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25,000 govt posts lying vacant, Wolesi Jirga told

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KABUL or lower house of parliament on Wednesday said some 50,000 government posts were lying vacant while most of the Afghan youth were jobless, but government officials put the number of vacant posts at only 25,000.

The Wolesi Jirga summoned Labor and Social Affairs Minister Nasrin Oryakhil and Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) head Ahmad Massod Tokhi to brief the house about vacant government posts and what the government was doing to overcome joblessness in the country.

A number of lawmakers . . .

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