Recently added articles from Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan):
UNAMA calls for IEC reforms.
Jan 05, 2010 ... The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Monday called for reforming the Independent Election Commission (IEC) before the parliamentary vote due in May this year. A UNAMA spokesman, addressing a press conference in Kabul, stressed the need for reforming the poll panel ....
MPs for dissolution of ANDMA.
Jan 05, 2010 ... Several parliamentarians Monday lashed out at the poor performance of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) and demanded its immediate dissolution. But a member of the Authority, summoned by the Wolesi Jirga for answering members' queries, said ANDMA had talked to ...
President orders Wolesi Jirga to suspend winter recess.
Jan 05, 2010 ... President Hamid Karzai has directed the Wolesi Jirga, or Lower House of Parliament, to suspend its winter recess until the completion of voting on his new cabinet picks. In a decree issued on Monday, the president said new cabinet nominees would be introduced to the house for a vote of ...
Villagers start counter-narcotics drive.
Jan 05, 2010 ... Villagers and tribal elders in southern Ghazni province have launched a counter-narcotics campaign aimed at discouraging drug addiction and punishing lawbreakers. Tribal elder Haji Muhammad Ali told Pajhwok Afghan News 250 drug addicts had already been forced out from the Qarbaghi village ....
60 weapons handed over to DIAG.
Jan 05, 2010 ... Officials in eastern Nangarhar province Monday handed over 60 pieces of heavy and light weapons to the Disarmament of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) programme. The weapons were colleted from different districts and the provincial capital of Jalalabad as part of the DIAG campaign, ...