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US Diplomat Calls Trump’s Policy Against Afghanistan ‘Essential’

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

brooks-mp4_snapshot_00-01_2016-11-22_17-55-53Doug Brooks, a member of the board of directors of the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce (AACC) considers the foreign policy of US new elected president on Afghanistan very important.

Brooks says the United States should not witness a rollback and weakness in its policy against Afghanistan in the new government.

“We don’t know what the new Trump policy will be on Afghanistan. During the election there was very little discussions about Afghanistan. We had almost nothing from Donald Trump about what his policy would be. I think it is important for the Trump administration to recognize the importance of Afghanistan, the importance of having a strong Afghanistan policy and the importance of supporting the democratically elected Afghanistan government. The Afghans have made great strides over the past 15 years in terms of everything, such as; health care, economy, education, so we don’t want to see policy backslide, we don’t want this policy become weaker and the Taliban take over,” said Doug Brooks, a member of the board of directors of (AACC).

Earlier, Donald Trump and Russian President, Vladimir Putin ties revealed in social medias, but what can bring to Afghanistan out of this relation?

“Apparently, Trump and Putin go back a long way, they have a relationship that goes way back and this is a bit of an issue, because the Russian force have been getting quite close to Pakistan, so this could be a problem for Afghanistan. There is a lot of questions about that. Vladimir Putin, is no friend of the United States and Afghanistan, and I think it would be a great problem for the future. But hopefully, if Mr. Trump has good connections with Putin, they can make some sort of deal that would support the future of Afghanistan in long term,”  Brooks added.

So far, it remains difficult to predict what Trump is chalking out for Afghanistan and the region.

Political commentators and experts in Afghanistan are less optimistic about any significant changes in U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, citing the institutional nature of U.S. policy formulation.

This comes as the well-known Afghan-American diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad is said to be a key man for Trump as nominee for State Department.

His influence and closeness with Trump might play a significant role in shifting U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan.

 

Reported by Nazira Karimi from Washington D.C

Edited by Zack Arya

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

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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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UK’s Mercer faces 10-day deadline in Afghanistan war crimes inquiry

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Johnny Mercer, the former UK Minister for Veterans Affairs, has been given 10 days to reveal the source of allegations that British troops engaged in war crimes in Afghanistan, or face a potential prison sentence.

British media reported on Tuesday that Mercer, following his allegations regarding the killing of Afghan civilians by British forces, was ordered to reveal the sources of his information.

The BBC reported that a public inquiry commissioned by the UK government into the actions of its forces in Afghanistan has directed Mercer to disclose the names of individuals who leaked information to him about alleged war crimes and cover-ups by special forces, or he may face imprisonment.

Although separate investigations have sought to verify these claims, the British government has yet to officially confirm them.

Earlier this month, Mercer, who served in military missions in Afghanistan, told the court that despite the information he possesses, he cannot confirm the killing of Afghan civilians by British forces between 2010 and 2013.

In court, he also stated that the claim British soldiers killed unarmed civilians in their sleep does not contradict his findings, but he admitted reluctance to believe it.

According to Mercer, British forces were allegedly instructed to carry an unregistered weapon — one not associated with NATO forces — to place next to the unarmed Afghan individuals they had killed.

The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the countries that had troops in Afghanistan for 20 years all committed war crimes.

Mujahid stated that if the investigation carries on, it will be a big step and that the crimes committed should be investigated transparently.

“The crimes that have been committed should be investigated transparently because this was not the work of a few soldiers but a plan that was drawn and crimes were committed in Afghanistan,” he added.

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