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Trump exaggerates claim that many Americans are ‘hostages’ in Afghanistan
Former US president Donald Trump has claimed that there are many Americans who are being held as hostages in Afghanistan, but a US media outlet has called the remarks an exaggeration.
In a video his campaign released last week, Trump said: “We have many American people still living in Afghanistan, probably as hostages.”
NBC News citing two senior Biden administration national security officials said on Saturday that the IEA is holding two Americans that the US government would like to see released. Other Americans are in Afghanistan at of their own volition, they said.
One of the hostages is Ryan Corbett.
“We have continually pressed, including in our meetings with Taliban (IEA) representatives, for the immediate and unconditional release of Ryan Corbett and other Americans detained in Afghanistan,” Mathew Miller, US State Department’s spokesperson, said on Thursday.
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IEA delegation attends conference for ‘Promoting Mining Cooperation’ in China
The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said on Saturday in a statement that its delegation participated in a conference titled "Promoting Mining Cooperation" in China’s Hunan province.
The Ministry stated the conference aims to build a well-equipped laboratory in Afghanistan, increase the capacity of technical and professional employees of the Ministry of Mines, and encourage investors in the mineral resources sector of Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Chinese investors expressed their interest in Afghanistan’s gold, copper, mica, talc, oil, gas, lithium, lead and zinc mines.
At the conference, the ministry’s deputy minister of finance and administration and head of the delegation Hussamuddin Saberi talked about Afghanistan's natural resources contracts and investment opportunities and considered holding such programs effective for the relations between the two countries.
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Uzbekistan, EU envoys meet to discuss Afghanistan
Uzbekistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, Ismatulla Irgashev, on Friday met with the EU Special Representative for Central Asia Terhi Hakala.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the current state and prospects of Uzbek-European relations in the Afghan direction, the efforts of the international community to prevent a humanitarian crisis in the country and the possibility of using the international transport and logistics hub in Termez to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Uzbekistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
Hakala highly appreciated the efforts of Uzbekistan to develop a consolidated regional position on Afghanistan, establish long-term peace and stability in the country, according to the statement.
The parties expressed mutual interest in continuing bilateral consultations on the Afghan issue, the statement added.
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