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Not the time to take but a time to give: Ghani to the nation
President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said that the Afghan public is committed to a republic system and assured the people that “the sky will not fall in”.
He also said now is not the time to take concessions from the government and the system, but that people must instead give back to their country.
Speaking at an event to mark the Week of Vocational Training and Higher Education, Ghani said that there is national consensus on preserving the republic system.
He also said people in Kabul should not worry because Afghanistan will remain as it is – that the situation will be maintained.
Ghani said the whole country is in favor of the republic system and assured Kabul residents the city will not collapse.
“The situation is good in all provinces, but a few people in Kabul think the sky will fall in; … God has kept the sky, he also keeps Afghanistan; we have seen a lot of ups and downs in four years; this is not lasting,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Higher Education Abbas Basir said at the event that there are challenges in the country’s education sector, especially regarding the quality of the curriculum.
“The Ministry of Higher Education plans to develop educational methods this year and move the educational system to a student-centered and research-oriented method. In this regard, 65 new modules will be inaugurated and unveiled today. We are evaluating about another 90 modules this year,” he said.
Students from the Vocational Education Department, including the Herat Robotics Girls, also attended the event and showcased their new inventions.
During the exhibition the president and his first vice president, Amrullah Saleh, said they will assess five of the inventions.
“”We will review the five cases we have seen and evaluate them and I will report to you in less than ten days,” said Saleh.
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq met on Saturday and discussed bilateral relations, political and economic cooperation, security and transit, said Zia Ahmad Takal, head of public relations at Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In this meeting, Muttaqi emphasized that obstacles to trade and transit are not in anyone’s interest and that certain issues should not be linked together.
He added that the process of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan should be carried out gradually and with dignity.
According to the statement, Pakistan’s special representative also acknowledged that ensuring security in Afghanistan benefits both Pakistan and the region.
He committed to introducing measures to facilitate the visa issuance process for Afghan citizens.
Mohammad Sadiq also stated that practical steps will be taken to resolve existing trade and transit challenges.
The Afghan embassy in Oslo will resume consular services on coming Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul announced Saturday.
The ministry said in a statement that the resumption of consular services in Norway was a “positive step.”
In August last year, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul declared the consular services of Afghan missions in 14 Western countries including Norway to be invalid.
The statement cited corruption, lack of transparency and non-coordination with the ministry as reasons for the closure.
Eighteen people were injured following a dispute between two brothers in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday, local officials said.
The incident occurred in the Old Bazaar area of Gereshk district and the people were injured when the son of one of the two brothers threw a hand grenade, the provincial department of information and culture said.
Two of the injured people are said to be in critical condition.
Officials did not say what caused the dispute.
One person has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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