KABUL (PAN): Wolesi Jirga, lower house of Parliament, members on Monday accused the hajj and Islamic affairs minister of failing to do his job well and summoned him to answer lawmakers' questions regarding his performance.
KABUL (PAN): Members of Wolesi Jirga's Defence Commission on Sunday said the second phase of security transfer should focus on insecure provinces, believing public support was vital to making the project a success.
KABUL (PAN): Parliamentarians on Saturday renewed their call for an investigation into a 2007 suicide attack that killed a number of their colleagues in northeastern Baghlan province.
KABUL (PAN): Thirteen International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops were among 18 people killed in a car suicide bombing in Afghanistan's heavily fortified capital Kabul on Saturday, officials said.
KABUL (PAN): Coming under harsh criticism from Wolesi Jirga members, Hajj and Islamic Affairs Minister Mohammad Yusuf Niazi on Wednesday said some circles were out to defame him.
KABUL (PAN): Dozens of people protested on Wednesday against a public representative from Kabul in the Wolesi Jirga, lower house of Parliament, for grabbing their land in the Bagrami district.
KABUL (PAN): A hundred Wolesi Jirga members have filled out forms for participation in the proposed traditional Loya Jirga on an Afghan-US strategic cooperation pact, but others said they would not take part in the event.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of Parliament, on Monday rejected an agreement on technical and military cooperation between the Afghan government and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).
KABUL (PAN): Wolesi Jirga members on Sunday strongly criticised the entry of foreign journalists to the national assembly, saying their presence posed a serious threat to their security.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai's overnight interview with a private Pakistani television channel drew a mixed response from Parliamentarians on Sunday.
