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Ex-IEA envoy says Doha office’s strength should have been maintained
A former senior diplomat for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has said that the IEA should have maintained its strong presence in Doha and that the foreign ministry should have been incorporated into that office.
In an interview with Ariana News, Abdul Salam Zaeef, who served as ambassador to Pakistan during the IEA’s previous rule of Afghanistan, said if the strong contingent of IEA members had been kept in the Doha office, they would have been able to easily engage with the international community.
He also said the foreign ministry would have been able to make strong and decisive decisions had they fallen under the Doha office.
“I think when the foreign minister was appointed and all the political authority was transferred to him, the political office (Doha) almost became paralyzed,” Zaeef said.
“There were very strong people [in the office] who engaged with the international community and made promises to them… it should have been kept strong,” he said.
On the IEA’s performance over the past seven months, Zaeef said that the IEA has so far been successful in maintaining security and people are also cooperating with the new authorities.
He said that the IEA’s move to form a commission to encourage Afghans living abroad was a good initiative. “But the problem is contacting them, that is not easy. It is not easy to find the major figures. It would be easy to contact them if more [tribal] elders were involved.”
Zaeef said that the efforts of the foreign ministry in engaging with the international community were important, but that the IEA should move toward international recognition based on a strategy.
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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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