Lowgar Provincial Council Elections

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Some members of the provincial council accuse the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of allowing a company to illegally extract chromites in the Mohammad Agha district of central Logar province.
Chromite is an iron chromium oxide. It is an oxide mineral belong to spinal group. The two main products of chromite refining are ferrochromium and metallic chromium; for those products the ore smelter process differs considerably. The chromite could be used for making steal, bullets, bullet-proof vehicles and vest coats.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Daesh fighters led by Saad Emarati fled to undisclosed area after finding themselves under immense pressure from the Taliban in central Logar, an official said on Tuesday.
Hasibullah Stanikzi, head of the provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News Emarati -- known for his brutality and involved in killing dozens of innocent people -- had fled the area.
Emarati is a Daesh leader in Logar, where he was living in Khokhi district and was active in Azra, Charkh and Khushi towns, Stanikzai recalled.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The new police chief for central Logar province on Wednesday said he had dismissed and reshuffled several police officials in order to combat corruption and improve security.
Brig. Gen. Mohammad Daud Ahmadi took charge as provincial police chief last month when he pledged bringing drastic reform to the police force for the sake of improved security.
In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Ahmadi said he removed officials who had either shortcomings or had public complaints against them.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Members of provincial council in central Logar province on Monday blamed directorate of education for hiring unprofessional and inefficient persons, which left far-reaching negative impact on the vital sector--- a charge the directorate of education rejected.
Adalat Abdul Rahimzai, deputy head of provincial council, told Pajhwok Afghan News the directorate of education was facing with serious issues which needed immediate attention.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): A number of remand prisoners at the central jail of central Logar province have complained they are being tortured by jail security officials and they face many problems during detention.
The prisoners shared their problems with provincial council members during a meeting on Friday.
One of the prisoners, Abdul Hameed, told Pajhwok Afghan News he had been detained in connection with a crime last month. “I was severely beaten and subjected to harsh treatment when police took me to the jail,” he said.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): The provincial council members of central Logar province on Thursday claimed progress in combating administrative corruption and addressing people’s grievances.
Hasibullah Stanikzai, the council head, told Pajhwok Afghan News the PC members performed their duty well despite problems with local officials.
“Local officials do not properly cooperate with us. But our responsibilities and authorities demand us to stop corruption in departments about which people have complained,” he added.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Some provincial council members on Tuesday claimed drug smugglers paid money to Taliban insurgents for creating insecurity in central Logar province.
The PC head, Hasibullah Stanikzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News insecurity enabled drug smugglers to easily transfer narcotics from one place to another and that was why they paid money to the Taliban.
He said the smugglers used to transfer drugs from eastern Nangarhar province into Charkh and Kharwar districts of Logar on their way to southern Ghazi province and then Iran.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The residents of eastern Nangarhar and Laghman provinces on Thursday demanded the government to bolster security on Kabul-Torkham Highway.
Latest spat of violence in which armed rebels killed three custom contractors and also abducted 13 passengers prompted the residents of the eastern zone to demand the authority to make travelling safe on the vital highway.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Officials in central Logar province on Sunday demanded reinforcements as hundreds of Pakistani and Chechen Taliban were battling with security forces to seize Azra district of the province.
Abdul Wali Wakil, Logar provincial council member, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban controlled the main highways of the district which caused problems for residents.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Members of the provincial council of central Logar have been on strike over the past two weeks to push for the removal of senior officials, including the acting governor.

They warned if the governor, the mayor and the police chief are not removed from their positions, they would continue their strike and keep doors of the provincial council office shut.

Provincial council head Hasibullah Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News they had shut the council’s doors in protest and had stopped working over the past two weeks.