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Ghani emphasizes Afghan-Pakistan attempt to end feud

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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President Ashraf Ghani has said that Afghanistan and Pakistan are trying to end their feud and strengthen their ties.

Ghani said he was “cautiously optimistic” about improved relations with Pakistan, which he considers integral to peace efforts with the Taliban.

“I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ve begun a process of fundamental transformation,” he told the Council on Foreign Relations in response to a question about Afghan-Pakistani ties.

President warned that the year 2015 will be a difficult year for the Afghan government.

Ghani has made rapprochement with Pakistan a key policy since being elected as Afghanistan’s second president since the US-led toppling of the Pakistan-backed Taliban regime in 2001.

While addressing an audience in New York on his maiden presidential visit to the United States, President Ghani said that stronger ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan can remove terrorist havens in both countries.

Ghani, who said both countries were working to end 13 years of hostilities, believes improved relations with Pakistan are key to denying support for Afghan Taliban insurgents.

“Without sanctuary, a long-term rebellion is impossible. When sanctuaries end, peace breaks out. That’s what happened in Central America and Latin America, that’s what has happened in Africa,” he said.

The Taliban say they will not negotiate while foreign troops remain on Afghan soil.

“Terrorists neither require passports nor recognize nationalities,” Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said. “I’m hopeful that we will have sufficient wisdom not to sink but to swim together.”

Afghan analysts praised President Ghani’s new steps in relations between the two countries and are said to consider President Ghani’s recent statements at US congress made relations stronger between Afghanistan-America.

Analysts believe that if Afghanistan does not stand by its commitments, the United States will also abandon Afghanistan forever.

By Hesamuddin Hesam

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IEA’s foreign ministry summons Pakistan’s charge d’affaires over airstrike

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has summoned Pakistan’s charge d’affaires over Islamabad’s airstrike inside Afghanistan in the early hours of Monday morning.

The ministry presented the charge d’affaires with a letter of protest and advised the new civilian government to curb anti-Afghanistan actions and to not ‘complicate’ relations between the two Muslim countries.

The ministry also condemned the airstrikes, in Paktika and Khost, and warned Islamabad it has a long history of fighting foreign powers and that it will not tolerate military action on its territory.

The ministry said in a statement that Pakistan’s new civilian government and the people of Pakistan should not allow some circles to complicate the relations between the two neighboring Muslim countries.

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Bayat Foundation steps in to help needy families over Ramadan

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(Last Updated On: March 18, 2024)

Dozens of needy families in Herat province received much needed Ramadan aid packages on Monday from Bayat Foundation.

According to Bayat Foundation officials, a transparent assessment was carried out on people in need before the aid was distributed.

The packages included flour, rice and cooking oil. The foundation will carry this initiative through to other provinces during the holy month of Ramadan.

Officials said poverty and unemployment in the country has resulted in more people needing assistance.

Recipients of this aid welcomed the initiative and called on other organizations to also help the needy.

Over the past 20 years, the Bayat Foundation has carried out countless campaigns to help the needy across the country. The foundation is also actively involved in education and health – with the aim of helping the needy in Afghanistan.

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Border forces target military posts along Durand Line in response to airstrikes

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The Ministry of National Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Monday morning that border forces targeted Pakistan “military centers” along the Durand Line in response to airstrikes against civilian homes in Paktika and Khost provinces.

In the early hours of Monday morning, Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan, hitting residential houses in Spera district in Khost and Bermel district in Paktika.

At least eight people were killed – five women and three children.

Inayatullah Khwarazmi, the defense ministry’s spokesperson said on X: “In response to this aggression, the border forces targeted Pakistan’s military centers along the Durand line with heavy weapons.”

Khwarazmi added that the country’s defense and security forces are ready to respond to any aggressive actions and will defend their territorial integrity.

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