This comes as World Bank indicates growth picked up in Afghanistan in 2019, but insecurity is holding back economy

Tensions in the Afghan parliament continued on Thursday as well; though, the majority of the 27-member committee endorsed the selection of Mir Rahman Rahmani as parliament speaker yesterday.

The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) on Monday said that 20 percent result sheets of Kabul parliamentary elections are missing.

Afghan lawmakers on Saturday reacted to report of possible US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan with some backing it while others expressing concern.

President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has once again nominated Anisa Rasooli to obtain the membership of the high council of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court.