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Rejection of Top Security Officials Resignations Draws Mixed Reactions

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

The sudden resignations of the Defense, Interior Ministers and the head of National Directorate Security have drawn various reactions from several political figures.

The senior security officials seem to pay the price of their negligence by issuing resignations.

The Taliban’s four day clashes with security forces in Ghazni, the fall of several checkpoints to the Taliban in the north, the Islamic State (IS) attack in the west of Kabul and the group’s mortar attack on the Presidential Palace in the first day of Eid are the recent controversial incidents in the country which raise questions over the responsibilities of these three security officials.

Following the recent bloody incidents, the Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, Interior Minister Wais Barmak and National Directorate of Security head Masoom Stanekzai had submitted their resignations on Saturday, hours after National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar quit.

But today, President Ghani rejected their resignations and called on them to remain at their posts and “work toward the betterment of the security situation.”

The national security adviser Haneef Atmar on Saturday resigned, in a blow to the embattled unity government before parliamentary elections scheduled for October.

After the resignation of Atmar, the resignation of three senior security officials raise questions for the politicians which they consider it a strategic plan for the upcoming election.

“Basically, the resignations of these officials are not for the betterment of security situation but are for engineering the upcoming election and electoral programs,” Asef Ashna, a political activist said.

President Ghani has always been criticized due to the security challenges in the country.

“Security officials knew that they have the problem in the security sector and politely resigned, but President Ghani rejected because he does not have any replacement for them,” Jawid Kohestani, military expert asserted.

Abdul Jabar Qahraman, another military expert added, “The security officials have not been effective in the past. No changes will come after their resignation would be accepted. The situation in battlefields should be changed.”

Previously, the political parties and people have called for the resignation of security officials after occurring any incidents; but now President Ghani rejected their submitted resignations.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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TAPI gas company CEO satisfied with project’s progress

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

The minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar met with the executive director of the TAPI project and the ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul on Thursday to discuss progress around the key project.

Murad Amanov, head of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project, expressed his satisfaction with the recent progress of the project and talked about the practical roll out of the project.

Delawar said that the preliminary work of TAPI is progressing quickly and that the pipeline will be put into operation in the near future.

TAPI is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.

The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.

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