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.
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.
