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Drug traffickers will be suppressed: President Ghani
Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani who attended in a inauguration ceremony of a medical center called ( Heyayee Umid) for addicted people in Kabul has stated that addiction is one of the biggest challenges along side of poverty , migration, displace and unemployment in the country.
President Ghani has also insisted that production, and utilization of narcotic drugs is prohibited.
Meanwhile officials in Ministry of Public health reported that 11 percent of Afghans are addicted with kinds of Narcotic drugs Nationwide.
President Ghani said,” a minority of the Afghans are plugged with addiction, and the responsible for this disaster is the drug traffickers and producers of Narcotic drugs, and they will be suppressed soon.”
“ We have kept silent didn’t say any words about Narcotic drugs for the past 14 years, anytime the following word came on the discussion, a word was repeated that its not our problem, though we produce it, and its prohibited by Islam, we have to produce it, exported for others, and we will not get addicted President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani quoted the ex Afghan officials.”
Minister of Public health Ferozuddin Feroz said,” last survey indicated that up to 2015 the number of the Afghans who were addicted with Narcotic drugs reached up to 11 percent, and from the 11 percent drug users 1,50 million people are addicted with.”
Mr. Feroz has declared the increasing factors of the addictions in Afghanistan are insecurity, geographical, Terrorism, unemployment, migration as group, production of Narcotic drugs.
Recent waves of insecurity in Afghanistan have encouraged the terrorists to have the farmers to plan types of Narcotic drugs and get benefited.
Reported by Ali Asghari
Sources close to Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani tell Ariana News that the U.S. government has removed bounties on several Islamic Emirate officials.
According to the sources, those no longer on the list include Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Aziz Haqqani, and Yahya Haqqani.
Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, and Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met on Saturday to address ongoing trade and transit challenges, stressing the importance of preventing political tensions from impacting economic ties, the ministry said in a statement.
The two officials focused on finalizing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and resolving issues related to the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA), the statement read.
The meeting also discussed the upcoming visit of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister to Afghanistan and a planned visit by an Islamic Emirate delegation to Pakistan.
The ministry hailed Sadiq’s visit to Kabul as a positive step, with Azizi emphasizing its constructive role in enhancing bilateral trade relations.
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq met on Saturday and discussed bilateral relations, political and economic cooperation, security and transit, said Zia Ahmad Takal, head of public relations at Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In this meeting, Muttaqi emphasized that obstacles to trade and transit are not in anyone’s interest and that certain issues should not be linked together.
He added that the process of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan should be carried out gradually and with dignity.
According to the statement, Pakistan’s special representative also acknowledged that ensuring security in Afghanistan benefits both Pakistan and the region.
He committed to introducing measures to facilitate the visa issuance process for Afghan citizens.
Mohammad Sadiq also stated that practical steps will be taken to resolve existing trade and transit challenges.
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