KABUL (lower house) members on Wednesday expressed concern over the attachment of a sticker to paper identity cards of those registering to vote. The lawmakers were of the view that the sticker attachment had slowed down the voter registration process…
KABUL members on Wednesday said corruption in supply system of logistic materials to security forces had been behind the collapse of security posts. Mohammad Arif Rahmani, a lower house member from southern Ghazni province said: “Logistics should reach security forces…
KABUL Afghanistan (HIA) for what they alleged fueling ethnic strife, have said they would soon announce a new national political alliance. The Wolesi Jirga members, including first deputy speaker Humayun Humayun, told a gathering of hundreds of people from southeastern…
KABUL members have cited insecurity and conflict as among biggest obstacles to the conduct of upcoming parliamentary elections in a survey released on Monday. One-third members of the lower house representing 29 provinces (75 percent of them women (FEFA) between…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show nearly 50 percent of Parliament members did not visit their provinces this winter recess and a majority of them cited security reasons. Administrative boards of both houses of the parliament direct MPs to…
KABUL members, demanding a thorough probe into Thursday’s bombing in Kabul, on Saturday called the suicide attack “as questionable.” At least 13 policemen were killed and another 16 wounded in the suicide attack in Banayi locality in the limits of…
KABUL -- the lower house of parliament -- on Saturday said practical work on the approval of Foreign Policy Principles (FPP) was ongoing. Some lawmakers criticised the slow-paced work on the foreign policy principles submitted to the house by the…
KABUL members on Saturday said many polling stations have been specified in areas which are out of government’s writ, saying the act was aimed at ‘engineering elections’. Based on a recent report, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has assessed and…
KABUL’s national interests. According to reports, 2nd Deputy CEO Mohaqiq praised Gen. Qasim Sulaiman -- a leader of Lashkar-i-Fatimyun in Syria -- and Afghans fighting in that country at a meeting in Tehran. Sulaiman is one of the founders of…
The acting minister of communications and information technology on Thursday said he had to spend most of his time meeting parliament members seeking jobs for their relatives and constituents. Eng. Ahmad Shah Sadat wrote on his official Facebook…
KABUL leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar and called on other insurgent groups to reconcile with the government. Mesharano Jirga to renounce violence and join the reconciliation process. The current conflict is an intelligence warfare and you should stand by Afghan forces in…
KABUL members on Wednesday lashed out at Ahmad Zia Massoud over warning the government of dire consequences. Massoud was a couple of days ago dismissed by the president as his special representative for reform and good governance for what the…
KABUL’s internal matters. Muslimyar expressed concern over growing relations between Taliban and Russia and said: “The Afghan government’s silence in this regard is disappointing and Kabul’s friendly countries should play their role in this regard.” He said helping the enemy…
KABUL or upper house of parliament on Tuesday welcomed disclosing the names of power defaulters and asked the debtors to pay off their arrears soon. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) officials on Monday said several government departments owed 600 million…
KABUL members on Monday expressed concern over increasing insecurity in some provinces and asked the government leaders to devise a war strategy that could meet current needs. Fatima Aziz, a lawmaker from Kunduz province, expressing concern over the security…
KABUL members on Wednesday said the most important task for the government was to improve the security situation, calling for an end the culture of acting officials. The lower house last year approved the law on acting officials, barring officials…
Lawmakers and tribal elders from eastern provinces on Thursday asked the government to take measures needed to improve security and prevent activities of militant groups, particularly of the Islamic State, in their provinces. Wolesi Jirga Shahzada Shahid and Saleh Mohammad…
KABUL members on Monday alleged that corruption was being committed in the issuance of passports, but the department concerned spurned the allegation. “There is widespread corruption in the issuance of passports,” a lawmaker from central Dikundi province, Nasratullah Sadiqi Nilizada,…
KABUL members on Saturday criticised the government over appointing a delegation to investigate lawmaker Haji Zahir Qadir’s allegations, saying the issue should be probed by a joint delegation of the three pillars of the state. On November 23, Zahir Qadir,…
KABUL members from western Herat province on Monday said talented and professional Herati security officials had been ignored in recent promotions to key posts. The lawmakers accused the government of discrimination in its recruitment drive and warned that Heratis serving…
KABUL in the province, urging the president to personally take notice of the incident. Ghazni officials say four civilians including two women, a child and a driver were abducted in Rasana locality of Gilan district by unknown gunmen some three…
KABUL’s body mount pressure on Islamabad to stop interfering in Kabul’s affairs. At the head of a delegation, Abdullah will represent Afghanistan at the annual UN general assembly meeting commencing on Sept 25. The UN meeting will evaluate the world’s…
The signing of an agreement with militantsin northern Baghlanprovince means giving them more value and importance, Wolesi Jirga members said on Saturday. The MPs decided to summon the minister of border and tribal affairs after Eid. Under a…
