Chief of Staff of the Office of Political Deputy Prime Minister, recently met with a former member of the Wolesi Jirga from the previous administration.

The Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) said on Monday that the legislative body will summon five ministers next week over failure to spend their development budgets.

Some members of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Saturday said that a sharp rise in civilian casualties in military operations and airstrikes of Afghan and foreign forces is “shocking”. 

The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) announced the initial parliamentary election results for northern Parwan province of Afghanistan.

A number of Wolesi Jirga candidates from the Kuchi (nomads) tribe on Wednesday claimed the elections in their electoral zone were rigged and warned to boycott future polls if their claims were not investigated and addressed.

Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan on Monday welcomed decision of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) for integrating biometric voting into the October vote and sought ‘explanation’ about from the poll panel about how its mechanism operates.

Candidates for the first deputy and second deputy speakers and secretary of Wolesi Jirga failed to win enough votes on Saturday when and the Administrative Board election went to the second round -- set for Sunday