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Mps Reject Documents of Dual-Citizenship of Abdul Bari Jahani
Members at the lower house of the parliament have rejected the insufficient confirmation documents on one of the Minister nominees Abdul Bari Jahani who is holding US dual-citizenships documents in hands.”
They have mentioned that the documents received by the lower house isn’t sufficient to claim that he has refused his US dual-citizenships Nationality, giving warnings if his documents doesn’t get completed we will not put a poll box of voting for him.
Members at the 3 internal committees in the lower house of the parliament have reviewed the documents of the 7 Minister Nominees on Wednesday; they have found the documents of the Minister nominee of Information and culture Ministry incomplete.
First deputy speaker of the house Zahir Qadir said,” we are not satisfied with current documents about Abdul Bari Jahani US Embassy should send an official letter confirming his refusal of US nationality.”
Four other Minister Nominees of Ministries of Education, Women Affairs, Public works, and Transportation have explained their working plans for the Mps in the house.
Asadullah Anif Balkhi declared that combating corruption, reviewing complains, adjustments of management, evaluation of other activities are the priority programs.
Minister Nominee of Women Ministry Dilbar Nazari said,” appointing Women in key positions, reviewing Women’s challenges will be my priority programs.”
Explaining the working plans Minister Nominee of Public works and Transportations have also talked about their field area of activities.
Transportation Minister Nominee Mohammadullah Batash also declared that providing standard services of transportation, and establishing of the transportation projects to create jobs opportunities will be my priority programs.”
At the end Mohmood Balegh Minister Nominee of Public works said,” in short time period I will review the challenges and in the second step I will step up to repair and reconstruct the roads which were damaged either by Natural disasters or Anti Government.
Speaker of the house Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi announced that voting process will begin in coming Saturday for the Ministers Nominees.
Reported by Abdul Aziz Karimi
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More needs to be done to boost local industry, says Kabir
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
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Russia and Tajikistan hold joint military drills along Afghanistan border
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
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The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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