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Ghani’s administration is main hurdle for peace in Afghanistan: Taliban
The Taliban said Friday that President Ashraf Ghani’s government is the “only hurdle for the peace process” in Afghanistan.
Addressing a press conference in Moscow, Russia, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy head of Taliban’s office in Qatar, stated that President Ghani has to resign as “negotiations underway and [all] would agree on a new Islamic State.”
Stanikzai, who is leading a Taliban delegation in Moscow, added that the Taliban is ready to work with a new government in the country.
“Negotiations underway end the government of Ashraf Ghani and establish a new Islamic state. The Taliban have reached an agreement with the US on setting up a new Islamic government in Afghanistan,” Stanikzia said.
He claimed that President Ghani’s administration is creating hurdles in the way of peace talks.
“The Aghan government’s officials are insincere in peace and they do not want to restore peace because if peace comes an Islamic State would be set and Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s administration would be terminated; therefore, they create hurdles in the way of the peace process,” Stanikzia stated.
Meanwhile, Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State in a phone conversation with President Ghani discussed the Afghan peace process and the US commitment toward Afghanistan said the US State Department in a statement on Thursday.
According to the statement, the US backs the Afghan peace process and political settlement.
“The Secretary highlighted robust diplomatic support for the peace process focused on helping the parties to the conflict achieve a durable and just political settlement and permanent and comprehensive ceasefire that benefits all Afghans,” read the statement.
The US will review the February 2020 US-Taliban deal, said the department of state.
“The United States is reviewing the February 2020 US-Taliban agreement and whether the Taliban are living up to their commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups, to reduce violence in Afghanistan, and to engage in meaningful negotiations with the Afghan government and other stakeholders,” added the statement.
Blinken also called on the Afghan leaders to support the historic opportunity for peace.
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63 Afghan migrants released from Pakistani jails
After receiving humanitarian aid, these individuals were transferred to their original locations in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriates has confirmed that 63 Afghan citizens have been released from prisons in Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan.
According to a statement released by the ministry on Thursday, these individuals include four Afghan migrant families, comprising 15 members and 48 other individuals.
The statement adds that these individuals were detained in various Pakistani cities for not having legal documentation and were held in prison for between two and six days.
After receiving humanitarian aid, these individuals were transferred to their original locations in Afghanistan.
The detaining and imprisonment of Afghan migrants in Pakistan intensified after the Pakistani government set a deadline for illegal migrants, including Afghans, to leave the country by November 1, 2023.
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UN Security Council condemns Kunduz suicide bombing
The UN Security Council has strongly condemned Tuesday’s suicide attack near a bank in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province.
Daesh has claimed responsibility for the bombing which, according to local officials, killed five people and injured seven others.
The bombing took place near a Kabul Bank branch in Kunduz.
The UN Security Council said in a statement on Friday the attack was a “heinous terrorist” act and reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to peace and security in Afghanistan, as well as in the world.
The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these “reprehensible acts of terrorism accountable” and bring them to justice.
They urged all countries, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regard.
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One person killed in explosion at Ministry of Urban Development in Kabul
According to Afghan, one person died in the explosion and three others were wounded.
Mohammad Kamal Afghan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, confirmed to the media that an attacker who was trying to enter the ministry early this morning was killed by guards before reaching his target.
According to Afghan, one person died in the explosion and three others were wounded.
He added that the attacker was also killed in the incident.
Meanwhile, Abdul Matin Qane, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Emirate, confirmed the explosion and told the media that the situation had been neutralized.
Qane added that the Islamic Emirate forces had killed the suicide bomber before he reached his target.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Interior did not say anything about the number of casualties in the attack.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the incident.
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