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More than 12700 International Troops to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2016: Nicholson

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The commander, Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces – Afghanistan Gen, John W. Nicholson in brief has stated that some the Afghan unit’s leaders are plugged with poor leaderships, incompetence and corruption, they need to be replaced, to shape and set the conditions for the security forces to seize the initiatives and take the fight to enemies and the counter insurgency.

He also urged that there more than 12700 ally soldiers are committed to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2016.

The European Union Special Representative in Afghanistan Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin stated that too many within the police forces   their loyalty not to the Ministry not to their superiors to people to belong to power structures outside of the Ministry and outside of the state.

The commander, Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces – Afghanistan Gen, John W. Nicholson said,” As your vision states you need leaders and officers ready to work harder, change attitudes and practices, be open to new ideas, stop the old ways of doing things, some units are plugged with poor leaderships, incompetence and corruption, so just as we have heroes like lieutenant Akbar, we also have leaders who are corrupted and need to be replaced Sergeant Major Roshaan said if we do not eliminate corruption, corruption will eliminate us, despite of many successes we have much work to do together, know that we are with you in this hard work, but increasing more and rest on your leadership and on eliminating corruption.”

He further went on and talked about the numbers of the International troops to remain in Afghanistan.

The commander, Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces – Afghanistan Gen, John W. Nicholson said ,” There more than 12700 allied soldiers are committed to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2016, this allows our partnership and the train advises and assist mission to continue and to extend to all police zones corps 2017 and heads the US authority which have been granted by the President Obama will help to shape and set the conditions for the security forces to seize the initiatives and take the fight to enemies and the counter insurgency.”

Meanwhile the European Union Special representative to Afghanistan at the end of their police support mission in Afghanistan has insisted on tackling corruption within the Afghanistan’s police queue.

The European Union Special Representative in Afghanistan Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin said,” We still in situation we are far too many within the police forces or their loyalty not to the Ministry not to their superiors to people to belong to power structures outside of the Ministry and outside of the state, that needs to be tackled, this is a key challenge, it’s still very real and it endures the future development of the Afghan police if it’s not tackled and addressed in focused way.”

Chief executive of the National Unity Government Abdullah Abdullah said,” that we need to tackle against corruption, and practical steps should be taken, otherwise corruption will cause that no uniforms and foods to be reached to the hands of the Afghan security forces in the right time.”

He also mentioned that the Afghanistan’s enemies do not have trust on peace negotiation, insecurity will be enforced in Afghanistan till the foreign supports for the terrorists doesn’t stop, demanding the Afghan security forces the political tensions should not impact on their morals.

Reported by Fawad Nassiri

 

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Iran, Pakistan leaders raise concerns over ‘terrorist groups’ in Afghanistan

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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

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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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Afghanistan’s minister of transport and aviation attends regional meeting in Uzbekistan

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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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