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Afghanistan to make Commitments for Transparency in London: Presidential Spokesman
London Summit which will take place on Thursday 4 December 2014 is the first opportunity for the National Unity Government of Afghanistan to gain international support and commitments for Afghanistan.
Nazifullah Salarzoy, spokesman of the President said,” Afghanistan will declare to her allies that we do not want to be tied with International Community Supports forever, But Afghanistan will make a commitment to spend the international supported funds transparently and efficiently as long as we are self-sustained economically.”
Seema Samar, Head of Independent Human Rights Commission in Afghanistan believes that Afghan Government and the International Community must make commitments to improve Afghan people livelihood.
“As a human rights activist I ask the National Unity Government and International Community to focus their projects based on human rights values to institutionalize the Human Rights, She said, International Community must not make a mistake to leave Afghanistan isolated as they did in 1990s, because they haven’t completed their jobs in Afghanistan yet.”
In addition, Deputy of the House Speaker, Sediq Ahmad Osmani on Wednesday session said that if London Summit does not bring positive changes in Afghans live, Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Representatives) will make an inquiry to boycott the Kabul-Washington Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) and Kabul-NATO Status of Force Agreements (SOFA).
These statements come after both Houses of Afghan Parliament approved BSA and SOFA Agreements during special sessions recently.
Furthermore, The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan also called for continued international assistance to Afghanistan to tackle the current challenges.
The London Conference on Afghanistan will provide a platform for the government of Afghanistan to set out its vision for reform and for the international community to demonstrate enduring solidarity and support for Afghanistan.
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.
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.
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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