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Wolesi Jirga fails to elect administrative board

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KABUL members vying for first, second deputy speaker and secretary and deputy secretary slots fell short of the required threshed in the lower house administrative board elections on Sunday.

President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday inaugurated the parliament after it 45-day winter recess.

At today’s session, 237 lawmakers were present and 11 lawmakers were nominated themselves for the four positions of the administrative board and each candidate was required 119 votes.

Mirza Mohammad Katawazai, Ahmad Selab, Khalid Momand, and Fuzia Nasiryar ran for . . .

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