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Ghani Tasked Afghan Forces Not To Target HIA Military Bases
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has ordered all security departments not to target any military bases of the Hezb-i- Islami, but provide more facilities for the HIA fighters to collect their weapons and join peace process.
He also tasked the Afghanistan Security Council to step up for removing sanctions against Hezb-i- Islami.
Based on the decree 24 article the Attorney General office was also assigned to ensure the Judicial safety of the leader of Hezb-i- Islami and its members incoming two months.
According to President decree a joint committee with 6 members from Afghanistan and Hezb-i- Islami for taking the peace agreement into practical phase were established.
Part of the president decree states that Hezb-i- Islami Afghanistan according to Afghanistan constitution and other laws can bear civil and political rights, and by considering the law they can launch political activities, and the members of the following party can live at any part of the country.
In the other part of the decree is written that Hezb-i- Islami should demolish all their military and insurgency movements, and should also surrender those prisoners to the Afghan Government.
President Deputy Spokesman ShahHussien Murtzawe said,” Governmental departments are responsible to make sure that the Hezb-i- Islami members can be employed in Afghanistan Government structure.”
The Joint committee will begin working on Saturday to take the peace agreement into a practical phase.
head of the peace negotiation from HIA Mohammad Amin Karim said,” Afghan people hope to see the peace agreement is practically implemented, and the leader of the Hezb-i- Islami will join Government after the sanctions is removed.”
Meanwhile head of the civil society activist Aziz Rafiyee said,” Those who have committed crimes would not be remaining without going to a trail, because no one can guarantee the judicial safety or to have the authority to let one can go without trial.”
During his speech head of the peace negotiation from HIA Mohammad Amin Karim said,” Taliban don’t have the power to hold a state for ever or to control a city for days.”
HIA- Afghan Government has signed a peace deal 30 days ago in 6 chapters and 26 articles.
Reported by: Fawad Nasiri
Pakistan’s government on Friday extended the stay of Afghan refugees in the country till June 30, amid repatriation of illegal foreign nationals.
There are around 1.3 million registered Afghans living in Pakistan, according to a spokesman for UN refugee agency UNHCR in Islamabad, Dawn newspaper reported.
“On the recommendation of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, the federal cabinet approved the extension of the validity of PoR cards of Afghan refugees from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024,” said an official statement, issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The PoR cardholders will be repatriated in the third phase of the plan that will begin after the repatriation of “illegal foreign nationals” residing in Pakistan is completed, the statement added.
The PoR card holders avail schools, bank accounts and other facilities in Pakistan.
Repatriation of undocumented refugees began on November 1 and continues. More than 500,000 Afghans have been expelled so far.
John Bass, US acting under secretary of state for political affairs, will travel to Qatar and Pakistan April 26-30, US State Department announced on Friday.
In Doha, Qatar, he will meet with senior Qatari government officials and other diplomatic missions to discuss support for Afghanistan and shared security interests in the region, US State Department said in a statement.
In Islamabad, Pakistan, Under Secretary Bass will meet with senior Pakistani government officials to discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues as part of the U.S.-Pakistani partnership, the statement added.
John Bass served as US ambassador to Afghanistan under Donald Trump administration between December 2017 and January 2020.
A tripartite meeting between the delegations of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan was held in Kabul with the aim of connecting North Asia to South Asia and reducing transit and transportation costs among these three countries, the Ministry of Trade and Commerce said in a statement.
In this meeting, an agreement was reached on the creation of a joint technical committee to continue the talks.
This tripartite meeting was held under the leadership of Nooruddin Azizi, the Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Vice President of Turkmenistan and Srik Zhumangarin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
Earlier, a bilateral meeting was held between the delegation of the Islamic Emirate and Turkmenistan. The ministry of commerce said the participants of the meeting discussed the construction of a large joint logistics center in Torghondi, the trilateral transit agreement between the IEA, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, the expansion of Afghanistan’s railway, solving issues related to Afghan transit and export goods, and a number of other commercial issues.
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