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Abdullah assures no election will happen without reforms
Afghan Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah vows that no election will take place unless reform is induced in the current electoral system.
“Some Afghans are concerned that former commissioners convicted of fraud may be leading another election, I assure people that electoral reforms is a pre-condition for elections,” Abdullah speaking at the bi-weekly meeting of the council of ministers said.
He assured that the upcoming election will be held under new leadership in commissions.
These statements come after Ahmad Yousuf Nuristani the current chief of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday said to the members of the Afghan Parliament that IEC has set Monday (January 18) as the date to announce vote timeline for the parliamentary and district council elections.
But Afghan leader emphasized that reform in election system is essential and doable and current commission have lost their “rust among Afghans”.
Abdullah says electoral reform is a must for the government and it is one of his commitments with the people and he is committed to make it happen.
After Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential elections and allegations of mass fraud the National Unity Government (NUG) was formed where Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah pledged to introduce and implement reform in the election system.
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Pakistan extends registered Afghan refugees’ stay till June 30
Pakistan’s government on Friday extended the stay of Afghan refugees in the country till June 30, amid repatriation of illegal foreign nationals.
There are around 1.3 million registered Afghans living in Pakistan, according to a spokesman for UN refugee agency UNHCR in Islamabad, Dawn newspaper reported.
“On the recommendation of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, the federal cabinet approved the extension of the validity of PoR cards of Afghan refugees from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024,” said an official statement, issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The PoR cardholders will be repatriated in the third phase of the plan that will begin after the repatriation of “illegal foreign nationals” residing in Pakistan is completed, the statement added.
The PoR card holders avail schools, bank accounts and other facilities in Pakistan.
Repatriation of undocumented refugees began on November 1 and continues. More than 500,000 Afghans have been expelled so far.
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US diplomat Bass travels to Qatar and Pakistan to discuss Afghanistan, regional issues
John Bass, US acting under secretary of state for political affairs, will travel to Qatar and Pakistan April 26-30, US State Department announced on Friday.
In Doha, Qatar, he will meet with senior Qatari government officials and other diplomatic missions to discuss support for Afghanistan and shared security interests in the region, US State Department said in a statement.
In Islamabad, Pakistan, Under Secretary Bass will meet with senior Pakistani government officials to discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues as part of the U.S.-Pakistani partnership, the statement added.
John Bass served as US ambassador to Afghanistan under Donald Trump administration between December 2017 and January 2020.
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Tripartite trade meeting held in Kabul to boost regional connectivity
A tripartite meeting between the delegations of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan was held in Kabul with the aim of connecting North Asia to South Asia and reducing transit and transportation costs among these three countries, the Ministry of Trade and Commerce said in a statement.
In this meeting, an agreement was reached on the creation of a joint technical committee to continue the talks.
This tripartite meeting was held under the leadership of Nooruddin Azizi, the Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Vice President of Turkmenistan and Srik Zhumangarin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
Earlier, a bilateral meeting was held between the delegation of the Islamic Emirate and Turkmenistan. The ministry of commerce said the participants of the meeting discussed the construction of a large joint logistics center in Torghondi, the trilateral transit agreement between the IEA, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, the expansion of Afghanistan’s railway, solving issues related to Afghan transit and export goods, and a number of other commercial issues.
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