China accepts IEA ambassador
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has announced that Chinese officials have welcomed its newly appointed ambassador in Beijing on Friday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said that Asadullah Bilal Karimi presented a copy of his credentials to Hong Li, the Head of the Protocol Department at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the statement, Hong Li welcomed Bilal Karimi and considered his appointment as ambassador an important step in the expansion of relations between China and Afghanistan.
He said that China respects the national sovereignty of Afghanistan and the decisions of the people of this country and does not interfere in its internal affairs.
Hong pointed out that China wants to cooperate with Afghanistan in the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative in the field of economic and infrastructure projects.
Meanwhile, Bilal Karimi said that he is glad to start working as the ambassador and special representative of the Islamic Emirate in China.
He added that this is an important chapter in the expansion of relations between the two countries.
Bilal Karimi assured China that no country will be threatened from Afghanistan soil, adding that stability and security in the region is in the interest of all. He also appreciated China’s “positive and non-interference policy” in Afghanistan’s affairs, and called China a good neighbor of Afghanistan.
Karimi also highlighted the importance of China’s role in investment, infrastructure restoration, development and reconstruction projects. He said that the current stability in Afghanistan is a good opportunity which should be fully utilized.
In the meeting, Hong Li expressed hope that with the appointment of the new IEA ambassador in China, relations between China and Afghanistan will be strengthened and expanded.
The Islamic Emirate in a statement on Friday strongly condemned the attack on Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which resulted in the death of Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, the deputy administrator of the seminary.
According to the statement issued by IEA’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, the “martyrdom” of Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani is described as a “great loss for scholarly and religious institutions.”
The Islamic Emirate also expressed condolences to Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani’s family, friends, and students.
A suicide bomber killed six worshippers during Friday prayers at an Islamic seminary in northwestern Pakistan.
The head of the religious school was among those killed, said provincial government spokesman Muhammad Ali Saif.
The dead man, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq, was the son of the late Maulana Sami-ul-Haq.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attacker, wearing an explosive-laden suicide vest, walked up to Haq as he was leaving a mosque on the premises of the Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary, his brother Maulana Abdul Haq said.
“Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq… died on the spot and around two dozen people were injured in the blast,” he said.
Regional police officer Najeebur Rahman said earlier that several people were wounded.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the bombing, and expressed sorrow over Haq’s death, in a statement issued by his office.
(Reuters)
Six people died in a landslide in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan province late last night, local officials said on Friday.
Bilal Uruzgani, spokesman for the Uruzgan police, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in the village of Sarmuri in the Gizab district of the province.
Women and children are also among the dead in the landslide which buried a house, he said.
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