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What was 1398 – March 2019 through March 2020 – like, in terms of security?
The year 1398, scaling between March 2019 and March 2020, saw a term of reduction in violence for the first time by the parties in conflict.
According to Ariana News reports, the government’s opposition forces, the Taliban and Daesh in particular, conducted at least 21 deadly attacks, killing and injuring hundreds. The Afghan government, on the other hand, marks 1398 as ‘worse’ for the opposition forces coming under thousands of military operations.
The 1398’s bloody attacks are penned as follows:
- Three consecutive blasts on Nawroz – Persian News Year – festival, Kabul; seven killed, four wounded, and no one claimed responsibility.
- Two blasts on Nawroz – Persian News Year – festival, Lashkar Gah; killing 3, injuring 3, the Taliban claimed responsibility.
- Two blasts in Jalalabad; 5 killed, 5 wounded, responsibility unknown.
- Attack on the Counter-Part Organization; 7 killed, 5 wounded, Taliban claimed responsibility.
- A suicide attack on Marshal Mohammad Qasim University; 7 killed, 9 wounded; Daesh claimed responsibility.
- A car bombing in the 9th district of Kabul; 7 killed, 3 wounded, Taliban claimed responsibility.
- A suicide bomber on a police car in Jalalabad; 9 dead, 12 wounded, the responsibility unknown.
- An attack in the Maroof district of Kandahar; eight employees of the Independent Election Commission were killed and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
- An attack in 16th district of Kabul; 9 killed, dozens wounded including 55 children. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
- A car bomb in Ghazni; 7 killed, 5 wounded, Taliban claimed responsibility.
- An explosion on the Khakrez road, Kandahar province; 9 killed, 20 wounded, the responsibility unknown.
- A suicide attack in front of Kabul University; 8 killed, 33 wounded, Daesh claimed responsibility.
- A car of the Ministry of Mines hit by a car bomb; 11 dead, 45 wounded, and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
- An attack in the Kijran district of Daikundi; 10 policemen killed, 7 injured, the Taliban claimed responsibility.
- A car bomb in the Aband district of Ghazni; 4 policemen killed, 11 policemen and 8 civilians wounded, the Taliban claimed responsibility.
- An attack on the office of the Green Trend in Kabul; 30 killed, 50 wounded, responsibility unknown.
- An explosion on the Kandahar-Herat highway, killing 34 civilians, injuring 17, responsibility unknown.
- An explosion in the Jaghato district of Wardak province; 5 civilians killed, 3 wounded, no claimed responsibility.
- A car bomb on a security checkpoint in the 6th district of Kabul; killed 18, wounded 145, and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
- A suicide bomber at a wedding hall in the west of Kabul, killing 63, wounding 182, Daesh claimed responsibility.
- Suicide bombing in Kabul's Makrurayan; killed 10 civilians and 2 foreign troopers, 42 wounded, Taliban claimed responsibility.
On the other hand, Interior Ministry officials say that this year, the police conducted two thousand and five hundred operations against insurgents. Although the casualties of the Afghan police are kept unrevealed, the year has been fatal for them too.
Tariq Aryan, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that during 1398, the security forces were able to capture more areas from the Taliban.
This year, the Afghan forces and the armed oppositions took control of some districts on and off, but the Ministry of Defense says fourteen districts have been withdrawn from the Taliban.
Fawad Aman, the deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, also said that this year was a ‘bad year’ for the Taliban.
Airstrikes by Afghan and foreign forces were also accompanied by civilian casualties. Ghani also has been criticized for the continuous attacks. The Independent Human Rights Commission says eleven thousand civilians have been killed and injured this year.
Sher Mohammad Karimi, former Afghan Army Chief of Staff says: "Security forces should have been kept away from political agendas.”
President Ghani announced lately that the Daesh in the east had been defeated – the peace talks were heated up, the war got a bit cold and for the first time, the parties in conflict agreed on a seven-day reduction in violence. Ariana News' findings suggest that millions of Afghanis were saved of the cost of the Afghan army during the RIV term.
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The incident took place at 9 pm on Thursday at the shrine of Sayed Padsha Jan in Shahr-e-Kuhna of Nahrin district.
A local resident said the dead were residents of Nahrin district and wanted to spend the night at the shrine.
Asadullah Mustafa Hashemi, the provincial information and culture director, confirmed the incident but did not provide details on how it happened or the number of casualties.
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It was noted that personal contacts between the leaders of the two countries play a key role in intensifying the interstate dialogue, which give a strong impulse to further development and expansion of Turkmen-Chinese ties.
It was emphasized that Turkmenistan considers multilateral international platforms for maintaining stability in Afghanistan as an important factor in promoting sustainable improvement of socio-economic state of the neighboring country. The sides exchanged views on the preparations to the 5th meeting of Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan's Neighboring States to be held in Turkmenistan.
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“The State Department has made it clear: There is no deadline for the crucial job of protecting Afghan allies. By authorizing the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts at the State Department, we can more effectively relocate and resettle those who have qualified to immigrate to the U.S. as a result of their service to this country.”
In 2022 the State Department established a specialized office called the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (CARE) to streamline and coordinate the ongoing relocation and resettlement process for eligible Afghans from Afghanistan and Pakistan to the United States.
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