national importance.

The new party was formed by a number of political figures who have in the past worked for government.

Around 100 individuals – including Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Rangin Dadfar Spanta, the former adviser to the national security council – are included in the leadership of the new party.

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