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Afghanistan Presents Four-Year Development Plan for ANSF
Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Haneef Atmar on Tuesday met with NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller and other high ranking officials at the allies Headquarters.
Afghan delegation has presented a four year development plan for the Afghan forces within the framework of the Resolute Support (RS) mission which is aimed to increase combat abilities of the Afghan forces.
We discussed “increasing the combat abilities of Afghanistan’s National Security Forces (ANSF) as a part of a four-year road-map. We discussed a peace reconciliation. We talked about political reforms in Afghanistan and focused on electoral reforms, corruption and economic development,” Mr. Atmar who was speaking with the reporters following the meeting at the NATO HQ said.
During his speech Afghan NSA said that he has seen enormous amount of support from the NATO, so he would leave to Afghanistan with a good impression.
At the same time, he added that Afghan forces had been fighting international terrorism on behalf of the whole world; therefore, they need US-led NATO air support in some key areas.
According to the office of the National Security Advisor of the President, the security plan, the anti-corruption proceedings by Afghan government and the Afghan peace deal with Hezb-i-Islami were backed by the NATO officials.
Deputy SG backed the 4yr development plan for ANDSF &the anti corruption proceedings by AFG Govt.said NATO would fully support AFG Govt.(6)
— Haneef Atmar (@NSAAtmar) February 7, 2017
On Afghanistan relation with the new administration of the United States, Atmar said that Afghanistan should be considered as an important partner of the United States.
“We are pleased to see that President Trump administration is assuring the Afghan people that United States will be committed to the partnership. It is important for the two nations who are together to neutralize the national security threats not just for Afghanistan and the United State, but for the entire region.”
Meanwhile, he called Washington-Kabul partnership for common interests of the two nation in order to neutralize common threats.
This visit comes at a time when terrorist groups are trying to increase their operation across the country and experts believe that a counter-terrorism operation needed beyond Afghanistan to target the root of terrorism in the regional countries.
By: WARES NAYEL & HESAMUDDIN HESAM FEB. 8, 2017
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
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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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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