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Ghani Insisted on Eradication of Narcotics in Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

2President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani via video conference on late Monday evening  asked all the provincial Governors, Corps commanders and police chiefs to implement National action plan annually to decrease the Narcotic plantation at least 5 percent throughout the country.

Part of the press release states that fighting Narcotics and trafficking needs joint cooperation and intention of all related Governmental departments to implement the National Action Plan.

Meanwhile officials in Ministry of counter Narcotic Drugs said the National Action Plan is a sophisticated plan and implementable to decrease plantation of Narcotic drugs.

Chief Survey of the Ministry of counter Narcotics Sayed Najeebullah Ahmadi said, “National Action Plan was drafted and sent to Afghanistan National Security Council and was approved, by the implementation of the plan 5 percent of the plantation of Narcotics will be destroyed in 21 provinces, based on the quick order of President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani those six provinces of Afghanistan where less than 1000 acres of the lands are covered with Narcotics plantation should be out of it.”

Meanwhile Officials in Ministry of Interior Affairs declaring Narcotic drugs a headache and main financial supports of the insurgents, insisting on fighting and uprooting it from the country.

Ministry of Interior Affairs Spokesman Sediq Sediqee said, “Narcotics and its trafficking is one of the biggest headaches for Afghan and for our homeland, we should fight against it since the insurgents are using it as main financial resources, Department of counter Narcotics in Ministry of Interior Affairs will be cooperative with other related departments on uprooting the Narcotics.”

Cultivation and trafficking of Narcotic drugs is one of the major problems which underestimates the security and stability of the country, experts believed that implementation of National Action Plan on decreasing cultivation of Narcotics will improve security condition and uproots corruption and strengthen sovereignty of law within the country.

Reported by: Yusuf Yasa

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

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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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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