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Afghan academics living abroad for years return home

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Seven prominent Afghan academics, who had been living outside the country for many years due to the lack of security, received a warm welcome on their return to Kabul on Monday.

They were welcomed home by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials at Kabul airport.

According to them, there is a host of academics, especially scientists, living abroad who will return home soon.

The returning academics expressed their intention to live in Afghanistan and cooperate with the Islamic Emirate.

"There are more than 200 of us in this group with bachelor's and master's and doctoral degrees, also among us we have people who in the government of Ghani and Karzai rejected the proposal of the ministries,” said Fazlullah Jalili, former director of education at Ariana Airlines.

"We have got suggestions and advice in various sectors that the Islamic Emirate can include in its policy and use to serve the homeland to solve the current problems in the country," said Abdul Matin Safi, a medical specialist.

Welcoming the return of these Afghans, a spokesman for the new commission tasked with attracting Afghans to return home said that in the past few days, dozens of high- and low-ranking officials of the former government had contacted them and were willing to return home.

"Currently, dozens of people who worked in high and low positions in the previous regime have contacted us, and among them are governors, deputies, general managers and some political figures who will come to Kabul," said Ahmadullah Waseek, a spokesman for the commission.

However, after recent developments and the fall of the previous government, hundreds of politicians, high-ranking government officials and academics left the country.

But the Islamic Emirate is trying to pave the way for the return of skilled Afghans through the commission.

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Blinken finally scheduled to testify in Congress on Afghanistan

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has agreed to testify publicly at a House of Representatives committee hearing on the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.

According to the committee, chair Michael McCaul, Blinken had committed to appear at a public hearing on December 11 to discuss the committee's investigation of the withdrawal three years ago.

The committee and the State Department have been wrangling over Blinken's appearance for months.

Panel Republicans voted in September to recommend Blinken be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena.

The State Department contended that the panel was provided with large amounts of information, with Blinken testifying before Congress on Afghanistan more than 14 times and the department providing nearly 20,000 pages of records, multiple high-level briefings and transcribed interviews, Reuters reported.

McCaul released a report on September 8 on the committee Republicans' investigation of the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, blasting Democratic President Joe Biden's administration for failures surrounding the evacuation.

The issue had become intensely politicized before the presidential election on November 5.

In his successful bid for a second term, Republican former President Donald Trump drew criticism for shooting a video for his campaign at Arlington National Cemetery where he appeared at a ceremony honoring troops killed in the evacuation, Reuters reported.

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Iran says change of envoy to Afghanistan ‘routine’

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appointed Alireza Bikdeli as the head of the Iranian mission in Kabul

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei has emphasized that the change of Iran's envoy to Afghanistan is quite normal, and rejected recent claims that its an indication of a reshaping of Tehran’s policy toward its neighboring country.

According to Baghaei, changes in Iran’s envoys and diplomatic and consular missions are routine and occur at specific intervals, IRNA news agency reported.

This comes two days after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appointed Alireza Bikdeli as the head of the Iranian mission in Kabul.

Bikdeli replaces Hassan Kazemi Qomi and previously served as the deputy foreign minister for consular affairs and as Iran's ambassador in Azerbaijan, Turkiye, and Cyprus.

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Russian lawmakers submit bill that could see IEA removed from Moscow’s terrorist list 

Russia has however been strengthening ties with the IEA, both politically and economically over the past three years

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A group of Russian lawmakers submitted a draft bill to the lower house of parliament on Tuesday that if passed will result in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) being removed from Russia’s list of terrorist organizations. 

If approved, the legislation will allow the IEA to be delisted as a banned group if it “stops carrying out activities aimed at promoting, justifying, and supporting terrorism," Russian media reported. 

The bill was submitted by seven senators and five Duma members from the ruling United Russia party and the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR).

The IEA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States and Canada along with other countries, who have also not yet recognized the ruling government. 

Russia has however been strengthening ties with the IEA, both politically and economically over the past three years. 

Earlier this week, Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu visited Afghanistan and said that the removal of the IEA from the list of terrorist groups is in its "final stage."

"Let me confirm our readiness to establish a constructive political dialogue between our countries and among the goals would be providing an impulse for the process of a settlement among Afghans," Shoigu reportedly said.

"We have tried to ensure conditions for a growth in exports of Afghan goods and a growth in foreign investment."

Currently, Russian legislation does not provide for a mechanism allowing for the suspension of a ban on the activities of a banned organization. The proposed bill should eliminate this legal gap.

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