Quorum in the Wolesi Jirga was complete only once in the past one month while over 67 lawmakers were absent on Wednesday. According to the internal principles of the lower house, the presence of 126 members out of…
The Wolesi Jirga speaker on Monday said a Pakistani parliamentary delegation was scheduled to visit Kabul in near future to discuss peace, trade relations and other issues. Mir RahmanRahmani told today’s session of the lower house that he…
Two new Wolesi Jirga, lower house of parliament, members from southern Kandahar and central Logar provinces were sworn in on Wednesday. Following resignations by Roohullah Khanzada from Kandahar and Khalild Momand from Logar, the two leading candidates --…
Wolesi Jirga’s Finance and Budget Commission head Mir Afghan Sapi on Thursday said lawmakers were not against the National Food Program (NFP) but they were against the way it was being implemented. Addressing today’s session of the lower…
Amid differences between Vice President Amrullah Saleh and lawmakers, National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib has met parliament speakers. In his remarks to the Geneva Conference last week, Amrullah Saleh accused some members of parliament of involvement in…
KABUL insurgents. The lower house members stressed the US-Taliban peace deal should be in the interest of Afghanistan and its people. Following seven rounds of talks between the US and Taliban representatives in the Qatari capital of Doha during the…
KABUL -- lower house of parliament -- have been injured by a number of lawmakers, a well-placed source claimed on Monday. Rahimullah Ghalib, acting deputy secretary, told Pajhwok Afghan News the first general session was not to be held today…
KABUL speaker election on Saturday rejected the voting result and warned if a second round was not conducted, they would close the lower house gates On Thursday, Mir Rahman Rahmani, a lawmaker from Parwan province, Mirwais Yasini, a lawmaker from…
Lawmakers-elect from Kabul and Paktia provinces were administered oath at the Presidential Palace in the presence of President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, second vice-president Mohammad Sarwar Danish and a number of…
KABUL. In an interview on Monday, he said: “We need to put partisan politics aside and support the president’s goal of withdrawing troops.” Speaking exclusively to Breitbart News, he recalled: “I was for striking Afghanistan when we were hit in…
KABUL administrative panels, all other plates associated with the parliament are fake, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Tuesday. Without going into details, MoI deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said so far a number of individuals who used vehicles with…
KABUL. Lawmakers expressed concern at time when effort for peace talks had been accelerates. US Special Envoy for Afghan Reconciliation Process Zalmay Khalilzad had recently held a meeting with the Taliban in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the Taliban…
KABUL of being behind an attack that killed two top security officials in southern Kandahar province earlier this month, asking Kabul to cut off diplomatic ties with Islamabad. Kandahar Police Chief Gen. Abdul Raziq and National Directorate of Security head…
KABUL members on Monday accused the government of meddling in the electoral affairs, something that could lead to the country’s disintegration, but other lawmakers rejected the allegation. First deputy speaker of the lower house, Humayon Humayon, demanded free and fair…
KABUL or lower house members from southern Ghazni province on Wednesday warned the province would collapse into the hands of insurgents if the government did not drive them away. The MPs in a protest meeting in capital Kabul asked the…
KABUL and being Afghan should be awarded punishment of traitor. The uppers house in today’s debate demanded investigation into individuals who stood against the Afghan nationality and the name of Afghanistan. Earlier, Wolesi Jirga Member Abdul Latif Pedram, said he…
KABUL or lower house of Parliament on Monday strongly condemned a twin suicide bomb attack on journalists in capital Kabul as “unforgivable”, asking the government to prevent further bloodshed in the country. At least 21 people, including nine journalists and…
KABUL members on Wednesday said they visited government departments during recruitment process in order to prevent injustices not to get hired their own people. Their reaction came a day after President Ashraf Ghani addressing freshly graduated police cadets at Kabul Police…
KABUL, blaming the situation on government’s failure to suppress the outfit. Haji Hazrat Ali, a Wolesi Jirga member from eastern Nangarhar province, told today’s session of the lower house that moneychangers, traders and doctors were on strike in the province…
KABUL members on Tuesday said changing and replacing government officials was part of governance but others said the Balkh governor should be treated under the national unity government agreement. President Ashraf Ghani approved the resignation of Atta Mohammad Noor, the…
KABUL or lower house members on Wednesday said not allowing the plane carrying first vice-president Gen. Abdur Rashid Dostum to land was ‘an insult’ to the VP, adding those behind the scenes should be identified. A day earlier reports said…
