From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 09:59:16 EST
AFGHAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES FORMED
The Afghan National Assembly's People's Council (Wolesi Jirga) on 21 February finished setting up its committees, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reported. Kabul Province representative Shokria Barakzai said that the selection process for the 18 committees was based on political maneuverings rather than on members' expertise. Hajji Mohammad Mohaqeq, head of the committee on religious, educational and cultural affairs, who also represents Kabul, said that the Afghan parliament suffers from a lack of specialists. He expressed the hope that the Afghanistan's international backers will help in raising the capabilities of the parliamentarians. AT
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