Members of the International Relations Commission of the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) on Tuesday summoned Ministers of Defense and Interior and the Head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) over the implementation of the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) between Kabul and Washington.

Commission members said based on the plan security chiefs should report to the commission every six months about the implementation of BSA articles, but that they have failed to do so.

Officials from the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) on Tuesday said based on President Ashraf Ghani’s decree they would be responsible for registering voters on the proposed biometric system and for collecting votes – but the Independent Election Commission is not happy about this.

Hasibullah Movahid, technical deputy of CSO, said they are making preparations to register voters on a biometric system but that this is in no way interfering with the IEC’s affairs.