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Former Afghan legislator Homaira Ayubi is in Canada learning English and trying to reinvent herself and her country in Canada.

Lawmakers in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Monday accused the acting finance minister Khalid Payinda of selling positions in customs directorates for millions of dolla

Probe Team Still Waiting for CCTV Footage of Siawash's Vehicle A probe team of the Wolesi Jirga (house of representatives) tasked with the investigation of the explosion that hit the car carrying former TOLOnews presenter Yama Siawash on November 7, said on Thursday that officials from the Central Bank of Afghanistan--where Siawash was working--are still reluctant to provide the CCTV footage of his car. The task team on Thursday said that members visited the Central Bank office on November 20; however, the bank official refused to provide the CCTV footage and other details--including the ca...

Govt Accused of Coercing MPs Over Budget As the face-off over the current fiscal year’s budget intensifies, some lawmakers said the Afghan government has begun putting pressure on MPs by removing their relatives from public institutions, calling it such acts “illegal.” The Parliament has rejected the budget plan two times in less than a month, citing at least 19 reasons behind this decision. One MP said that the National Directorate of Security has been involved in political tumult and has removed 10 of its employees who are relatives of legislators. The legislators accused the presi...

Mines Minister Receives 150K Afs for House Rent Monthly Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri, Minister of Mines and Petroleum, receives 150,000 Afs ($ 1942)  as house rent on monthly basis from the budget of his ministry, according to a document seen by TOLOnews.   According to the document, five months after taking office as Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Chakhansuri, still acting Ministry of Mines, wrote a letter to the president requesting him to pay the one-year rent of a house located in the Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul.   Later, 1.8 million Afs ($23,000) was paid for this purpose from t...