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Ghani, Abdullah to hold parallel inaugurations
Ashraf Ghani is set to swear in as president Monday, 9th March, at the Presidential Palace. Abdullah, on the other hand, on the same day, is holding the inauguration at the Sapidar Palace.
Office of the Chief Executive says that negotiations among the two parties ended inconclusively and Abdullah Abdullah’s inauguration ceremony will be held tomorrow, 9th March. The presidential palace also says that it holding the inauguration ceremony on the same day.
Moreover, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah have invited each other and at the same time some embassies and countries to attend these two parallel inauguration ceremonies.
The released portrait on RTA shows Arg decorated for Ghani’s inauguration. Arg says that a great number of international and domestic guests are invited to the ceremony, including Muhsin Dawar and Ali Wazir, members of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement.
Sediq Siddiqi, presidential palace spokesman says that all the preparations have been taken for tomorrow’s ceremony and so many guests will attend the celebration of the republic’s victory.
Sapidar Palace, few steps away from the presidential palace, has been prepared for Abdullah’s inauguration ceremony.
Omid Maisam, a deputy spokesperson of the CE, says that the negotiations ended inconclusively, so the inauguration ceremony will definitely be held tomorrow.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has called tomorrow off in Kabul for the presidential inauguration, with no names mentioned – Ghani or Abdullah – in the announcement.
These two political rivals have invited each other to their inauguration ceremonies; therefore, receiving invitations for the two parallel swear-in events has put the international and domestic invitees at a crossroad.
Shir Mohammad Akhundzada, a member of the House of Representatives, says, “We can’t make a decision which ceremony to attend. This is challenging.”
Nasib Muqbel, another member of the House of Representatives, said, “Having two presidents in one country is worrying.”
Sources say that Zalmay Khalilzad and other foreign diplomats’ efforts to settle the odds between the two rivals, Ghani and Abdullah, ended inconclusively. According to the sources, efforts for unifying both sides still continue.
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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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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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