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Badakhshan Residents held Demonstration on Resignation of Local Officials in Kabul
A number of the Badakhshan residents have held demonstration in Kabul close to the Presidential palace demanding resignation of the senior local officials in Badakhshan till the end of coming week.
They have warned that Taliban by having close cooperation of the local officials have attacked and beheaded 27 Afghan National Army ANA soldiers in Jurm district of Badakhshan Province.
Advocacy process continued for Afghan National Army ANA by the Badakhshan residents by giving slogans death to local Governmental officials in Badakhshan.
Residents of Badakhshan during their demonstration demanded the local official’s resignation by the end of this week, and those who neglected should also be sentenced voice of the demonstrators.
The angry demonstrators have also demanded the Government not to let (IS) Dahesh to have safe houses in Badakhshan Province.
At one voice the demonstrators asked the President to take action on the aspect and end Taliban program production in Badakhshan.
Taliban armed gunmen had attacked Afghan National Army base in Jurm district of Badakhshan Province about a week ago where 27 Afghan National Army were beheaded, dozens were injured lots of Afghan National Army’s ammunitions, weapons, cars were seized by the Taliban, Taliban had attacked on the base early morning the fighting continued up to 8:00 Am in the morning.
Meanwhile Interior Minister of Afghanistan Noorulhaq Ulomi had said,” i will take the revenge of the Afghan National Army blood from Taliban.”
Recent reactions of the Badakhshan residents comes after Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited Badakhshan Province on Saturday and expressed his condolence to the victim’s family members.
Reported by Fawad Nasiri
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Iran, Pakistan leaders raise concerns over ‘terrorist groups’ in Afghanistan
Following a two-day official visit to Pakistan, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issued a joint statement emphasizing the need to further expand commercial and economic cooperation and transform the common border of the two countries from a “border of peace” to “border of prosperity”.
The two leaders also strongly condemned aggressions and crimes of Israel in Gaza, and demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire, as well as unimpeded humanitarian access to the besieged people of Gaza.
Numerous other issues were also discussed but on the topic of Afghanistan, they jointly declared their commitment to the development of Afghanistan as a peaceful, united, independent country free from the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking.
According to the statement the two countries pointed out that the existence of terrorist organizations in Afghanistan is a serious threat to the security of the region and the world.
The two sides stressed their desire to strengthen cooperation in the field of fighting terrorism and ensuring security and creating a united front against terrorism.
They also discussed the importance of coordinating regional and international efforts to ensure security and stability in the region.
“While respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Afghanistan, the two sides recognized that increasing participation of all strata of Afghans in basic decision-making will lead to the strengthening of peace and stability in this country,” the statement read.
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The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) says over 1,000 Afghan migrants were forcibly returned from Pakistan on Tuesday through Spin Boldak border crossing in Kandahar province, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry stated that based on information provided by the Spin Boldak Kandahar border command, these returnees comprised 191 families, totalling 998 people.
In addition, three migrants released from Pakistani prisons were also returned, according to the statement.
The statement added that after registering the returnees, the refugees were referred to the offices of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Food Program (WFP) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Each family received 10,000 afghanis – paid to them by the Islamic Emirate.
In another statement, the ministry said that 2,783 migrants living in Iran voluntarily and forcibly returned to the country during this week.
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According to the ministry of transport and aviation, Akhundzadeh met with the deputy ministers of transport of Russia and Belarus.
He also discussed ways to expand transit between Afghanistan and Russia; and Afghanistan and Belarus, and provide the necessary facilities to achieve this.
The ministry added that the acting minister had a bilateral meeting with the Minister of Transport and the Special Representative of the President of Uzbekistan on Afghanistan and discussed the expansion of road transport between the two countries.
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