Regional
Parliament approved draft budget on coercion
The draft national budget with more than 800 million budget deficits was approved on coercion by Parliament, members of finance and budget commission of Senate said.
A number of members of finance and budget commission of Parliament emphasized that no new projects have been included in the budget.
The national budget for the next fiscal year is 436.17 billion AFN, which includes 283.48 billion AFN for the ordinary budget and 152.68 billion AFN for development budget.
According to Afghan economic analysts, more than 65 percent of the budget is dependent on external aids and if Afghanistan government does not fight corruption more seriously, donor countries would not be ready to cooperate with the government.
Earlier, Wolesi Jirga has rejected the draft budget for the next fiscal year and were said to consider by majority of representatives in Parliament unbalanced where the allocation funds were unfair and unjustified.
Reported by Fawad Naseri