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Afghan Forces Recaptured Qala-e Zal District of Kunduz
Afghan security forces have recaptured Qala-e Zal district of Kunduz province, a district that had fallen briefly to the Taliban one month ago, Ministry of Interior said on Monday, after many of people fled their homes in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz Province.
In a statement released by the Afghan ministry of interior said that Taliban militants have suffered heavy causalities.
This comes as that the Qala-e Zal district which is in western part of the Kunduz province has fallen into Taliban’s hands one month ago.
The Taliban group has not made any comments regarding the issue so far.
Kunduz is one of the most volatile provinces in Afghanistan's northern region.
The insurgents were also threatening areas near the provincial capital, Kunduz, on August 20.
Afghan security forces are fighting the Taliban in at least 15 out of its 34 provinces, according to the Defense Ministry.
The Taliban’s capture of Kunduz’s provincial capital in September 2015 was their biggest victory in 14 years, marking the first time since 2001 that the militant group had captured a major city in Afghanistan.
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USIP says Afghanistan’s banking system dysfunctional
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) has said in a new report that Afghanistan's banking system remains largely dysfunctional.
This report evaluated the Afghan banking system as inefficient. It said that the lack of access to Afghanistan's foreign exchange reserves and the obstacles in the way of printing banknotes add to these problems.
USIP has warned that the decrease in cash and humanitarian aid will have a destructive effect on the economy and financial system of Afghanistan.
The report highlights systemic challenges within Afghanistan’s banking sector, including a backlog of bad loans and limited depositor access to funds due to withdrawal restrictions imposed by Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB).
“Afghanistan’s precarious economy is facing a new set of multidimensional risks as humanitarian aid — delivered in massive shipments of U.S. cash dollars — shrinks rapidly amid competing demands from other crises around the world. The dollar inflows, moved under U.N. auspices, have helped stabilize the Afghan economy, cover its mammoth trade deficit, and inject monetary liquidity into commerce,” the report said.
“With much smaller cash infusions, in line with a general reduction in aid, the suffering of Afghanistan’s poverty-stricken population is likely to increase,” USIP has warned.
The author of this report has suggested that, contrary to the confrontation between the countries of the world and the Islamic Emirate on the issue of women's rights, other countries and international organizations can play a supporting role in facilitating the printing of more Afghan banknotes and allow the use of investment income from the Afghanistan Fund in Switzerland to stabilize the macroeconomics.
Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) has not yet reacted to this report, but it has already emphasized that it will continue its efforts by implementing reasonable monetary policies that lead to maintaining the value of the afghani against other currencies.
DAB also stressed it will pay special attention to the strength of the banking sector and bring reforms and improvements as much as possible in this sector.
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Top IEA and Iranian officials meet to discuss refugees, prisoners
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Thursday met with Iranian Deputy Justice Minister Askar Jalalian in Kabul, where they discussed refugees, prisoners, economic and political cooperation.
Muttaqi, while appreciating Iran’s hosting of Afghan refugees for four decades, called on Tehran to treat refugees well and be patient towards them, Afghan foreign ministry said in a statement.
He also said that the Islamic Emirate is committed to cooperate with Iran in relation to the repatriation of Afghan prisoners, asking the Iranian Deputy Minister of Justice to cooperate fully in this regard.
According to the statement, Iran's deputy justice minister said Tehran was following recent developments in Afghanistan and was pleased with the stability.
He added that the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue its cooperation and, based on the agreements reached, will transfer Afghan prisoners in the near future.
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Russia, Pakistan urge ‘enhanced’ coordination for ‘peaceful and prosperous’ Afghanistan
Russia and Pakistan urged "enhanced" coordination among regional countries Thursday for a "peaceful and prosperous" Afghanistan, according to a statement from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry.
The call was made during a meeting between Russian Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch in Islamabad where the two sides exchanged views on relations with Afghanistan.
Kabulov arrived in Islamabad for a visit earlier in the day.
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