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Taliban-Al Qaida ties yet strong

The latest findings of the UN Sanctions Committee show that al-Qaida continues its cooperation with the Taliban, providing them with religious and military training, whilst the Taliban are amid peace talks with the US.
The report also indicates that al-Qaeda has increased its financial support to the Taliban, trying to prevent the Intra-Afghan peace talks.
On the other hand, sources close to the Taliban, indicate that the Taliban has reached an agreement with the US to stop attacking the US troops and to reduce attacking the Afghan army.
Breaking up the Taliban links with terrorist groups, such as al-Qaida, is a crucial element of the talks in Doha; however, the report of the UN Sanctions Committee implies that the Taliban are still in touch with al-Qaida in Afghanistan.
Moreover, the findings in the report infer that al-Qaida is very concerned about the Taliban’s concentration on the peace talks. It adds that al-Qaida, with the intensification of financial aid to the Taliban, is trying to hold the Taliban back from the peace talks with the Afghan government.
Tamim Aasi, chair of the Institute of War and Peace Studies, said, “Americans studied the Taliban’s policy, and Gen Miller made some new suggestions and demands to the Taliban.”
Some sources, close to the Taliban, indicate that the Taliban’s negotiations on the demand of the US on ‘violence reduction’ has not concluded. However, according to some international news agencies, the Taliban have reached an agreement with the US over ‘stopping attacks on the US troops’ and ‘reducing attacks on the Afghan forces.
Nonetheless, Jalaluddin Shinwari, the former attorney general of the Taliban, said, “The Taliban has agreed not to attack the US troops and to decrease attacks on the Afghan forces. However, it has not been officially announced.”
As soon as the negotiations with NATO in Brussels are conducted, Zalmay Khalilzad will travel to Islamabad and then, to Kabul, in order to share the ‘violence reduction’ policy with the Afghan government – a policy that has been arguable to the presidential palace but welcomed by the CE Office.
Durrani Waziri, the deputy spokesperson of the president, said that ‘ceasefire’ is the only way forward to seek a ‘peace with dignity’, sustainable and long-lasting.
Even though the peace talks between the US and the Taliban are intensely in progress to apply ‘ceasefire’ or ‘reduce violence’, the war has been intensified lately leaving dozens of Afghan troopers killed and/or wounded.
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Tornadoes strike US South, killing 33 people amid rising risk
In Arkansas, three deaths occurred, the state’s Department of Emergency Management said, adding that there were 32 injuries.

Tornadoes killed at least 33 people across several states in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast on Saturday night, with at least 12 fatalities reported in Missouri, CNN reported.
More than 500 homes, a church and grocery store in Butler County were destroyed and a mobile home park had been “totally destroyed,” Robbie Myers, the director of emergency management for Missouri’s Butler County said.
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves posted on X that six deaths had been reported in the state.
According to preliminary assessments, 29 people were injured statewide and 21 counties sustained storm damage, Reeves said.
In Arkansas, three deaths occurred, the state’s Department of Emergency Management said, adding that there were 32 injuries.
Twenty-six tornadoes were reported but not confirmed to have touched down late on Friday night and early on Saturday as a low-pressure system drove powerful thunderstorms across parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri, said David Roth, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.
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UN Security Council to vote on extension of UNAMA mission in Afghanistan
The council said in a report that if approved, the mandate would extend the UNAMA mission for another year without changing its mandate and priorities.

The UN Security Council announced it is scheduled to vote on Monday 17 March on a draft resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, for another year.
The council said in a report that if approved, the mandate would extend the UNAMA mission for another year without changing its mandate and priorities.
According to the report, the draft mandate specified for UNAMA, for another year, include human rights, especially the rights of women and girls, women, peace and security, the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, terrorism, drug trafficking, small arms, internally displaced persons and refugees, and the effects of natural disasters.
The UN Security Council said that all 15 permanent and non-permanent members of the council are expected to support it.
This comes after the Islamic Emirate recently called the UNAMA mission in Afghanistan a “failure.”
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, accused UNAMA of providing “negative and inaccurate” reports on the situation in Afghanistan.
Mujahid said that UNAMA’s reports had created a “negative mindset” towards Afghanistan within the UN.
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