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Afghan refugee dies after falling from 16th floor during a fire
A 30-year-old man from Afghanistan died in the UK on Sunday morning after falling from a 16th floor window while trying to escape a fire in the apartment where he was living.
The deceased was named by Bristol authorities on Wednesday. He was Abdul Jabar Oryakhel, who had only been in the UK in February.
Oryakhel fled the country after the collapse of the former government.
According to the Bristol Post, he had been seeking asylum status and had been staying with his cousin in a flat on the 16th floor of Twinnell House in Easton, Bristol, when tragedy struck at around 2am on Sunday morning.
Investigations have found that the fire started when an electric bike charger caught fire, and three other people in the flat at the time managed to escape the fire - two by clambering out of a window and clinging on to the outside of the building before they were pulled in by firefighters.
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US spending of $3.71 billion has had no impact on Afghanistan’s economy: Ministry
The Ministry of Economy in a statement on Saturday responding to a report by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), said the $3.71 billion mentioned by the agency was allocated to international institutions, a large portion of which was used for their own expenses, and the rest designated as humanitarian aid.
SIGAR’s report stated that the US has spent $3.71 billion in Afghanistan over the past three years, but it has had little significant impact on the country’s economic situation.
According to the statement, the Ministry of Economy has urged the international community and countries to release over $9 billion of Afghanistan's foreign reserves, which have been frozen, to the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB).
The statement stated this would allow the funds to be used for maintaining monetary stability, strengthening the financial system, facilitating trade with the world, and ensuring Afghanistan’s economic stability.
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Industry ministry to establish ‘unified union’ for pine nut sector
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoIC) said in a statement on Saturday that a unified union will be established for the pine nut sector to support its development and eliminate unhealthy competition among its members.
According to the statement, acting Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi met with pine nut traders during a meeting to support and address the challenges faced by the pine nut sector.
In the meeting, discussions focused on the establishment of pine nut processing factories, export issues, supporting sector members, and creating a pine nut market within the country.
Traders also stated that currently, Afghan pine nuts are exported to China, India, and European countries.
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Trump claims China controls Bagram Airfield
President Donald Trump on Friday said he would have kept Bagram Airfield not for Afghanistan, but for China, because it is "just one hour away from where Beijing makes its nuclear weapons."
Speaking at signing executive orders at the White House, Trump referred to Bagram Airfield as "one of the largest airbases in the world."
Trump reiterated his criticism of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, asserting that China now controls Bagram Airfield.
“I was getting out, but I was going to keep Bagram,” Trump told reporters, referring to his administration’s plans for Afghanistan. “Right now, China has Bagram.”
Trump also argued that the withdrawal, overseen by former President Biden in 2021, emboldened Russia and contributed to its invasion of Ukraine.
“When Putin looked over and saw how incompetently that was handled,” he said, “Afghanistan really started the problems with Russia and Ukraine.”
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