Afghan Parl’t Approves National Budget

Date: 22 February 2021 - 21:35

News ID: ۸۷۸۸۶

KABUL (Xinhua) – Afghanistan’s lawmakers approved on Monday a 473-billion-afghani (about 6 billion U.S. dollar) national budget for 1400 fiscal year on the Persian calendar beginning Dec. 21, 2020, local media reported. "The Afghan parliament on Monday approved the current fiscal year’s budget with majority of votes after weeks of tensions between the two state branches over the document,” the Tolo news TV reported. The parliament rejected the budget draft twice over about 20 disputed points, according to the news report.