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New Political Party Announces Its Presence in Kabul
A new political party; “Peace, Justice and Freedom Movement”, announced its presence in Kabul on Thursday in a bid to ensure peace and justice in the country with challenging security and political situation.
The emerge of new political party comes as the government is expected to hold the parliamentary and district council elections in October this year, followed by the presidential election in 2019.
Speaking at a gathering, following the launch of the new party, the participants stressed on timely elections in the country.
Former Vice President Mohammad Yunus Qanooni said that certain circles in country are attempting to provoke ethnic dissensions for their political interests, adding that any kind of delay in the presidential election would be unacceptable to the people.
Meanwhile, ex-National Security Advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta said that the upcoming election is once again exposed to pre-organized threats and fraud. He said doubting the process to be held transparently as according to him, the government does not fully control even 50 percent of the territory.
However, Ahmad Sayedi, the acting head of “Peace, Justice and Freedom movement” said that the party will play active role in the parliamentary election to fill seats in the parliament.
At the event, Anwarulhaq Ahadi, the Head of New National Front of Afghanistan, urged the Taliban to discuss its demands with government, following President Ashraf Ghani’s unconditional peace offer to the militant group.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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