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Abdullah In Uzbekistan To Attend SCO Summit
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah met with Tajikistan’s Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda on the sideline of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of Heads of Government Summit in Uzbekistan.
The two sides discussed bilateral relations, trade, election, regional connectivity and the Afghan peace process, Abdullah’s office said in a statement.
“Tajikistan is a close ally and strategic partner to Afghanistan,” Abdullah said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Abdullah met with Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Askar Mamin, and First Vice President of Iran Ishaq Jahangiri in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Abdullah discussed the recent election of Afghanistan, peace, counter-terrorism, and bilateral ties with the two country’s leaders.
Abdullah on Friday arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan to attend the 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of Heads of Government Summit.
He was welcomed by Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Aziz Abdul Hakimov, Uzbekistan’s deputy foreign minister Ilhom Nematov, Tashkent mayor Jahangir and Ahmad Khalid Elmi, Afghan Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
“I thank the brotherly Government & people of Uzbekistan for their warm welcome and hospitality,” Abdullah tweeted.
In this summit, heads of governments will exchange views on regional politics and security, economic cooperation, investments, counter-terrorism, and extremism.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization SCO is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai on 15 June 2001 by six countries China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Currently, the SCO is comprised of eight countries India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; and Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran, and Mongolia are the observer countries of the organization.
The main objectives of the SCO are to 1: strengthen relations among member states; 2: promote cooperation in political affairs, economics, and trade, scientific-technical, cultural, and educational spheres as well as in energy, transportation, tourism, and environmental protection; 3: safeguard regional peace, security, and stability; and 4: create a democratic, equitable international political and economic order.
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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.
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