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Pakistan ready to facilitate Afghan Peace Talks for second time
Sartaj Aziz, the Pakistani prime minister’s adviser on national security and foreign affairs says that Pakistan is ready to once again facilitate Afghan-Taliban Peace Talks process if Kabul wants.
Sartaj Aziz criticized anti-Pakistani campaigns in Kabul before traveling to neighboring Afghanistan to attend a regional conference on Afghanistan.
Kabul has recently changed to an anti-Pakistani environment; from President Ghani’s harsh speech against Pakistan to the announcement of Afghan religious scholars for jihad against Pakistan.
Aziz will be carrying two crucial messages for the Afghan leadership in his trip to Afghanistan, which include immediate end to the anti-Pakistan propaganda and resumption of peace talks with Afghan Taliban.
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have deteriorated in recent weeks after Kabul publically accused Pakistan’s security establishment for orchestrating the recent terrorist attacks in the war-torn country.
A statement issued by the Pakistani Foreign Office also confirmed Aziz is traveling to Kabul on Friday, where he will meet the Afghan leadership to discuss bilateral issues.
In the meantime, Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesman Qazi Khalilullah also said that Pakistan fully supports Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process.
Pakistan hosted the first round of Taliban peace talks in July, but a planned second round was indefinitely postponed after the Afghan government announced that the Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, had died years earlier.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said he will no more ask Pakistan to assist in the talks with the Taliban and his government will itself pursue the negotiations.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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