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U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits Afghanistan
Following Tashkent international conference on Afghanistan, a delegation of the U.S. Congress headed by Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Kabul and met with the Afghan leaders on Thursday.
According to a statement released by President Ashraf Ghani’s office, the two sides have discussed and shared their ideas regarding the Afghan peace process, women participation in the government, economic growth, investment, role of private sector, imports and exports, transit, regional cooperation, implementation of major regional projects, elections, counter-corruption and counter-narcotics.
But a government official said that the main theme of the meeting was the peace process and identifying the role of regional countries. The delegation has also emphasized the importance of women participation in peace talk and Washington support for Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism.
“The agenda of the delegation includes joint security and economic cooperation between the U.S. and Afghanistan,” Javid Faisal, deputy spokesman to the office of Chief Executive said.
During the meeting, President Ghani has praised the U.S. war strategy for South Asia and Afghanistan, adding that as a result “Afghanistan has reached to its goals closer than ever before”.
“We cannot build regional and international consensus on peace process until Afghanistan hasn’t introduced itself as a connecting country between the east and the west,” Sediq Patman, a political expert said.
This comes as at the sideline of the Tashkent conference, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has expressed his concerns regarding Daesh activities in the north of Afghanistan and proposed holding a trilateral meeting with U.S. and Afghanistan.
“The peace prospects for Afghanistan are very auspicious. The regional and international efforts are moving toward peace. If the government can take advantage of this opportunity, we can achieve peace,” Aziz Rafiee, the Managing Director of the Afghan Civil Society Forum said.
But despite all these efforts and optimism, the Taliban insurgent group has not responded to the Afghan government unprecedented peace offer.
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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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