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Internal Disputes of Both Leaders Encourages IS, Taliban to Expand Activities
Internal political disagreements in between the two National Unity Government has caused the IS and Taliban to have more influences in the country.
A number of the Mps have expressed their concerns over the insecurity demanding the Government to introduce the Afghanistan defense Minister Nominee to the parliament.
Mp Babor Farhmand said,” way of approaching the insurgents at Balkh Province has been none Professional, their bullets has killed several trapped persons in the Prosecutor office of Balkh.”
The other lawmaker Naqeebullah Faiq said,” fighting continues in several districts of Faryab province, so many districts are to be controlled by the insurgents, Afghan security forces will be run out of ammunition.”
However other representatives in the house Ghulam Hussien Nasiri said,” the internal political disagreement have caused the IS and Taliban to have more influences in the country.”
MoI spokesman Sideq Sideqee has rejected none professional behavior of police forces towards the insurgents in Balkh attack.
Local officials have claimed that Anti Government insurgents have blocked off the ways of Naray and Ghazi abad to center of the city and Kamdish to Barg-i-Matal to Nuristan by throwing stones, they have mentioned Taliban have surrounded Nawpas area which is located to Sarkano district of Konar Province.
Konar security chief Abdul Habib SayedKhili said ,” we have not be capable to support our forces and send some supplies since two months by now efforts are underway to open the roads to that district.”
Afghan military experts related the recent insecurity to acting Governors positions and no Defense Minister on the lead.
The following issue comes after that in the recent armed attacks carried out by the insurgents in different parts of the country hundreds of Afghans including military and civilians lost their life.
Reported by Ahmad Farshad Saleh
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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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Over 1,000 Afghan refugees forced out of Pakistan in one day
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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Afghanistan’s minister of transport and aviation attends regional meeting in Uzbekistan
Hamidullah Akhundzadeh, acting Minister of Transport and Aviation, headed a delegation to Uzbekistan for a ‘Six-Party Corridor’ meeting that included representatives from Afghanistan, Russia, Belarus, Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
On the sidelines of this meeting the Afghanistan delegation discussed trade through the corridor with the other five relevant countries.
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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