Press TV April 15, 2018 Afghanistan has begun registering voters for the long-delayed legislative elections that are scheduled for October. According to Abdul Badie Sayad, chairman of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), authorities will register as many as 14 million adults at more than 7,000 registration centers across the war-torn country over the next two months. Highlighting
Tolo News: MPs in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) lashed out at government on Wednesday over Monday’s airstrike in Dasht-e-Archi in Kunduz that reportedly killed dozens of civilians. This came after the ministry of defense claimed it had targeted a Taliban gathering but residents and Taliban rejected the claims, saying the air force
April 1, 2018 RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan Afghanistan’s election authorities have set October 20 as the date for long-delayed legislative and district council elections. Abdul Badi Sayad, chief of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), said on April 1 that the commission was confident the vote could go ahead despite the difficulties in areas controlled by
Khaama Press: Humayoun Humayoun managed to secure the most votes from the lawmakers during the voting process and was elected as the first deputy house speaker. Click here to read more (external link). Related Humayoun warned government against meddling in parliamentary affairs
Tolo News: Wolesi Jirga speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Wednesday said that lawmakers will no longer consult government institutions to help resolve the issues of their constituents, adding that they will address the issues with the help of the authorities which have been assigned to them in accordance with the constitution. Meanwhile MPs claimed that the president
1TV: Afghan Energy and Water Minister Ali Ahmad Osmani survived an impeachment vote in parliament on Monday. “You illegally have 120 advisers and all the people you have appointed recently are your relatives,” Jafar Mahdawi, a lawmaker, told the minister at the Lower House. MP Kamal Nasir Osoli accused the minister of corruption. Click here to
Tolo News: Lawmakers in the parliament on Monday approved 11 out of 12 cabinet ministers and rejected the appointment of, Nagis Nehan, the female nominee for the Ministry of Mines. MPs approved Tariq Shah Bahrami as the Minister of Defence and Wais Ahmad Barack as the Minister of the Interior. In addition, parliament confirmed the following new
1TV: The list of minister-designates introduced to the parliament are: Tariq Shah Bahrami for defense minister Wais Barmak for interior minister Mohammad Shafiq Gul Agha Sherzai for frontiers and tribal affairs minister Yama Yari for public works minister Mustafa Mastoor economy minister Najibullah Khwaja Omari for higher education minister Nargis Nehan for mines and petroleum minister
Tolo News: Some legislators accused President Ashraf Ghani and his officials of being the center of corruption. Some MPs in the Wolesi Jirga – Lower House of Parliament – on Saturday accused President Ashraf Ghani and “the people around him” of being deeply involved in corruption, saying that the Presidential Palace has changed into a “center
Khaama Press: The lawmakers in the Lower House of the Parliament, Wolesi Jirga, reacted at the remarks of the US embassy Charge d’Affaires regarding the controversial case of the first vice president General Abdul Rashid Dostum and former Jawzjan governor Ahmad Khan Ishchi. A member of the parliament, Nasrullah Sadiqizada, said the case has nothing to