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Regional efforts can end existence challenges in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s strategic studies center of foreign ministry emphasized that regional efforts can end the current challenges in Afghanistan.
The center stressed that solving terrorism problem and counter narcotics in Afghanistan needs a regional control and Iran can play an effective role in this process.
However, President Ghani’s trip to Iran caused Afghanistan shares its regional challenges with Iran but failed to strengthen ties between the two countries.
But strategic studies center of foreign ministry has an optimistic vision to this trip and its achievements.
The center believes that mobilizing the country’s economic cycle can be developed in strengthening economic and trade ties with Iran.
Dr. Faramarz Tamna, head of strategic studies center of foreign ministry said, “We can deepen our cooperation with Iran in all sectors especially in energy, mining, trade and transit sectors.”
In the trip, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Iranian supreme leader stressed to intensify bilateral cooperation to counter terrorism and other challenges jointly.
Ayatullah Ali Khemenei, supreme leader of Iran in a meeting with President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani in Tehran said that Afghanistan is going onwards development, adding that the security and development of Afghanistan is the security and development of Iran.
President’s trip to Iran summarized at the level of political interaction foreign ministries, higher education and also addressing the problems of more than 3 million Afghan refugees in Iran.
Meanwhile, a number of Afghan anlaysts are said to consider President Ghani’s trip to Iran a showing trip for Iran’s presence in regional deals and equations.
Sardar Rahimi, international relations analyst said, “Agreements made in president’s trip to Iran are not at the high levels.”
Iran has always had a marginal vision for Afghanistan but now it is expected that President Ghani’s trip causes new horizons for cooperation between the two bordering countries.
Reported by Wahid Nawesa
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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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