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Momentum updates on NUG Cabinet vote casting process
Wolesi Jirga _ The Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday session decided on putting ballot boxes for the National Unity Government (NUG) nominees and started casting their votes for 18 nominated ministers and the NDS directorate.
243 MPs were present in the House to cast their votes for the NUG nominees, the voting process went calmly and two of the MPs, Ramazan Bashardoost & Baktash Siawash voted openly.
Those nominees who receive %50+1 vote (122 votes) will be qualified ministers.
The vote counting process was closely observed by Ghulam Nabi Farahi, Minister of Parliament Affairs.
1. Rahmatullah Nabil, NDS Director won 154 votes of confidence, 58 against, 22 ballots blank and 9 invalid.
2. Shir Mohammad Karimi failed with 112 votes, 96 votes in favor, 26 blank and 7 invalid to be qualified as minister of defense.
3. Salahuddin Rabbani succeeded with 151 votes of confidence, 70 against, 12 blank and 9 invalid as Foreigner Minister.
4. Afghan Parliament approved Noorulhaq Ulomi as New Minister of Interior with 131 votes, 91 against, 15 blank and 6 invalid of confidence.
5. Sardar Rahman Oghly by wining 104 votes , 103 in favor, 27 blank and 9 invalid failed to become new Afghan minister of economic.
6. Nomination of Eklil Hakimi for ministry of finance is approved by the Lower House with 128 votes of confidence, 88 against, 21 blank and 8 invalid.
7. MPs approved Firuzuddin Firuz as New Minister of Public Health of Afghan NUG with 170 votes of confidence, 54 against, 12 blank and 4 invalid.
8. Nomination of Khatera Afghan for Ministry of Higher Education has been disapproved by the Lower House with 146 votes, 71 votes in favor, 21 blank and 3 invalid.
9. Afghan Parliament rejected Mohammad Gul Zalmay Younousy with 121 votes, 91 in favor, 20 blank and 9 invalid for Ministry of Education.
10. Nomination Barna Karimi for Ministry of Tele-Communication, Information & Culture is disapproved by the Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) with 97 votes, 115 in favor, 26 blank and 5 invalid.
11. Afghan Parliament rejected Abas Basir for Ministry of Public Works with 131 votes, 85 in favor, 19 blank and 8 invalid.
12. Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi, nominee for Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations, approved by Afghan Parliament with 134 votes, 87 against, 17 blank and 5 invalid.
13. Dawoud Shah Saba, Ministry of Mines and Petroleum: Approved by 146 votes of confidence, 74 against, 13 blank and 10 invalid.
14. Nasir Ahmad Durani, Ministry of Rural Rehabilitations: Approved with 145 votes, 71 against, 19 blank and 5 invalid as New Minister
15. Abdul Rahman Salahi, Ministry of Water and Energy: Rejected with 109 votes, 106 in favor, 24 blank and 4 invalid.
16. Sardar Mohammad Rahimi, Ministry of Commerce & Industries: Rejected with 102 votes, 111 in favor, 20 blank, 9 invalid.
17. Faiz Mohammad Osmani, Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs: Approved with 160 votes of confidence, 61 against, 17 blank and 5 invalid.
18. Faizullah Zaki, Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation: Rejected with 133 votes, 81 in favor, 25 blank and 4 invalid.
19. Qamaruddin Shenwari, Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs: Rejected with 112 votes, 102 in favor, 22 blank and 7 invalid.
Officials confirm that hundreds of people have been killed and injured after floods in Baghlan, Badakhshan, Ghor and Herat provinces of Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in a statement said that a large number of houses have been destroyed and people have suffered huge financial losses.
In the statement, the Ministry of State for Disaster Management, the Ministry of Interior Affairs, and the provincial authorities have been directed to use all their resources to save people, recover the bodies, and treat the injured.
The Islamic Emirate called on the citizens to assist the flood victims.
In Baghlan, Ziauddin, director of Baghlan-i-Markazi district hospital, said that 52 bodies, including 13 women and 13 children, have been taken to the hospital from the floods on Friday night. He added that 73 injured people have also been admitted.
In Takhar, Ahmad Siyar Sajid, the head of natural disasters management of the province, said that eight people died in Ishkemesh, Chal and Namak Ab districts of this province.
Hedayatullah Hamdard, head of the Natural Disaster Department in Baghlan, says at least 50 were killed on Friday afternoon due to floods in several districts of the province.
Hamdard added the figure is not total and that the death toll may increase.
Over the past two days, floods have also caused huge financial losses in Chaharsada and Murghab districts of Ghor province and two people including a child and an old man have disappeared.
Hundreds of acres of agricultural land were destroyed in Chaharsada district and about 50 livestock were also lost.
According to local officials in Ghor, around 50 residential houses in Chaharsada district are under floods.
Iranian officials say work is intensely underway on the implementation of plan to block the country’s eastern border with Afghanistan.
According to Iranian media, the commander of the Ground Forces of Iran spoke on Thursday at a ceremony in the city of Mashhad about the sealing of the country’s borders with Afghanistan.
Kioumars Heydari added: “According to the measures contemplated by the Islamic Republic, we are in the process of sealing the borders.”
He did not specify the exact timing for the completion of the border sealing plan between Iran and Afghanistan, but added: “Our estimate is that the sealing of the eastern border of the country will be completed as soon as possible.”
Afghanistan and Iran share more than 900 kilometers of common border.
Experts, meanwhile, believe that this will cause a change in dealings with Afghan immigrants.
The Islamic Emirate, however, says fencing on the borders of Iran and Afghanistan will proceed in coordination with the Afghan government.
According to experts, Iran is seeking to solve its security concerns and will spend a lot of money in the process of blocking the border but this border wall will be finished for the benefit of both countries, and drug trafficking and movement of terrorist groups will be at least under control.
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