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Tajik and Pakistani nationals were involved in Daesh attacks in Afghanistan: acting defense minister
Acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid said on Sunday that citizens of other countries, including Tajikistan and Pakistan, were involved in Daesh attacks that happened after the Islamic Emirate seized power in Afghanistan.
Mujahid said at a press conference of the security and purging affairs commission that attacks in Afghanistan have decreased by 90 percent this year compared to the previous year.
"This (Daesh) project has no roots and results in Afghanistan. The designers and sponsors of this project should understand this fact. After the Islamic Emirate came to power, all the attacks on mosques, khanqahs, religious scholars and public gatherings in Afghanistan involved foreigners, especially Tajik nationals. Dozens of Tajik citizens have been killed as a result of the operation of our security forces, and dozens more have been captured alive,” Mujahid said.
He added that in the second place, Pakistani nationals were involved in the attacks and more than 20 Pakistani citizens were killed and hundreds were arrested in operations.
He called on countries not to let “evil elements” enter Afghanistan through their soil.
"We seriously ask the countries through which foreign evil elements enter Afghanistan to seriously control their land and air borders and not allow evil elements to enter Afghanistan through them."
The Acting Minister of Defense also said that "domestic and foreign tendentious circles" seek to cause concern among countries about Afghanistan.
"For these tendentious circles, producing false information has become a business, they want to gain political and material concessions and reach their sinister goals,” Mujahid said.
According to him, the United Nations and especially the Security Council have been seduced by false information.
Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid also denied the claims that the military equipment left by the previous government have fallen to the armed groups.
“Weapons, ammunition and military equipment left from the previous administration in Afghanistan are safe and in responsible hands. The claims that this weapon fell into the hands of some groups are not true and are pure propaganda,” Mujahid said.
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Ten people killed in Baghlan attack
Ten people were killed by unknown individuals in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province on Thursday night, police said on Friday.
The incident happened as the victims were doing Zikr at a mosque in Shahr-e-Kuhna of Nahrin district, police said in a statement.
The statement said that they used to regularly go to mosques and monasteries at night after returning from work.
Abdul Ghayoor Khadim, a provincial police official, said that several people were arrested in connection with the incident, adding that an investigation was launched.
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Chinese, Turkmen officials meet to discuss Afghanistan
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Serdar Muhammetdurdiyev on Thursday met with Chinese special envoy for Afghanistan, Yue Xiaoyong, the Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan announced.
During the meeting, the sides discussed priority vectors of strategic interstate cooperation built on a long-term, mutually beneficial basis, as well as exchanged views on the implementation of previously reached agreements.
It was noted that personal contacts between the leaders of the two countries play a key role in intensifying the interstate dialogue, which give a strong impulse to further development and expansion of Turkmen-Chinese ties.
It was emphasized that Turkmenistan considers multilateral international platforms for maintaining stability in Afghanistan as an important factor in promoting sustainable improvement of socio-economic state of the neighboring country. The sides exchanged views on the preparations to the 5th meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan's Neighboring States to be held in Turkmenistan.
The interlocutors reaffirmed that Turkmenistan and China will continue to provide all-round support for the economic restoration of Afghanistan.
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U.S. House approves bill on evacuation of Afghan allies
The U.S. House Of Representatives has passed a legislation on evacuation of Afghans who assisted Americans during the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
“The passage of the CARE Authorization Act of 2024 further underscores the commitment made by the U.S. government to safeguard those who served shoulder-to-shoulder with our personnel during the twenty-year mission in Afghanistan,” Congresswoman Dina Titus said in a statement.
“The State Department has made it clear: There is no deadline for the crucial job of protecting Afghan allies. By authorizing the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts at the State Department, we can more effectively relocate and resettle those who have qualified to immigrate to the U.S. as a result of their service to this country.”
In 2022 the State Department established a specialized office called the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) to streamline and coordinate the ongoing relocation and resettlement process for eligible Afghans from Afghanistan and Pakistan to the United States.
The CARE Authorization Act of 2024 will formally authorize the CARE office at the State Department for three years and grant important authorities to advance its mission. These include an extension of authorities to enter into personal services contracts as well as measures to streamline the transfer of funds to and from other agencies involved in the Afghan relocation mission.
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