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Government delay presidential inauguration on US request...

By: Javed Hamim Kakar , Date:25/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United States (US) has thanked the Afghan government for agreeing to postpone the presidential inauguration, a statement from the US State Department said on Tuesday. “We urge all parties... Read More

For sake of peace, Gilani urges end to Ghani-Abdullah rift...

By: Behishta Arghand , Date:25/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (NIFA) leader Pir Hamid Gilani on Tuesday stressed solution to the dispute between the government leaders and warned political problems would con... Read More

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Ghani’s oath-taking is illegal and hasty: Experts

By: Azizullah Hamdard , Date:25/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): Political affairs experts say President Ashraf Ghani’s oath taking event goes against the country’s laws and is ‘a hasty decision.’ The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on February 18 ann... Read More

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KABUL (PAN): Minister-Designate of Foreign Affairs Dr. Zalmay Rasul Saturday won a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, or the Lower House of Parliament. Of the 224 members attending today's session, 132 endorsed Rasul for the key slot cabinet while 82 voted against him. Nine votes were declared invalid.

KABUL (PAN): President Hamid Karzai, miffed at the rejection of most of his second cabinet slate, has said the Wolesi Jirga's decision is consistent with Afghanistan's Constitution.

KABUL (PAN): Minister-Designate of Foreign Affairs Dr. Zalmay Rasul and six other cabinet nominees won a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, or the Lower House of Parliament, on Saturday.

KABUL (PAN): Analysts said on Saturday the Wolesi Jirga's rejection of 10 cabinet members nominated by President Hamid Karzai was a huge challenge for his administration.

KABUL (PAN): Given below is the biography of Minister-designate of Commerce and Industry Muhammad Zubair Waheed, who was chosen for the slot following Muhammad Hadi Hakimi's refusal to join the cabinet:

KABUL (PAN): A former Afghan president illegally ordered the sale of a state-run Ariana Airline aircraft, bought for 30 million US dollars from Russia in 1980, to Iran's Caspian Company at a throwaway price of $450,000.

KABUL (PAN): The public works minister-designate Tuesday briefed the Lower House of Parliament on his plans and pledged to construct roads in areas currently inaccessible.

KABUL (PAN): A number civil society and women right activists Tuesday asked members of Wolesi Jirga to vote in favour of the three women ministers-designate introduced to the house for approval.

KABUL (PAN): The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has completed all its investigations and rendered decisions on poll-related complaints received before, during, and after Election Day.

KABUL (PAN): The minister-designate of refugee affairs has assured he will ensure visas for all Afghans living illegally in other countries and jobs for returnees.