A number of former Afghan government officials and soldiers, employed by the previous administration, gathered in Kabul on Sunday protesting against US President Donald Trump’s call for the return of military equipment left behind in the country.

The protesters said that the equipment belongs to Afghanistan and that the United States should pay compensation for destroying military equipment country during their withdrawal.

“The general opinion of the people of Afghanistan is that these weapons, equipment and war technology are the property of the nation and the property of the people,” said Afzal Aman, former deputy minister of defense.

Abdul Sattar Khatgar, a military veteran, also said that Trump’s insistence on regaining control of Bagram Airfield is against international laws and it will never happen.

The former soldiers also asked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to hand over the planes of the former army to Afghanistan in compliance with international rules and laws.

In the gathering, it was also reported that after the fall of the republic, military equipment and vehicles of the former army were transferred to Pakistan and Iran, 46 aircraft were transferred to Uzbekistan and 18 aircraft were taken to Tajikistan.

Uzbekistan recently handed over seven Black Hawk helicopters of the former Afghan army to the United States.

Some participants at the gathering said that the United States was pursuing its own goals in Afghanistan.

“America did not come to Afghanistan for the people. President Biden himself said that they were not here for nation-building. They had come to steal and loot, to spread drugs, to kill Muslims and to divide Afghanistan,” Kamran Aman, a military veteran, said.

Trump has repeatedly criticized the abandonment of military equipment in Afghanistan and has called for its return.

The Islamic Emirate, however, has said that the leftover US arms are spoils of war and will never be returned.

Six young girls died on Saturday night, and four others were injured, when the roof of an under-construction house in Karachi, Pakistan, collapsed, police said Sunday. 

Officials said 10 people had been trapped under the debris after the roof, made of sand and gravel, caved in. 

Doctors at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital confirmed that six girls, aged between three and 15, had died, while four other family members, including a 40-year-old man and a three-year-old boy, were injured.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah expressed deep sorrow over the tragic incident, offering prayers for the victims and condolences to the grieving family, Pakistan media reported. 

Authorities have launched an investigation into the collapse, while rescue teams continue clearing the debris.

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the visit of Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting minister of the ministry, to Oman.

Zia Ahmad Takal, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote on X on Sunday that Muttaqi is making this trip to Muscat at the invitation of Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman.

Takal wrote that the acting foreign minister is scheduled to discuss the development of political and economic relations and bilateral cooperation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman and other senior officials of the country.

This is Muttaqi’s first visit to Oman.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in September last year that the Afghan embassy in Oman has been reopened under the administration of the Islamic Emirate.