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Russia, China, Pakistan Worry about Increased IS Threat in Afghanistan
Russia, China and Pakistan warned about the growing influence of Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan and deterioration of security situation in the country in a tripartite meeting held on Afghanistan on Tuesday without any representative from Kabul government.
“(The three countries) expressed particular concern about the rising activity in the country of extremist groups including the Afghan branch of IS,” Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said,” Russia, China and Pakistan had noted the deterioration of the security situation (in Afghanistan).”
The Russian Foreign Ministry said after the meeting that the countries have agreed to invite Afghan government to such talks in the future.
Afghanistan objected the meeting saying this approach, regardless of the good intentions of the participants, would not help the situation in Afghanistan.
This comes as recently, the Resolute Support (RS) mission spokesman Brig. Gen. Charlie Cleveland said that the U.S. forces in Afghanistan aggressively continues its offensive against IS militants whose number have decreased now from 3,000 to 1,000 and they have lost one third of territory which was under their control.
Zakharova said the three countries have also agreed to continue their efforts to take the name of some Taliban off the UN sanction list in order to easy the Afghan peace dialogues.
The three countries agreed a “flexible approach to remove certain figures from sanctions lists as part of efforts to foster a peaceful dialogue between Kabul and the Taliban movement,” Zakharova added.
The move comes shortly after the Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani last month urged the UN to add the Taliban’s new leader to its sanctions list.
The Afghan ministry of foreign affairs also believes that “even if (the meeting) well-intentioned, in the absence of Afghans cannot help the real situation and also raises serious questions about the purpose of such meetings”.
Reported by: Fahim Noori
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.
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.
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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