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Mirdad Najrabi Elected as Wolesi Jirga Secretary

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

Mir Dad Khan Nijrabi was elected as secretary of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) on Wednesday, securing 110 votes in a fifth round of the voting.

Deputy speakers and vice chairmen, secretaries and deputy secretaries of both houses of the National Assembly are elected each year, but heads of the houses are elected once for a legislative term.

On Sunday, Humayun Humayun was elected as First Deputy Speaker and later Amir Khan Yar as Second Deputy Speaker of the house, but candidates for the secretary position weren’t able to earn the needed threshold in several rounds of voting.

Finally, on Wednesday, top-vote getters Abdul Qader Zazai and Mir Dad Najrabi competed for the post, with Najrabi grabbing the secretary position of the house with 110 votes.

“As Secretary [of the Lower House] I will do my responsibilities based on the law and will make efforts to do what is significant in easing challenges in the country,” Najrabi said.

The administrative board election of the house ended after five days.  In the first working session of the new legislative term of the house, issues including peace and security situation were discussed.

 Some Wolesi Jirga members stressed on easing major challenges of the country. “Fundamental issues of the people should be assessed and solved,” MP Abdul Rahim Ayoubi said.

“Parliament should work as a strong national team to preserve people’s rights and solve the challenges our people are facing,” said MP Zahir Qadir.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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TAPI gas company CEO satisfied with project’s progress

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

The minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar met with the executive director of the TAPI project and the ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul on Thursday to discuss progress around the key project.

Murad Amanov, head of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project, expressed his satisfaction with the recent progress of the project and talked about the practical roll out of the project.

Delawar said that the preliminary work of TAPI is progressing quickly and that the pipeline will be put into operation in the near future.

TAPI is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.

The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.

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