Some MPs claimed that a number of close aides to President Ashraf Ghani are conducting the activities which are against the national interests.
Some lawmakers in the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of Parliament, on Saturday accused a number ofclose aides to President Ashraf Ghani of acting against Afghanistan’s national interests and having links with Daesh militants. “I officially say here that (head of National Directorate of Security) Masoom Stanekzai is behind Daesh project (in Afghanistan) and Akram Khpolwak is a child of ISI (Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency) and is responsible for signing the Durand Line,” claimed Lalai Hamidzai, an MP from Kandahar.
The remarks come after the Wolesi Jirga’s first deputy speaker Humayun Humayun in a letter to the National Security Council wrote about the existence of ‘suspicious individuals’ in the NDS chief Massom Stanekzai’s guesthouse.
“Two times, I saw people who walked out of his (Stanekzai’s) guesthouse.” Humayun said. “They are very well-known people and all the media outlets speak out about their activities in deterioration ofsecurity (in the country).”
TOLOnews could not have Presidential Palace’s comments about the MPs’ remarks.
Two weeks ago, government officials searched Humayun’s office over suspicious activities allegations. Humayun however said government wanted to put him under pressure by this move.
Other MPs meanwhile criticized government over searching Humayun’s office.
“Imagine the future of the people if the president (Ashraf Ghani), the NDS chief (Masoom Stanekzai) and the former NDS chief as well as a collective of groups emerge as plotters in such a way,” saidAbdul Latif Pedram, an MP from Badakhshan. “All the MPs have an obligation to know through an investigation by the Attorney General’s Office that why the house of the first deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga was searched,” MP Nader Khan Katawazai said.
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