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Carter in his Visit to Kabul Insists on Fighting against Terrorism
US Defense Minister Ashton Cater during his visit to Afghanistan Kabul city with Afghan officials has insisted on fighting against terrorism and extremism.
Carter said,” his Government is committed to continue supporting Afghan Government on combating terrorism.”
President Ghani While visiting US Defense Minister has talked about the new and recent imitative of his Government over peace talk process.
US Defense Minister Ashton Carter said, “Counter terrorism of course will be continuing preoccupation and commitment or ours here and everywhere , where that needs to done and we are discussing and re-think the details of counter terrorism mission and how the environment has changed here with respect of terrorism since we laid out our first plan that is important consideration for US President as he thinks about few years discusses them with President Ghani they reached their views about what we are gonna do its rethinking of counter terrorism mission is part of the discussions that both presidents having next month.”
Resident Ghani though doesn’t name any groups still expressed his concerns over the some new and fresh threats in the country,he insisted that no significant efforts were made for peace talks for the past 13 years therefore my Government has adopted new measurements for ensuring peace within the country.”
We face new threats ,terrorism is a high threat for Afghan-US Governments our goal is to create peace and stability to have initiatives within the region our efforts are underway to be key country connecting other countries in the region stated President Ghani.
Mr. Carter added that President Obama has been reviewing several options for equipping Afghan security forces, strengthening the Afghanistan security strategy and probably changing the date of withdraw of the US troops from Afghanistan.
President Ghani is supposed to visit US in coming future and will talk over the needs of his Government with US counterpart Barak Obama.
Reported by Ahmad Farshad Saleh
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
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.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
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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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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