JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A powerful lawmaker in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday rejected rumours that some parliamentarians had taken security affairs into their own hands.
The speculation heightened after some lawmakers from Nangarhar province, expressing their concern over the increasing Islamic State threat in the Shinwari zone, announced to join the frontline with the masses.
But jihadi leader and member of the Wolesi Jirga, Haji Hazrat Ali, told a gathering of tribal elders in Dara Noor district that they were supportive of government forces and would cooperate . . .
