KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans have long complained about the performance of their elected representatives. But lately, these complaints haven’t been about what lawmakers are doing, but rather what they’re not doing. Many, it appears, are no longer showing up for work.
According to the government agency charged with monitoring attendance of the Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of parliament, 43 lawmakers, or nearly 10 percent of the 249-member body, were absent for the entire month of March.
