KABUL earned $170 million from poppy cultivation and minerals’ excavation last year in southern Helmand province alone, the first deputy speaker said.
The Wolesi Jirga held off-camera session with high-ranking security officials about reasons behind the growing insecurity in much of the country.
National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar, spymaster Rahmatllah Nabil, Interior Minister Noorul Haq Ulumi and acting Defence Minister Inayatullah Nazari attended the session to brief lawmakers about the current security situation and . . .
