KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai's overnight interview with a private Pakistani television channel drew a mixed response from Parliamentarians on Sunday.
KABUL (PAN): A number of Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday rejected as irresponsible and baseless a female MP's claim that the reclusive Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, is in Afghanistan and ready for peace talks.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday approved with a majority vote a rule concerning the disaster-management body and amendments to Afghanistan's Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) law.
KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai is expected to refer next week his ministers-designate to the lower house of Parliament for a vote of confidence, the Wolesi Jirga speaker said on Wednesday.
KABUL (PAN): Ousted woman lawmaker Samin Barakzai, who entered the 17th day of hunger strike against her removal from the Wolesi Jirga, is unable to speak, her brother said on Tuesday.
KABUL (PAN): Lawmakers from eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday accused some of their colleagues and former jihadi leaders of having links with illegal armed groups blamed for insecurity and corruption.
KABUL (PAN): Members of Meshrano Jirga, or upper house of Parliament, on Sunday condemned cross-border attacks from Pakistan and Iran, asking the government to respond effectively to such aggression.
KABUL (PAN): A number of Wolesi Jirga members on Saturday condemned police for dismantling the tent where an ousted woman lawmaker observed a 12-day hunger strike.
KABUL (PAN): The Wolesi Jirga on Saturday approved $51 million (about 2,430 million afghanis) for the central bank to help it overcome a financial crisis and $20 million for a railway line project.
KABUL (PAN): Ousted female MP, Samin Barakzai, who has been on hunger strike, has told her colleague to take her away from a hospital as her life was in danger there, a lawmaker said on Friday.
