A number of protesters on Saturday blocked the way leading to parliament house, demanding the release of 31 passengers kidnapped two months back from Kabul-Kandahar Highway by armed gunmen. However, lawmakers entered the house from another gate and…
KABUL’s affairs and transport and civil aviation explained their future plans on Wednesday to lower house members. The four were among 16 cabinet nominees President Ashraf Ghani had recently introduced to the parliament for a vote of confidence. Explaining his…
KABUL (WJ) or lower house of parliament on Monday. The nominees who presented their plans included minister-designate for commerce and industries, energy and water, communication and information technology, agriculture and livestock and economy portfolio. Abdul Sattar Murad, a cabinet pick…
KABUL secretary said on Monday. Abdul Rauf Inami told Pajhwok Afghan News they had vetted documents of all the 16 newly-introduced cabinet nominees. He said the documents of all, except Jehani, were acceptable to the national assembly until his American…
Three women ministers-designate presented their plans and strategies to the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or lower house of parliament on Wednesday. The nominees included Dr. Nasrin Oriakhel minister-designate for Social Affairs, Martyrs and the Disabled, Farida Momand for Higher…
KABUL and hiring talents on government positions. The nominees who presented their plans included Abdul Basir Anwar, minister-designate for justice, Syed Sadat Nadari for urban development and Gulab Mangal, cabinet pick for borders and tribal affairs portfolio. Mangal said terrorism,…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Monday said the newly-appointed ministers were empowered to hire new staff if required. Earlier, President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree, saying no acting minister or governor had the authority to hire…
KABUL (WJ) today (Wednesday) for a vote of confidence, an official said. Wolesi Jirga Secretary Abdul Raouf Inaami told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry would share the particulars of the cabinet nominees with the Wolesi Jirga for…
KABUL (lower house) on Monday for a vote of confidence. Humayun Zia, Abdul Bari Jehani and Asadullah Zamir have been named respectively as ministers-designate of commerce and industry, information and culture and agriculture. Gulab Mangal had been nominated as minister-designate…
The minister-designate of refugees and repatriation on Sunday pledged to introduce reforms in the relevant law, create jobs and pave the way for their participation in parliamentary elections. President Ghani has introduced 24 cabinet nominees and heads of…
The nomination of cabinet members is almost complete and the nominees would be introduced to parliament for approval within days, an aide to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah said on Tuesday. Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the…
The unity government’s failure to honour its promises has led to the criticism of its leadership, political analysts said on Sunday. Introduction of cabinet within 45 days was the government’s main promise, which President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has…
KABUL organizations on Sunday warned to stage series of protests if the government failed to form cabinet without further delay. The civil society representatives in a gathering demanded the disintegration of incumbent cabinet in order to end ongoing corruption and…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Residents have been illegally mining coalfields in northern Samangan province, officials said on Thursday. In Dara-i-Sauf Payan district, a coalmine in Gola area is illegally dug up by local residents, the district chief, Humayun, told Pajhwok Afghan News.…
KABUL): The Council of Ministers on Monday ordered the drafting of a new law on population census, the Office of the Administrative Affairs said. Ministers of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs were tasked with preparing the draft and sending it to…
KABUL): A Cabinet meeting, chaired by President Hamid Karzai, on Monday discussed in detail a revised draft law on mines and petroleum, calling the law crucial to the country's economic development. Presented by the ministries of justice and mines, the…
KABUL procedure regarding the re-introduction of rejected Cabinet nominees. The relaxation will benefit several ministers-designate. The changes come days after President Hamid Karzai named seven Cabinet picks who were rejected by lawmakers during the previous term of Parliament. In the…
KABUL (lower house of Parliament) members on Thursday refused to vote for the ministers-designate they had already rejected until the assembly’s internal procedure code was amended. But other lawmakers and legal experts said parliamentarians could cast votes for the candidates…
KABUL, the lower house of Parliament, for trust vote on Wednesday, an official said. Wolesi Jirga Deputy Secretary Mohammad Farhad Azimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the list of ministers-designate had been received by the house secretariat through the Ministry of…
KABUL's political office in Qatar, saying Turkey or Saudi Arabia remained his government's preferred places for such a liaison point In an interview with Turkish journalists at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Karzai said they had already declared Saudi Arabia…
KABUL): President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said civil service would improve as a result of the reforms initiated under the Management Capacity Programme (MCP). At a meeting with civil service experts, Karzai identified job security for civil servants as the…
ZARANJ (PAN): Residents of other provinces complained regarding the performance of provincial councils in their respective areas but people of south western Nimroz province are satisfied with performance of the council there. Solving their common problems and tribal conflicts with…
KABUL. "The removal of the three committed Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC)'s commissioners will spark worries around the world about Afghanistan's stance on human rights," the party's spokesman, Hamidullah Farooqi, told a gathering in Kabul. On Friday, the president's…
KABUL Bank, central bank, on Sunday asked private banks not to open new accounts for customers under Islamic banking until a draft law in this regard was approved. Of 17 banks, including three state-run, nine banks, including two state-run, are…
