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Hanafi meets with OIC’s special envoy for Afghanistan
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Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, the administrative deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), met with Tariq Ali Bakhit, the special representative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Afghanistan, and his delegation, in Kabul on Monday.
According to the office of the deputy prime minister, the OIC’s special envoy for Afghanistan said humanitarian aid to Afghanistan was discussed during a recent meeting of foreign ministers of OIC member nations and it was stated that relief efforts would continue.
Bakhit said in addition to the continuation of humanitarian aid, support for development projects was also discussed and it was decided that a technical team should be sent to assess Afghanistan’s needs.
It is also planned that a delegation of Islamic scholars will visit Afghanistan in the near future, the deputy prime minister’s office stated.
Hanafi said at the meeting that he was “glad that the IEA has close relations with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and views it favorably” and pointed out that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation can play an important and positive role in Afghanistan.
He said the IEA “welcomes the last meeting of the foreign ministers of the member countries, in which it was decided to continue the humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, and we want more attention to increase the capacity of the human force, health and other areas.”
Hanafi also gave information about the positive actions taken since the Islamic Emirate came into power and said that overall security has been ensured, a general amnesty has been declared, administrative corruption has been eradicated, and drug trafficking and dealing, which was a great disaster for the whole world, has been banned.
He said that if the representatives of the Islamic Emirate at different levels are invited to the meetings of the OIC and listen to their ideas directly, then there will be effective results.
Hanafi also invited companies from Islamic countries to invest in Afghanistan, especially in mining, energy production, communication and other fields.
Meanwhile, the OIC released a statement and said that the meeting discussed the follow up on the implementation of the final communique of the extraordinary meeting of the Executive Committee on humanitarian developments and situation in Afghanistan. The meeting was in January at the headquarters of the organization in Jeddah.
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Russian FM: Situation in Afghanistan poses serious threat to neighboring countries
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan, saying it poses a serious threat to neighboring countries.
During a meeting with Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister, Lavrov emphasized the need for cooperation to address security threats in the Central Asian region, particularly in Afghanistan.
He specifically mentioned Russia and Tajikistan as countries that could be affected by the instability in Afghanistan.
He added that cooperation within multilateral frameworks, such as the Moscow Format on Afghanistan, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), is essential to counter these threats.
Meanwhile, Russia and Tajikistan have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in combating terrorism and drug trafficking.
However, the Islamic Emirate has repeatedly called these concerns unfounded and consistently emphasized that it will never allow Afghan soil to be used against other countries.
Earlier, the IEA stated that regional joint efforts are necessary to eradicate terrorism.
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Grenade attack on mosque injures 4 in Samangan
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The press office of the Samangan Police Command said in a statement on Friday that four worshippers were injured when a hand grenade was thrown by two individuals inside a mosque in the center of Aybak city, the capital of the province.
The statement stated the incident took place during Friday prayers at the Joe Zhondan Mosque in Aybak city, and the injured were transferred to the provincial hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif.
The statement added the perpetrators are residents of Samangan and carried out this act due to personal enmity they had previously held against members of the mosque community.
The perpetrators were arrested by Samangan security forces while attempting to flee, along with a weapon. They are now under custody for further investigation, the statement read.
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Daesh recruits enter Afghanistan via Iran: U.N.
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Principle routes for new Daesh recruits to Afghanistan include travel through Turkey and Iran, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a new report.
The latest report by the U.N. Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, covering June-December 2024, said that Daesh recruited Central Asians mostly Tajik nationals, and the recruits received training in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, and there are also training camps in Kunar and Nuristan provinces.
It said that there are over two dozen terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, and security threat emanating from the country is a continuing driver of instability in the region and beyond.
The report noted that the “ambition and scale of its [the TTP] attacks on Pakistan […] had significantly increased, with over 600 attacks during the reporting period, including from Afghan territory.”
“The Taliban (IEA) continued to provide TTP with logistical and operational space and financial support,” it said.
On al-Qaeda, the report said that the group sought to strengthen cooperation with regional terrorist organizations of non-Afghan origin that operate in the country, including TTP, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, ETIM/TIP and Jamaat Ansarullah to expand its presence in neighboring countries.
“The Taliban (IEA) maintained a permissive environment allowing Al-Qaida to consolidate, with the presence of safe houses and training camps scattered across Afghanistan,” the report said.
The Islamic Emirate has previously denied the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan and emphasized that it will not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used against other countries.
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