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Senators Reacted to Restart of Taliban Fighting After Ceasefire
A number of Afghan Senators at the Upper House of the Parliament have harshly reacted to the resume of fighting by the Taliban militants after a three-day ceasefire.
“The Taliban group ignored people’s demands that seek peace. They do not believe in any of Islamic and humanitarian principles,” Senator Abdullah Qarleq said.
On the final day of the three-day ceasefire, the Taliban announced they would resume fighting, despite President Ghani’s announcement that the government was extending its own ceasefire with the group by 10 days.
“Their supporters do not want peace in Afghanistan. They have their comfortable lives outside the country. The Taliban should understand this issue and stop fighting,” Senator Muhammad Hassan Hootak asserted.
In the meantime, the first deputy speaker of Senate, Muhammad Alam Izadyar emphasized that the government must take serious measures against Taliban’s attacks.
“Unfortunately, we witnessed the killing of people by the Taliban group, despite the Afghan people have welcomed the ceasefire with the group. The government and people should be decisive in their decision makings against this group,” Izadyar added.
Senators stressed that providing the security of people is a serious need and the responsibility of government which must not be ignored; otherwise, the terrorist groups would kill more civilians for the interest of foreign countries.
President Ghani on June 5 announced an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban until June 20, coinciding with the end of Ramadan.
On June 9, the Taliban announced that their fighters would stop attacking Afghan security forces for the three days of Eid for the first time in the nearly 17-year conflict.
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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