The nominee for the Ministries of Agriculture and Livestock, Information and Culture including nominee for the National Directorate of Security(NDS) on Monday’s plenary session presented their work programs and future plans to Lower House of Parliament.

The session was held under the chairmanship of Mir Rahman Rahmani, while , Anwarul Haq Ahadi the nominee for the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Muhammad Taher Zohir, the nominee for the Ministry Information and Culture including Ahmad Zia Saraj, the nominee for National Directorate of Security(NDS) presented their work programs and future plans to Wolesi Jirga.

Ahmad Zia Saraj by presenting of his programs and future plans pointed on the country’s security condition, reiterating that Afghanistan has been become a battle field for conflicting interests of foreign countries and the country’s security forces are facing in war with 20 terrorists groups.

He went on to say, the country’s security forces suffers countless victims and no other country have intolerance of such victims.

Taliban is not committed for peace and they paves the ground of activity for the other twenty terrorist groups in the country, said Saraj.

Overall, the nominee for the NDS Ahmad Zia Saraj by presenting of his work programs committed that he has strengthened the country’s intelligence apparatus and by new methods demolish attacks of Taliban’s and other terrorists groups.

At the meantime, Anwarul Haq Ahadi, the nominee for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock by presenting of his work programs said, increase of the country’s revenues from the field of agriculture, need to reforms in agricultural projects, combating administrative corruption, self- sufficiency in the field of vegetables, dairy and wheat is the main his work plans for the ministry.

Taher Zohir, the nominee for the Ministry of Information and Culture said, however the last two decades achievements is good in the field of information and media, but, the information and culture ministry’s allocating budget is less than to the other budget of ministries.

Zohir by presenting of his work programs said, restoration of historical monuments, attention to tourits industry, print and publishing of book, attention to cinema, Music and theater productions including attention to youths is the main work plans to the ministry.

After presenting of work programs by the mentioned nominee ministers and nominee for NDS, MPs submitted their questions and underlined for preserving of expert persons and strengthening of the country’s intelligence.

Translator: Mustafa Akrami, November 23, 2020