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National Security Advisor yet to Attend Senate Session
Senators in the upper house of the parliament had summoned President Security Advisor Mohammad Anif Atmar to provide more details over mutual security agreement on Kabul-Washington, but he sent his deputy to carry out the task that his presence has been rejected by the members of the house.
Meanwhile the members of the house have declared the mutual security agreement of Afghanistan-United States of America useless, doesn’t impact the security condition in Afghanistan.
Senate Zalmay Zabuli said,”Anif Atmar has to respect upper house summon otherwise we will suspend the mutual agreement, because it didn’t help us out to overcome the security issue but it increases the insecurity and ISIL event spread out its activities in parts of the country.”
Head of the house Fazil Hadi Muslimyar said,” the President Security advisor should attend the session on coming Tuesday and provide more details over the security agreement signed by the both Afghanistan-US officials.”
Members of the upper house have admired the recent operations of the ANSF against Taliban in different parts of the country but saying neglects of the President has encouraged insurgents to increase their activities.
Senator Faisal Sami said,” Foreigner fighters have come to Baghlan Province war still continues in North but the president doesn’t take serious action.”
The other senator Jumadin Gianwal said,” National Unity Government has just began to complete hiring advisors they are busy finding shelters and luxury cars this will cause to lose Northern provinces to be controlled by the insurgents.”
Insecurity is being increased day to day across the country, it caused concerns among the political and lawmakers they have demanded the Government to draft a strategy against the rebels.
This comes after lower house of the parliament had summoned the National security advisor last Saturday but he didn’t show up there either.
Reported by Abdul Aziz Karimi
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.
Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has said that no destructive groups including Daesh have physical presence in Afghanistan, adding the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) will not allow anyone to pose threat to any country in the region from the Afghan soil.
Mujahid made the remarks in a meeting with a delegation from Malaysia in Kabul on Thursday.
According to a statement released by the Ministry of Defense, Mujahid highlighted Malaysia’s “good treatment” of Afghan refugees and its long-standing relations with Afghanistan, and said that Malaysia is a powerful Islamic country and visits should increase.
He added that with the establishment of the Islamic Emirate, occupation and war ended in Afghanistan, and the country is fully secure.
Based on the statement, the Malaysian delegation called Afghanistan a friendly country and while emphasizing on comprehensive cooperation, it assured that what they have seen in Afghanistan will be shared with the authorities of their country.
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