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MoD: Neighboring countries involve in Taliban’s raid on Ghazni
Afghanistan Ministry of Defense says that the neighboring countries involve in organizing Taliban attack on Ghazni province on Sunday night.
The allegation may put a strain on the delicate relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s unity government.
Deputy spokesman of the defense ministry says that terrorists in support of neighboring countries try to change Afghanistan into a large terrorism base.
Pakistan has always been accused of supporting terrorism by Afghan authorities.
Hundreds of Taliban fighters who replaced on the outskirts of Ghazni on Sunday night and aimed to raid the city were dismantled by Afghan security forces.
According to officials, the armed Taliban group planned to explode a truck bomb inside Ghazni city and begin to their offensive. But the truck bomb went off outside the city in Kabul-Kandahar highway.
“Terrorists are attempting to change Afghanistan into a terrorism base to threaten the region and the world,” Dawlat Waziri, deputy spokesman of defense ministry said.
Meanwhile, the ministry of interior affairs also says that Afghan security forces operation is seriously ongoing for wiping out Taliban from Ghazni.
“We won’t allow Taliban to harm our Afghan people or take initiative in the province,” Sidiq Sidiqi, spokesman of interior ministry said.
However, Afghan analysts strongly criticized the leadership of security institutions. They are pointing out that Pakistan with mobilizing Taliban seek to carry out widespread attacks in various parts of Afghanistan.
“We have to be wake up, this is a guerilla war. Afghan security forces must take more preparations to destroy Taliban group,” Atiqullah Amar Khail, military analyst said.
This comes as local officials in Ghazni said that clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban are still underway and in Taliban’s raid nearly 10 civilians including women were killed.
Afghan-Pakistani relations had improved in recent months following years of mistrust, during which each country accused the other of supporting militants operating along their porous border.
Previously, Pakistan Inter-Service Intelligence ISI and the Afghan intelligence agency— National Directorate of Security (NDS)— signed a landmark deal aimed at bolstering the fight against terrorism.
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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