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Chaos in Afghan Parliament; Session Ends in Vain
The Lower House of Parliament Wednesday session ended without any result after a member of parliament tried to physically assault another colleague.
An Afghan parliamentarian accused Parliament Deputy Speaker, Hamayoun Hamayoun, that he has searched the parliament TV studio during the night by misusing his authorities.
“The parliament has lost its safety. Last night at 11pm the House was searched by deputy speaker and MP Lali. They have given money to some employees,” claimed lawmaker Gul Pacha Majeedi.
But Mr. Hamayoun refused the allegations, saying the TV broadcasting was disrupted by the order the parliament secretariat and he went to the studio for that reason.
“I went to the Wolesi Jirga (the lower house of parliament) TV at 11pm after the broadcasting stopped, but no illegal action happened,” he said,” nothing was picked up from the archive and no money was distributed.”
MP Lali who was accused of distributing money tried to physically assault MP Majeedi, who is representing people of Kabul, but some representatives intervened.
Meanwhile, some lawmakers harshly criticized the accusations and violence broke out in the House, saying we cannot accept disrespect to the “Nation House” anymore.
“Disrespecting is not tolerable anymore. They are playing with our dignity every day. Those who are having internal issues must solve their problems as soon as possible and should not play with the nation’s House dignity anymore,” MP Abdul Qayoum representing Ghazni province said.
This comes as earlier MP Hamayoun accused the parliament’s speaker, Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, and the head of parliament secretariat, Khodai Nazar Nusrat for being corrupt. Today, some lawmakers urged the parliament’s speaker and deputy speaker to step down.
By Hesamuddin Hesam & Rafi Sediqi
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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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