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IEA leader orders catchment dams to be built across 400 districts
The Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a decree ordering water catchment dams to be built in all districts of the country, with the first already under construction in Shah Wali Kot district in Kandahar province.
Kandahar officials said dams are being built in 19 districts in the province at a cost of three million afghanis each.
In total, dams will be built in 400 districts in the country - and will also cost three million afghanis each.
Officials said Shah Wali Kot dam will be a basic water reservoir that will measure 120 meters in length and will be eight meters high.
The residents of Shah Wali Kot district welcome the initiative and say that more projects should be implemented in this district.
Amid an ongoing drought, the Islamic Emirate has embarked on a countrywide project to manage water, from rain, including monsoon rains, and snow.
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Daesh claims responsibility for Baghlan attack
A provincial police official, said that several people were arrested in connection with the incident, and that an investigation has been launched.
The Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), also known as Daesh, has claimed responsibility for a gun attack that left 10 people dead at a Sufi shrine in northern Baghlan province.
The interior ministry spokesman Abdul Matin Qani confirmed that a gunman opened fire on Sufis taking part in a weekly ritual at the Sayed Pasha Agha shrine in a remote area of Nahrin district.
Abdul Ghayoor Khadim, a provincial police official, said that several people were arrested in connection with the incident, and that an investigation has been launched.
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Russia will not ‘artificially impede’ process of removing IEA from list of terrorist groups
Rudenko said let’s act gradually, step by step, but we do not intend to artificially impede the processes
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said the completion of legal procedures to remove the Islamic Emirate from Moscow’s terrorist list will provide positive impetus to Russian-Afghan relations.
In an interview with Russia’s TASS news agency, Rudenko said “removing the terrorist organization’s status from the Taliban Movement (Islamic Emirate) will attribute a positive impetus to Russian-Afghan interaction in various spheres, in the economy in the first instance."
"As regards the issue of the official recognition of current Afghan authorities, it is early to talk about it thus far. Let’s act gradually, step by step, but we do not intend to artificially impede the processes," Rudenko noted.
"Russia is taking steps of establishing practical interaction with authorities of Afghanistan on issues of mutual interest," the Russian diplomat added.
Early last month, Russia's Foreign Ministry said a decision to remove the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) from a list of terrorist organisations had been "taken at the highest level".
This came after Putin stated in July that Russia considered the IEA an ally in the fight against terrorism.
Russia has been slowly building ties with the Islamic Emirate since it seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 but the IEA is still officially outlawed in Russia.
In response to Russia’s comments last month, the IEA’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said the Islamic Emirate “appreciates the positive remarks by the high-ranking officials of the Russian Federation in this regard and hope to see more effective steps soon."
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China ‘key and partner neighbor’ for people of Afghanistan: Yaqoob Mujahid
Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid in a meeting with China’s special envoy for Afghanistan Yue Xiaoyong and Zhao Xing, the country's ambassador to Kabul, said that Beijing is a “partner and important neighbor" for the people of Afghanistan, the ministry said a statement.
The statement stated that the two sides discussed economic cooperation, strengthening bilateral relations, borders, investments and other issues.
Yaqoob Mujahid also stressed the commitment of the Ministry of Defense to cooperate in common areas with China.
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