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Lower House Calls Ghani Decision on Cabinet against Law
Lower house of the parliament has declared the latest decision of the President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on establishing of the cabinet against the existed law in the country.
They have demanded the Government repeatedly to introduce the new members of the cabinet to both houses of the parliament for gaining the trust votes.
Law makers in the house have entitled the National Unity Government for not establishing of the new cabinet as its incapability for Nation and Internationals.
After repeatedly criticisms made by the numbers of the members in parliament of Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani in his order he made has terminated the acting Ministers instead he has appointed the deputies of the Ministries as the acting Ministers till he comes back.
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has made the following decision before he leaves Afghanistan for European countries.
Urfanullah Urfan the member of the Wolesi Jirga has criticized the latest order on introducing the deputies of the Ministries as the acting Ministers saying it’s against the law that means we still have to tackle to the challenges till the President returns from London summit.
The other member of the house Shir wali Wardak has declared it the decision of the president as full of sorrows and he added that his order means that Afghan leaders don’t want to share the power among the Afghan youths we do have capable Afghans to meet the requirement of the Ministers positions.
President has made his order late Sunday even; both Afghan leaders President Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have left the country for European countries early Monday morning.
This comes after that the National Unity Government leaders have promised to introduce and establish the new cabinet after 45 days, now it has been two months and yet to see the new cabinet to be established.
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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