Provincial Council Elections

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Helmand provincial council members and civil society activists on Saturday alleged high government officials were involved in abductions and preventing police from arresting kidnappers.
Farhad Dawari, head of civil society coordination body, told a press conference security forces had arrested several kidnappers in the recent past but some government officials got them freed.

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): The Badakhshan provincial council chairman on Saturday said a base of the Afghan security forces in Warduj district remained under Taliban’s siege, but the Ministry of Interior denied the claims.
The base, which daily comes under insurgent attacks, is located in Tirgran area, around five kilometers from the district centre, Abdullah Naji told Pajhwok Afghan News.

Hundreds of security forces besieged by Taliban in Warduj

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Helmand provincial council members see personal benefits and negligence of local officials as main hurdles to executing reconstructions projects, an allegation rejected by the authorities as groundless.
Mohammad Karim Atal, head of the council, told Pajhwok Afghan News reconstruction projects in the province had been completely frozen due to the dismal performance of officials of unity government and negligence of local authorities.

Fewer reconstruction projects executed in Helmand

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): The governor of northern Kunduz province on Wednesday accused the provincial council chief of embezzling six million afghanis, an allegation the council head rejected as baseless.
Speaking to journalists, Governor Mohammad Omar Safi said the money had been allocated by the Department for Disaster Preparedness for rehabilitation of calamity-hit residents of Imam Sahib district.
“The provincial council head has pocketed six million afghanis and there is no clue where the money has gone,” he claimed.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): The residents of Charikar, the provincial capital, and some districts of central Parwan province complain about increasing insecurity and activities of illegal armed men.
Abdul Qahar Majeedi, a resident of Syagard district, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants had intensified their activities in parts of the town and the nearby Shinwari district.
He said security forces lacked a strategy to counter activities of rebels who were becoming strong with each passing day.

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Women have the ability to stop their male family members from going to the war if their awareness is increased, peace negotiators in southern Kandahar province believe.
Jamila Yousafi, the provincial peace committee secretary, told this to a gathering of women coming from Kandahar City, the provincial capital, and districts a day earlier.

PARAKH (Pajhwok): Some residents of central Panjshir province say despite initial optimism the provincial council has failed to deliver on promises and render satisfactory services.
The result from the April 5 provincial council elections was announced after a seven-month delay due to the deadlocked presidential vote.
Based on the results, Maulvi Syed Yahya Anabi, Mullah Mohammad Faizi, Wahidullah Dajhkohi, Najibullah Yaqubi, Azmuddin Mirzaee, Abdul Samad Sultani, Qalandar Khan Bahaduri, Rahela Ataee, and Wida Saeedi won seats on the Panjshir council.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Syed Nqibullah Hashmi, member of Kabul provincial councils, has said the council has resolved 150 public disputes since it has started work officially.
In his exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Hashmi said that six different committees had been formed soon after the commencement of the house to help resolve issues of residents of Kabul.
Eight committees had been tasked to listen to complaints of people, resolve ethnic and tribal disputes, look after the affairs of districts, schools and developments, he remarked.