KABUL or lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved the mid-year budget.
Earlier, the Wolesi Jirga had rejected the mid-year draft budget over unspecified funding sources for the presidential election, allocation of funds for two new entities and reduction in budget for 154 development projects.
In the beginning of the fiscal year, 399 billion afghanis were set aside as general and development expenses in the budget plan but an increase of 24.9 million . . .
