28 March 2017

News Story: Afghan parliament summons top security officials over increasing security incidents

KABUL, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of parliament on Monday summoned top security officials including Minister for Defense Abdullah Habibi, Minister for Interior Taj Mohammad Jahid and Mohammad Masoom Stanikzai the head of National Directorate of Security (NDS) or the country's national spy agency to seek clarification over increasing security incidents in the country.

Questioning the top security officials by the legislators is taking place in the wake of deteriorating security situation in parts of the country, increasing security incidents and above all the infiltration of armed insurgents into the main military hospital in Kabul on March 8 which claimed 50 lives and injured scores of others.

Read the full story at Xinhua