KABUL (PAN): Abdul Wodood Paiman, a member of the Wolesi Jirga, on Monday apologised for accusing 80 percent of lower house members of accepting briberies from ministers.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Monday approved two important articles of the proposed election law concerning the Single Non-Transferable Vote (SNTV) system and ballot counts at voting centres.
KABUL (PAN): Some senators on Sunday criticised recent suggestions by Wolesi Jirga members for holding provincial council (PC) election ahead of the presidential vote.
KABUL (PAN): A majority of Wolesi Jirga (lower house of parliament) members on Saturday agreed to the creation of a commission to evolve a mechanism that could make peace with the armed opposition groups.
KABUL (PAN): The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday warned security was deteriorating across Afghanistan, urging the warring parties to prevent civilian casualties.
KABUL (PAN): Wolesi Jirga members on Wednesday said they would talk to President Karzai and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) over conducting provincial elections ahead of the presidential polls because the service term of two-thirds senators would end in February.
KABUL (PAN): A day after Pakistan announced a dispute over the construction of a security gate along the shared frontier had been resolved, the Meshrano Jirga or upper house of Afghan parliament on Tuesday summoned defence, foreign and interior ministers over the issue.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga Commission on Women's Affairs on Tuesday asked all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to exercise utmost care not to harm civilians in their operations.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Monday rejected a presidential decree that restricted high-ranking officials from travelling abroad without a permission letter received from the Presidential Palace through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KABUL (PAN): A Wolesi Jirga member on Monday revealed 80 lawmakers had received bribes from ministers summoned over under-spending development funds in 2011.
