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Nicholson Apologizes for Civilian Casualties in Kunduz Airstrikes
U.S. Army General John Nicholson, Commander of Resolute Support forces in Afghanistan has apologized for the civilian casualties in recent airstrikes in northern Kunduz province.
Gen. Nicholson who traveled to Kunduz on Tuesday with top Afghan security officials to assess the security situation in the province, said: “I am sorry for the civilian casualties that have occurred recently again.”
“Will do everything we possibly can to avoid any civilian casualties,” he said.
According to the United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), at least 10 civilians have been killed in the U.S. airstrikes which reportedly targeted three villages in Chahardara, a district west of the provincial capital where Taliban fighters have long maintained a strong presence.
The report of civilian casualties comes as U.S. has stepped up its air raids against the militant groups in Afghanistan.
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IEA delegation in Qatar to discuss airport management contracts
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) Ministry of Transport and Aviation says a high-level delegation has arrived in Qatar to discuss contracts to manage five airports in Afghanistan.
The ministry said late Friday that the delegation was being led by Transport and Aviation Minister Hamidullah Akhondzada and includes a number of other officials, including acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.
According to the Ministry of Transport, the delegation will meet with Qatari officials to discuss technical aspects of the contracts for five Afghan airports, which are Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Balkh and Khost.
Representatives of Turkish technical teams are also expected to attend the meeting.
On April 7, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy prime minister of the IEA government, asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet with Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials about regulating Kabul Airport.
After the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan in August and the IEA’s takeover of the country, Kabul’s airport mostly ground to a halt. Eight months later, the airport has still not resumed normal operations.
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Abdulrauf reunited with family after being held hostage for two years
Eleven-year-old Abdulrauf Balkhi, who was kidnapped two years ago, has been rescued by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) forces and reunited with his family.
Ahmadullah Wasiq, deputy spokesman for the IEA, confirmed Abdulrauf had been rescued on Saturday by security forces after being held hostage for two years.
He was handed over to his family by Deputy Prime Minister Mawolavi Abdul Salam Hanafi at a special ceremony in Balkh on Saturday.
Abdulrauf was abducted by kidnappers in Mazar-e-Sharif two years ago when he was on his way to school.
Since then the kidnappers have sent many videos and audio messages of him to his family and demanded $1.2 million in ransom.
The boy’s father said that he has been targeted by the kidnappers three times.
He said that in the latest incident, four hand grenades were thrown at him. The father and 12 relatives were injured in the attack.
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UK in meeting with Muttaqi: ‘We don’t support armed groups against IEA’
Britain’s Charge d’Affaires for Afghanistan Hugo Shorter told Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister on Friday that his country does not support armed groups working against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).
Shorter met with the acting minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in Doha on Friday, Afghanistan’s foreign ministry officials confirmed.
According to the foreign ministry, Shorter stated the UK would continue to support Afghan farmers and said they were working on a joint project in cooperation with the World Bank in this respect.
Muttaqi in turn emphasized the need for positive relations and called the recent spate of bombings targeting civilians a sign of enmity against Afghans.
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