KABUL Ayaz Niazi. On Tuesday evening, a heavy explosion shook the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque next to the Green Zone during evening prayers. Two people, including Imam AyazNiazai, were killed and three others wounded. Abdul Zahir Tamim, a lower…
KABUL on Wednesday called the power-sharing deal between President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah as ‘a disgrace’ and violation of the constitution, while others welcomed it. Following months of political wrangling, President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah signed…
KABUL and an opportunity for face to face talks could be provided. Earlier, Afghan government had asked the Taliban to observe ceasefire during the upcoming holy month of Ramazan. The stress over truces comes at a time when the Taliban…
KABUL members on Wednesday said President Ashraf Ghani and former CEO Abdullah Abdullah should be given a 10-day deadline to resolve their differences or the election result be invalidated. After months of delay in announcement of the presidential election result,…
KABUL secretary said Monday. Abdul Qadir Zazai, Wolesi Jirga secretary, talking at the Government’s Media and Information Center (GMIC) here, said that despite their requests, 134 legislators had been refusing to return some military equipment to the parliament. He said…
Following a lengthy debate, the parliament on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the national budget for the current fiscal year. Of the 428 billion afghanis, 289 billion afghanis have been earmarked in general spending. The development budget stands…
KABUL or lower house members on Saturday asked for halt to the appointments in government until the announcement of final election results and demanded investigation of civilians casualties in the Shindand district of western Herat province. The Wolesi Jirga also…
KABUL or lower house of Parliament on Monday approved a legislative decree on the draft child rights protection law but some lawmakers opposed the article three of the law and said the quorum was incomplete for the vote. According to…
KABUL members to pay tribute to Dr. Nakamura, whose photograph was displayed in the lower house. The MPs blamed regional intelligence behind the murder of Dr. Nakamura and demanded the finding of killers. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at the vehicle…
KABUL spkeaer to head the lower house legislation department after once rejecting him earlier. Pajhwok Afghan News has obtained documents that show Shah Wali Bahaduri, general director for government officials’ reception in the Wolesi Jirga which is a fifth-grade job,…
KABUL or lower house members on Wednesday claimed more than 20 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers have been killed due to negligence of their seniors in Jawzjan province. According to a Pajhwok Afghan News report, 25 Afghan soldiers were killed…
KABUL peace talks not to enter a fresh dialogue without public representatives and refrain from any deal that excludes the masses. Peace talks between the US and the Taliban soldiers and some civilians. US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt…
KABUL and interior ministries on Wednesday called for banning cultivation of a herbal plant Bandak in Dari language because of its use in making drugs such as Shesha and K-tablets. Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz and Anti-Narcotics Department head Mohammad Hashim…
KABUL and interior ministries on Wednesday called for banning cultivation of a herbal plant Bandak in Dari language because of its use in making drugs such as Shesha and K-tablets. Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz and Anti-Narcotics Department head Mohammad Hashim…
KABUL members have lashed out at the absence of 80 percent of lawmakers and lack of the agenda. Ramazan Bashardost, an MP from Kabul, excoriated the Administrative Board in Wednesday’s session and claimed the lower house had been without any…
KABUL treasury and budgetary commission said on Sunday, hoping consensus would be reached soon to approve the draft. Earlier, the lower house rejected the mid-year draft budget over unspecified funding sources for the presidential election, allocation of funds for two new…
KABUL members on Saturday say that personal preference are part of the mid-year’s budget draft and until these problems not settled the lawmakers may not approved the draft. Earlier, Wolesi Jirga rejected the mid-year draft budget over unspecified funding sources for…
KABUL members on Saturday called the lower house’s administrative board as “incapable” as today’s session could be not held for lack of agenda. Lawmaker Ramazan Bashardost told reporters that today’s session did not happen because there was no agenda for…
KABUL members about the country’s security situation behind closed doors, but some lawmakers said the session did not deserve to be in-camera. In the wake of growing incidents of violence, the lower house summoned top security officials on Monday to…
KABUL Speaker position. These hopefuls would explain their future plan for five minutes and then there would be voting process. On Monday, controversial ballot paper used in the earlier Wolesi Jirga’s speaker election was declared as ‘invalid’ through voting and now…
KABUL member Ramazan Bashardost has alleged votes were bought and sold in the lower house’s speaker election, an allegation rejected by some lawmakers and sought evidence. On May 16 after the inauguration of the Wolesi Jirga, lawmakers Mir Rahman Rahmani,…
KABUL secretariat has completed prepartions for the administration panel elections of the house tomorrow (Saturday) when final results of Kabul province has not announced so far. Members of the lower house earlier decided to convene the house session on tomorrow…
KABUL). The watchdog also criticised the announcement of final results from four electoral constituencies on the inaugural day of the lower house and said the move had raised multiple questions. The IEC had announced the final results of the October…
KABUL Secretariat said on Thursday based on President Ashraf Ghani’s order the 17th legislative term of the National Assembly would be inaugurated tomorrow (Friday). The Wolesi Jirga elections were held on October 20 nationwide except Ghazni and Kandahar provinces. The…
