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Afghan forces recover son of Ex-Pakistani PM from Ghazni

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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Afghan forces rescue son of former Pakistan Prime Minister from kidnappers, Afghan officials said on Tuesday.

“In an operation by Afghan Special Forces in Ghazni province this morning, Mr. Ali Haidar Gilani, the son of Pakistan former Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani was recovered after 3 years of captivity from an Al-Qaeda affiliated group,” Omar Zakhilwal, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan wrote on his Facebook on Tuesday.

According to the source he is well and will be repatriated to his family soon.

Zakhilwal said that he has informed Mr. Gilani about the good news.

“He was ecstatically delighted as expected and grateful of President Ghani’s personal attention to his son’s safe release,” Zakhilwal added,” He also thanked the Afghan Security Forces for bringing a happy ending to a dreadful family saga for them”.

Pakistan’s Ex-Prime Minister’s Son, kidnapped in 2013 in Punjab and was taken to an unknown location by kidnappers.

Later on it was found that he has been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda and was taken to Afghanistan. Pakistan officials asked the cooperation of the Afghan government for his release.

Sayed Yousuf Reza Gilani is a Pakistani politician who served as teh 16th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008 until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects

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Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.

According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.

“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.

Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.

According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.

“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.

However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.

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