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Ghani: Terrorists Uses Pakistan Territory Against Afghanistan
President Ashraf Ghani in his meeting with ambassadors of foreign countries said that Pakistan’s action against terrorists in the coming weeks will determine the relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Ashraf Ghani summoned ambassadors of foreign countries to Presidential Palace to remind them the involvement of Pakistan in Afghanistan affairs too.
He told the foreign ambassadors that Shah Shahid suicide attack was designed and planned in Pakistan.
The National Unity Government leader emphasized that terrorist uses Pakistan against Afghanistan and Pakistan must understand the sensitivity of the issue and take serious measure against them.
Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan at the government level have been problematic for historical and geo-political reasons.
Previously, President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive of Afghanistan Abdullah Abdullah strongly criticized Pakistan government for sheltering terrorism on its soil and asked Islamabad to rein in Taliban.
Then Pakistani officials reacted to the comments by President Ghani and stated that Pakistan can feel the pain of Afghanistan but Pakistan itself is a biggest victim of terrorism.
Currently, the major source of friction between the two countries is Afghanistan’s misplaced allegation that Pakistan has been supporting cross-border infiltration and is assisting the Taliban and militant forces to gain influence. Islamabad vehemently denies these allegations and considers it as a tactic by Kabul to divest itself from its own responsibilities and failures.
When everything’s factored in, Pakistan’s dual approach towards Afghanistan in cooperating with the Afghan state and the Taliban simultaneously is a well thought-out strategy. It’s giving Pakistan traction in pursuing the politics of space currently going on in Afghanistan.
“We have specific demands from Pakistan to clear its position against Afghan government,” Zafar Hashemi, deputy spokesman of President said.
Meanwhile, Afghan analysts praised President Ghani’s action against Pakistan; emphasizing this action will put Afghanistan in a better position.
Deputy of Wolesi Jirga- the lower house of Parliament is said to believe that according to the diplomatic relations, foreign countries are obliged to support Afghan government position.
“Whenever a foreign country obviously interferes in our country, other foreign countries must support Afghanistan’s position,” Nazir Ahmad Ahmad Zai, deputy spokesman of Wolesi Jirga said.
He further added that the Parliament will hold an extraordinary session to support President Ghani’s position against Pakistan.
This comes as US ambassador in a meeting with the chief of executive officer, Abdullah Abdullah said that his country support Afghanistan’s recent position against Pakistan.
He stressed that America will never abandon Afghanistan in war against terrorism.
Since the Taliban’s 2001 ouster, Afghan insurgents have found safe havens in Pakistan. The command and control of the three main militant groups – Mullah Omar’s Shura (council), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s Hizb-e Islami and the al-Qaeda-linked Haq¬qani network – are based in and operate from Pakistan. These havens have and could continue to undermine Afghanistan’ efforts to confront the insurgency after the security transition in December 2014.
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More needs to be done to boost local industry, says Kabir
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
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Russia and Tajikistan hold joint military drills along Afghanistan border
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
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The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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