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Pakistan delegation turns back after explosives found on Kabul runway

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Pakistan’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, Asad Qaisar, returned to Islamabad on Thursday after the plane he was traveling in turned back from Afghanistan due to security threats.

Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan said the aircraft was already in Afghanistan airspace when it turned back.

Khan said the plane was turned back after NATO warned they had found explosives on the runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul city.

Qaisar had been scheduled to arrive in Kabul on Thursday on a three-day visit.

“When the speaker of the Pakistani parliament landed [back] at Islamabad airport, the two sides talked and Asad Qaisar said he understood the situation in Afghanistan and would travel to Afghanistan soon,” said Khan.

NATO forces reportedly warned officials of explosives on the runway. However, members of the Wolesi Jirga (Afghanistan’s Lower House of Parliament) said it would investigate the incident.

“Members of the House of Representatives and the Administrative Board were present, the decision is that this issue will be reviewed by a committee later, but for now, NATO forces have canceled the trip due to security threats,” said Abdul Qadir Zazai Watandost, Wolesi Jirga Secretary.

However, security officials at Hamid Karzai International Airport say all flights into and out of Kabul were postponed for several hours after they received a warning from NATO forces.

According to the officials, explosives had been planted on one of the runways years ago.

“Forty minutes ago, the coordination department announced that NATO forces had discovered explosives at the airport on one of the runways during construction work, which is why all flights have been canceled,” said Reyaz Arian, the commander of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

“The safety of all people is our priority, as long as there is a threat, no plane will be allowed to land,” said Toryalai Takal, airport operations officer.

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Tarig Ali Bakheet and Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister discuss Afghanistan’s situation

Both sides emphasized the importance of continued collaboration to address the urgent needs of the Afghan people.

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Tarig Ali Bakheet, the Special Representative of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Afghanistan, met and held discussions with a Japanese delegation led by Masayuki Kamada, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, regarding the situation in Afghanistan.

According to a statement by the OIC, the meeting mainly focused on the current situation in Afghanistan and explored ways to enhance humanitarian cooperation between the organization and Japan.

Based on the statement, both sides emphasized the importance of continued collaboration to address the urgent needs of the Afghan people.

The meeting took place at the office of the OIC Special Representative for Afghanistan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The statement also noted that the Consul General and Deputy Consul General of Japan in Jeddah were part of the Japanese delegation.

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AWCC activates new site in Nangarhar’s Kuz Kunar district

Residents of Kuz Kunar expressed happiness over gaining access to telecom and internet services and called for the further expansion of such services across Nangarhar.

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Officials from Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC) say they have activated a new site in the Kuz Kunar district of Nangarhar province.

According to AWCC representatives, the launch of this site has provided thousands of families with access to telecommunication and internet services.

They added that Afghan Wireless will also soon launch 4G internet services in the area.

Meanwhile, officials from Nangarhar’s Department of Telecommunications and Information Technology stated that efforts are underway to expand telecom services to other remote areas of this province.

Rahimullah Shinwari, head of the ATRA (Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority) office in Nangarhar, said that with the activation of the new AWCC site, 25,000 families will now have access to telecom and internet services.

Residents of Kuz Kunar expressed happiness over gaining access to telecom and internet services and called for the further expansion of such services across Nangarhar.

In recent years, AWCC has extended its telecom and internet services to many remote areas across the country.

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Moscow’s move a ‘significant step toward recognizing Afghanistan’s political realities’, says Haqqani

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Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani on Wednesday met with Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan, and Dmitry Zhirnov, Russia’s ambassador to Kabul.

Haqqani expressed appreciation for Moscow’s recent decision to remove the Islamic Emirate from its list of terrorist organizations. He described the move as “a significant step toward recognizing the political realities of Afghanistan.”

In a statement, the interior ministry said that both sides emphasized the importance of upgrading diplomatic relations to the level of embassies and reaffirmed their commitment to mutual cooperation in the fields of security and trade.

During the meeting, the two parties also discussed regional and bilateral cooperation in the areas of security, economy, and commerce, and stressed the need to strengthen ties between the two countries.

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