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MPs reject 10% tax on mobile subscribers
The lower house has disapproved president Ghani’s decree on enforcing ten percent taxes on telecommunication customers and said it is against the Afghan constitution.
Article number seventy-nine of the Afghan constitution says,” During the recess of the House of Representatives, the Government shall, in case of an immediate need, issue legislative decrees, except in matters related to budget and financial affairs.”
Based on President Ghani’s decree telecommunication customers are paying 10% of taxation on every top up since nearly one month.
The following taxation is automatically deducted from the customer’s credits and being transferred to government treasury.
Afghan parliament on Wednesday unanimously rejected the decree to impose the 10% tax on mobile with eight votes in favor of taxation.
Qais Hassan, MP and chairman of parliament’s Telecommunication and Transportation Commission said,” the President does not have the authority to issue decree in matters related to budget and financial affairs, taxes are being collected since two months and we don’t know if it has been transferred to the government account or it is still with the companies”.
Afghan constitution reads,” Legislative decrees, after endorsement by the President, shall acquire the force of law. Legislative decrees shall be presented to the National Assembly within thirty days of convening its first session, and if rejected by the National Assembly, they become void.”
Musa Nasrat, MP and a member of the Telecommunication and Transportation Commission added,” legislative decree is not a law and it violates the Afghan constitution, the Commission has decided to draft a law for transparent execution of telecommunication taxes”.
Lawmakers accused President Ghani for violating the Afghan constitution with legislative decrees in nine cases.
“The President has issued nine decrees which are against the constitution,” MP Sediq Ahmad Osmani criticized.
This comes as officials in the Afghan Ministry of Finance recently announced they have received nearly 83 million Afghanis in about ten days from mobile taxes.
Reported by: Abdul Aziz Karimi
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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.
The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.
The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan
There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.
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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh
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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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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