To compensate, provincial councils each elected two members. (3-year term.) Due to the fact that district boundaries had not yet been established, District Councils did not elect members to the House of Elders in 2005. (4-year term.) Each District Council elects one of its members to the House of Elders under a two-round system. * Each Provincial Council elects one of its members to the House of Elders under a two-round system. In the House of People ( Wolesi Jirga) 249 members are elected by single non-transferable vote to serve 5-year terms.** In the House of Elders ( Meshrano Jirga), 34 members are elected by regional legislatures to serve 4-year terms, 34 members are elected by regional legislatures to serve 3-year terms and 34 members are appointed by the President to serve 5-year terms*.The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
* The president is both chief of state and head of government. Assembly: Afghanistan has a bicameral National Assembly ( Jirga) consisting of the House of Elders ( Meshrano Jirga) with 102 seats and the House of People ( Wolesi Jirga) with 249 seats.Head of Government: President Hamid KARZAI.Chief of State: President Hamid KARZAI *.
In 2014, HUJI-B continued its operations reports at the time suggested that some HUJI-B members may have traveled to Pakistan to receive military training from LeT. The group was preparing attacks on public gatherings and prominent individuals bombs, bomb-making material, and counterfeit currency were found at the time of arrest. Although HUJI-B committed no known attacks in 2013, in March 2013, police in Dhaka arrested a group of militants which included HUJI-B members. In 2011, Bangladeshi authorities formally charged multiple suspects, including HUJI-B leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, with the killing of former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria of the Awami League in a grenade attack on January 27, 2005. HUJI-B has connections to Pakistani terrorist groups advocating similar objectives, including HUJI, al-Qa'ida, and Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT).Īctivities: In December 2008, three HUJI-B members were convicted for the May 2004 grenade attack that wounded the British High Commissioner in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The leaders of HUJI-B signed the February 1998 fatwa sponsored by Usama bin Laden that declared U.S. In October 2005, Bangladeshi authorities banned the group. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.Īka HUJI-B Harakat ul Jihad e Islami Bangladesh Harkatul Jihad al Islam Harkatul Jihad Harakat ul Jihad al Islami Harkat ul Jihad al Islami Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami Harakat ul Jihad Islami Bangladesh Islami Dawat-e-Kafela IDEKĭescription: Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on March 5, 2008, Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B) was formed in April 1992 by a group of former Bangladeshi Afghan veterans wanting to establish Islamist rule in Bangladesh. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. United States Department of State, Country Reports on Terrorism 2016 - Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami/Bangladesh (HUJI-B), 19 July 2017, available at: