KABUL. Trump’s remarks sparked anger among lawmakers and Muslimyar strongly condemned his statement. Earlier President Ashraf Ghani said that the United States should clarify remarks President Trump made about Afghanistan, including a claim he could easily win the war but…
KABUL or Senate on Sunday delayed its summer recess in order to approve the half year’s budget, including the budget for presidential election. According to Article 107th of Constitution, the Parliament shall hold two regular sessions annually. The term of…
KABUL member under a presidential decree on Tuesday. The presidential order, whose copy has been received by Pajhwok Afghan News, said Gulalai Noor Safi had been administered oath of office and official introduced to members of the upper house. Safi…
KABUL or upper house of the parliament on Sunday demanded the creation of a special unite of security personnel for the protection of forests. Senate Secretary Tayyib Atta told the house deforestation in eastern Kunar province continued unabated and the…
KABUL election results. The upper house members alleged the United Nations Assistant Mission for Afghanistan) Secretariat staff members trying to manipulate the election results. Senator Zalmai Zabuli, while referring to the delay in the elections results announcement, said: “Foreigners from…
KABUL minister over a recent violent clash on the Kabul University campus, in which one student was killed and two others wounded. The Senate decided to summon the higher education minister after some lawmakers said raising ethnic, linguistic and religious…
KABUL for approval. Accompanied by Deputy Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Mohammad Karim Baz, Qayoumi, who is also Chief Advisor on Infrastructure to the president, presented the FY-1398 National Budget to the upper house as required by Article 98 of…
KABUL members on Tuesday said the refusal of top security officials to appear before the Senate amounted to rebellion. The Meshrano Jirga had summoned Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and National Directorate of Security (NDS)…
KABUL) plan for holding the presidential and provincial council elections separately. Abdul Aziz Ibarhimi, deputy IEC spokesman, said the commission has prepared a plan based on which the presidential and Wolesi Jirga elections in Ghazni province would hold together. Based…
KABUL or lower house of the parliament on Tuesday criticised the security forces night raids and differences between the Independent Election Commission and demanded the arrest of Commander Hakim Shujai. The upper house also condemned the latest comments of former…
KABUL becoming second Syria. The lawmakers also warned the government against growing confrontation between Russian and the US which would badly affect the situation in Afghanistan. Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai said that confrontation between the US and…
KABUL or Senate about the country’s security situation and called the Bilateral Security Agreement (BAS) with the US as a necessity. Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and spymaster Masoum Stanekzai appeared before the senators at…
KABUL or Senate about the country’s security situation and called the Bilateral Security Agreement (BAS) with the US as a necessity. Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak and spymaster Masoum Stanekzai appeared before the senators at…
KABUL or Senate on Sunday hailed possible use of the biometric system in the upcoming elections and urged the online use of the technology to thwart rigging. Earlier, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has said 70 percent work on the…
KABUL or Senate on Sunday hailed possible use of the biometric system in the upcoming elections and urged the online use of the technology to thwart rigging. Earlier, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has said 70 percent work on the…
KABUL’s announcement to grant citizenship to Afghan and Bengali refugees born in that country. Prime Minister Imran Khan during his first visit to Karachi on Sunday indicated passports would be given not only to children who were born and brought…
Senate Chairman Fazal Hadi Muslimyar on Tuesday demanded an end to ongoing protests in north and northeast provinces, saying the situation has created problems for common people and business community. Junbish party supporters have been protesting over the…
KABUL on the Afghan conflict as an unprecedented move. The lawmakers also denounced Monday’s suicide attack on the religious scholars an act against Islamic teachings and humanity. More than 2,000 Afghan clerics on Monday highlighted their stance on the ongoing…
KABUL talks on peace, but others held a negative view and termed the recent high-level contacts “a futile exercise.” Lawmaker Nader Baloch said the Afghan security delegation traveled to Pakistan at a time when Afghanistan was under immense political pressure…
KABUL) to extend the voter registration deadline in districts. Recently Taliban militants attacked Jaghatu, Deh Yak and Qarabagh districts, killing 12 policemen including a unit commander. The Taliban insurgents claimed taking control of Deh Yak district, but security forces rejected…
KABUL council to condemn it strongly. Two days back, the Taliban announced the launch of their spring offensive codenamed Al Khandaq. The movement’s military commission has planned the annual operations, a Taliban statement said on Wednesday. The rebels have so far…
KABUL members on Sunday threw their weight behind an ongoing movement for peace in southern Helmand province. A number of youth, including women, have erected tents over the past eight days in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, to demand peace after…
KABUL or Senate on Tuesday discussed the country’s security situation and decided to summon top security officials next week. Senator Gul Ahmad Azami criticized the deteriorated security situation in western Farah province and the fall of Anar Dara district to…
KABUL in line with the documents and evidence provided by the Afghan government.’ The call from upper house members comes a day after a full-member UNSC team returned from a three-day visit to Kabul. During its visit, the UN team…
