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Ghani, Modi Inaugurate Renovated Storay Palace In Kabul

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

stor palacePresident Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday jointly inaugurated the renovated Storay Palace in Kabul through video conferencing.

During his speech, Ghani said the logic of peace and benevolence will defeat the logic of terror and violence as he said India and Afghanistan have always been close friends and joint initiatives like these are a fruitful journey of cooperation between the two nations.

“Let me express my most sincere thanks to the government and people of India for standing beside us in days of happiness and sorrow,” Afghan president said,” our relation with India will not stop here, we are fully prepared to work for the empowerment of the people and the governments, we are trying to overcome on war and violence through logic and diplomacy.”

On his part, Indian PM Modi said in our hearts and minds, Indians and Afghans have always been closest of friends and assured the people of Afghanistan that the 1.25 billion people of India will always be on Afghanistan’s side to build a prosperous, peaceful, secure and stable Afghanistan.

“To those who cannot see beyond shadows of violence in Afghanistan, the restored Stor palace is a reminder of the glory of Afghanistan’s rich traditions,” Modi said,” it saddens us to see that your proud nation continues to be challenged by externally sponsored instruments and entities of violence and terror.”

The Storay palace that is located in the ground of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs cost about $5.7 million and was funded by the government of India.

India has played a significant role in the reconstruction and rehabilitation process in Afghanistan over the past few years. Construction of the Afghan Parliament building, the India-Afghanistan-Iran corridor agreement, India-Afghan Friendship Dam are among the major projects implemented and funded by the government of India in Afghanistan.

Reported by: Ali Asghari

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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days

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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

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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

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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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