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Taliban accused US of violating Doha deal
Sohail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban’s political bureau in Qatar, said US forces have carried out drones strikes in “non-combat zone” in Helmand, Zabul and Ghazni provinces, claiming they have violated the Doha agreement.
“US forces today have carried out airstrikes on civilian areas in Helmand, Ghazni and Zabul provinces with their drones; this is against the Doha peace agreement which is not acceptable for the Taliban,” Shaheen said.
Failure to complete the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners, US airstrikes on the Taliban, and the non-omission of the group’s commanders from the UN blacklist are cases in which the Taliban claim that the Doha peace agreement has been violated.
But the attack on the center of Samangan was a case in which the government and the United States called a violation of the Doha peace agreement by the Taliban. The government says it has made every effort to start negotiations between the Afghans, but it is the Taliban who have turned to war and made the peace process complicated.
The Afghan government’s peace negotiating team with the Taliban says the government has shown goodwill with the release of Taliban prisoners and the start of unconditional peace talks, and now is the time for the Taliban to give the green light.
“The Afghan government has shown a lot of goodwill towards the Taliban, the Taliban need to show goodwill,” said Ghulam Farooq Majrooh, a member of the government’s peace negotiating team with the Taliban.
Coinciding with the criticism, Sultan Barakat, director of the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at the Doha Institute, published a letter with the names of 45 Afghan civil and political activists, saying he had invited them to an informal meeting in Doha, Qatar, in the near future.
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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