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Afghanistan, China, US hold trilateral High-Level meeting in NY

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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The United States urged China to play its effective role on bringing peace, stability and strengthening the economy of its near neighbor Afghanistan.

Afghanistan, China, and the U.S. hold a high-level meeting in New York on Saturday at the sideline of the UN general assembly meeting.

The International community headed by the U.S. is trying to encourage China to play a vital role to provide security and economic development for Afghanistan and the region.

US Secretary of State John Kerry during his remarks at the trilateral session emphasized on the international community commitment for Afghanistan and added, “We welcome China’s participation, particularly as a near neighbor and as a country that understands very, very deeply the crosscurrents that are at stake in Afghanistan today.”

“The United States welcomes China’s engagement and we work to support President Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah as they strive to build a more stable, united, secure and prosperous Afghanistan,” Kerry said.

High ranking officials from the region and the world countries including Sartaj Aziz Pakistan’s National Security and Foreign Relations Adviser, Jawad Zarif Iran’s Foreign Minister were participated in the session.

Kerry added,” the Afghan people are still threatened by the Taliban, and other violent extremists have entered the fray”.

He says Afghanistan’s governing and judicial institutions still need to be strengthened and the country is still facing with economy, corruption and human right challenges.

Meanwhile Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China and the United States have exchanged views on Afghanistan and the President of both countries have pledged their support for Afghanistan’s peaceful reconstruction and china will play its part.

“This year marks the first year of Afghanistan’s decade-long transformation period, and it faces an important opportunity to achieve unity, stability, peace, and reconstruction,” Wang said,” the Afghan people, having suffered enormously from conflict, aspire for enduring peace and prosperity in their country, the first priority should be on improving the people’s livelihood, developing the economy, constructing infrastructure so as to create the necessary conditions for the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

Wang added,” Only by effectively promoting the peace and reconstruction process, as well as regional connectivity and economic integration in the region, can the Afghan people truly enjoy a prosperous and happy life and share in the peace and development of the region”.

Pointing to Kabul – Islamabad relations China’s foreign minister stated that the international community need to support Afghanistan in developing good relations with its neighbors that will contribute to a peaceful and stable regional environment.

At the same time Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah commended US-China result-oriented diplomacy and constructive leadership in regards to issues surrounding Afghanistan and its neighbors.

“We believe that both Afghanistan and neighboring countries, especially Pakistan, can do much more to deal with the threats posed to nation-states, legitimate governments, and society as a whole by radical terrorist groups that use violence to impose their will.” Abdullah said, “At the same time, at some point, hopefully fast, we would need to reconsider our options as well as opportunities before us, which bring us back to the paradigm shift that is required to assure peace and progress in South and Central Asian region.”

Afghan leader Abdullah welcomed the next ministerial meeting of Heart of Asia in Islamabad by the end of 2015, and said that we look forward to the adoption of a roadmap with clear benchmarks for collective action against terrorism, radicalization, and organized crime.

He also said,” We will do everything in our capacity to protect our people and to defend our national sovereignty and territorial integrity” though we seek peace and stability.

It is widely believed that China can play a key role to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan by using its influence over Pakistan and by supporting investment and economical sectors in Afghanistan, but still the insurgents are operating in the war-torn country and Afghanistan has a poor economy.

Reported by: Sharif Hassanyar

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ISIS-K leader reportedly living in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Sanaullah Ghaffari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajar, is reportedly the ISIS-Khorasan (Daesh) branch leader and is holed up in Pakistan, Reuters reports.

The 29-year-old took over as leader in 2020 and under his leadership the group has carried out extreme attacks as a means of recruiting, Reuters reported.

Reuters noted that little was known about Ghafari before the deadly 2021 ISIS attack on Kabul Airport, which killed 170 Afghan civilians and 13 American soldiers.

But after Friday’s deadly attack in a concert hall in Moscow, which left 139 people dead, Ghaffari’s group has come under intense scrutiny.

Reuters reports that Ghaffari is said to have been involved in several attacks in Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

Pakistani officials said months ago that Ghaffari had been killed in Kunar province in Afghanistan in June last year, but Reuters has reported that he did not die and instead fled to Pakistan and lives in the border province of Baluchistan.

Abdul Matin Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan, says that Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan for more than two years and has lost its operational capacity.

The last attack carried out by Daesh in Afghanistan was the attack on the Kabul Bank office in Kandahar last week which left three dead and 12 wounded.

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IPL: Sunrisers thump MI in record breaking match

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It was raining records at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday with the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) clinching a 31-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 8 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.

Sunrisers’ batting rewrote the record books on a batting belter after the posted 277 for three.

SRH now have the highest team score in the history of the IPL – beating Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) 263 for five from the 2013 season.

In reply, MI made a spirited effort, and at one stage, were contenders to do the near impossible. In the slog overs, the enormity of the target proved a bit too much, and SRH clinched victory, but not without numerous nervous moments.

To put into perspective the carnage we witnessed – Heinrich Klaasen’s 23-ball half-century was the slowest fifty of the SRH innings.

Travis Head, playing his first match for SRH, raced to the milestone in 18 balls. Abhishek Sharma got there even faster – in 16 balls – to record the quickest fifty by an SRH batter in IPL history.

While Sunrisers notched up the highest total in the 16-year history of the IPL, just as incredibly, Mumbai Indians almost paid them back with the same coin, their batters coming out with a nothing-to-lose attitude.

The sixes kept rolling off the Mumbai bats too, helping them keep up with the asking rate for most of the chase, eventually however, they ran out of steam and finished on 246 for 5, the highest IPL total in a losing cause.

As ESPNcricinfo reported, never were more runs scored in a men’s T20 match (523). Never were most sixes hit in a men’s T20 (38). At the end of the close to four-hour six-fest, only two bowlers returned with an economy rate of under ten an over.

Thursday, March 28 : Match 9

Thursday’s match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur sees Rajasthan Royals go up against Delhi Capitals.

Fans in Afghanistan can tune in to Ariana Television to watch the match live from 6.30pm. Alternatively the match can be screened live on arianatelevision.com

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.

The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.

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