Parwan

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Hundreds of Independent Election Commission (IEC)’s contract-based workers staged a protest rally in central Parwan province on Saturday against non-payment of their salaries.
The protestors said the IEC has not yet paid salaries of 400 contract-based workers who performed duty in districts.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): The residents of Charikar, the provincial capital, and some districts of central Parwan province complain about increasing insecurity and activities of illegal armed men.
Abdul Qahar Majeedi, a resident of Syagard district, told Pajhwok Afghan News militants had intensified their activities in parts of the town and the nearby Shinwari district.
He said security forces lacked a strategy to counter activities of rebels who were becoming strong with each passing day.

CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Some residents of central Parwan province on Saturday expressed grave concern over the performance or work done by the new provincial council (PC) in the province.
But PC members say some of the work has been done and they were planning to initiate more development projects.