KABUL (PAN): Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal on Monday revealed the names of the lawmakers he had earlier accused of smuggling and making illegal demands on the government.
KABUL (PAN): Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Wednesday adjourned the Wolesi Jirga's session amid blows traded between two members over the issue of summoning Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhelwal.
KABUL (PAN): The justice minister on Sunday told a parliamentary panel though running away from home was not a crime, yet girls arrested in elopement cases constituted 70 percent of female prisoners in the country.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga or lower house of Parliament on Saturday approved the US-Afghan strategic partnership agreement by an overwhelming majority.
KABUL (PAN): Up to 18900 destitute families would be involved in a food coupon system for about six months in the capital Kabul, officials said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): A strategic cooperation agreement with the United States will be signed only when the Afghan government's conditions are met, the national security advisor said on Saturday.
