Afghan Parliament Sacks Sixth Minister in 3 Days for Poor Performance

Afghanistan's lower house of the parliament, Wolesi Jirga, sacked on Monday Minister of Higher Education Farida Momand for poor performance, thus bringing the total number of dismissed ministers in the period of three days to six, media reported.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Momand failed to win confidence votes in parliament and was declared to have been dismissed, according to Afghan broadcaster Tolo News.

On Sunday, Education Minister Asadullah Hanif Balkhi and Minister of Transport Mohammadullah Batash were also dismissed for similar reasons.

On Saturday, the Afghan parliament voted to remove from office Minister of Public Works Mahmoud Baligh, Minister of Labor Nasrin Oryakhil, and Foreign Affairs Minister Salahuddin Rabban for failure to report on spending the development budgets.

The Afghanistan constitution gives the parliament the power to discharge ministers.