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Afghanistan sends delegation to Pakistan to discuss peace
According to AP: The Afghan government on Thursday sent a high-level delegation to Pakistan to discuss an action plan after Islamabad-hosted peace talks with the Taliban were suspended last month, officials said.
The one-day visit follows an angry speech by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in which he claimed Pakistan was involved in a spate of devastating Taliban attacks that struck the Afghan capital last week, killing dozens.
The Taliban have been fighting the Kabul government for almost 14 years. The recent attacks followed the announcement that their leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, died two years ago.
Ghani’s deputy spokesman Zafar Hashemi said the delegation was led by Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, and included national intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil and Acting Defense Minister Masoom Stanekzai.
They will meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and other Pakistani officials. It was not clear if Rabbani would also meet with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is also currently visiting Islamabad.
“The Afghan government wants Pakistan to take action against those groups … (who are) declaring war against Afghan people,” Hashemi said.
Ghani said this week war had been “declared against us from Pakistani territory,” referring to a part of the Taliban leadership that is based in Pakistan.
Departing from his typically reconciliatory tone, he said neighboring Pakistan has failed to take action against “suicide training camps and bomb-making facilities” used for attacks inside Afghanistan that he claimed are based in Pakistan.
Pakistan, which has in the past denied supporting the Taliban, offered condolences for the victims of Kabul attacks and said it remains committed to maintaining good relations with the Afghan government.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
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.
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