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“Taliban Sanctuaries in Afghanistan’s Border Areas Prevent Stability in Country”

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

EU Close .avi_snapshot_15.16_[2017.05.11_18.33.50]The European Union (EU) special envoy for Afghanistan in an exclusive interview with Ariananews said Taliban’s safe havens in bordering areas prevent stability of the country.

The European diplomat says the U.S. and Europe spend $30 billion annually for military and development sectors of Afghanistan.

EU special representative for Afghanistan, Franz-Michael Mellbin said, “the existence of sanctuaries for the Taliban have been hugely detrimental to our ability to make sure that Afghanistan’s stabilizes and that is very costly. The US and Europe spend more than 30 billion dollars per year in assistance for Afghanistan both development wise and military.”

Franz-Michael Mellbin noted Afghanistan will have a difficult year ahead and the differences between government leaders should not weakens fight against insurgency. “I think it is a huge challenge that this unity within the government ranks may lead to weakening of the collective to counter the insurgency. It is very important for all Afghan politicians to stand together and show that Afghan people collectively in a very strong unified fashion are facing the enemy.”

The European Union has recently finished an anti-corruption campaign in Afghanistan. Mellbin calls for more attention by the Afghan government regarding the existence of corruption.

” Unfortunately, Corruption is widespread in Afghanistan. We have a lot of low level corruption. The people taking money for giving documents and other things like that. Role of law and justice are the important issues. there is huge amount of impunity for corrupt practices and it of course make it difficult to stop corruption.”

Earlier, The European Union and the Afghan government signed Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Development.

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Khurasan beats Istaqlal 1-0 in ACL; Sorkh Poshan thrash Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1

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(Last Updated On: May 8, 2024)

Khurasan Faryab defeated Istiqlal Kabul 1-0 in the 35th match of Afghanistan Champions League (ACL) in Kabul on Tuesday, while Sorkh Poshan Khafi thrashed Sarsabz Yashlar 4-1 in the 36th match of the tournament on the same day.

Khurasan’s only goal against Istiqlal Kabul was scored by Farid Ahmad – who was declared man of the match.

In the second match of the day, Sorkh Poshan Khafi’s four goals were scored by Habibullah Hotak and Omid Rajabi.

Khurasan’s Habibullah Hotak received the man of the match award.

Wednesday’s matches will see Abu Muslim Farah FC take on Adalat Farah FC at 1 PM, while Maiwand FC will play Jawanan Wahedi FC at 3:30 PM.

The matches are broadcast live on Ariana Television.

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Pakistan is using its territory against Afghanistan: MoD

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(Last Updated On: May 8, 2024)

The Ministry of National Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) has strongly rejected Pakistan’s claim that the recent attack on Chinese nationals in Pakistan was planned from the territory of Afghanistan.

Late last month five Chinese nationals and one Pakistani were killed in a suicide bombing near Besham, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Inayatullah Khwarazmi, said that Daesh came from Pakistan to the territory of Afghanistan and its goals were organized from there.

He said that Pakistan should respond to these actions.

Khwarazmi, said that in an area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is under the security of the Pakistan Army, the killing of Chinese nationals is either the weakness of the security institutions or their cooperation with the attackers.

Khwarazmi says that the Islamic Emirate has assured China that Afghans are not involved in such incidents.

The territorial tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are on the rise again. In the latest issue, Islamabad has accused Kabul of harboring terrorist networks.
Pakistan’s intelligence service has claimed that the Besham attack was planned in Afghanistan.

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Government institutions owe 1.5 billion afghanis to DABS

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(Last Updated On: May 8, 2024)

Officials from Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) – Afghanistan’s power utility company said Tuesday government institutions owe them a whopping 1.5 billion afghanis.

Addressing a press conference to report on last solar year’s achievements, officials said they received over 37 billion afghanis in payments last year.

In addition, last year, DABS implemented more than 100 projects in the electricity production sector worth 3 billion afghanis.

They also said they have a five-year plan to move away from dependence on imported electricity.

DABS officials said that from the 37 billion afghanis in revenues last year, part of this was paid to neighboring countries for electricity.

These officials also said there have been improvements in the CASA- 1000 project.

The company is still trying to provide the required electricity from domestic sources, officials said.

These officials add that the work of some half-finished projects has started and the power generation capacity has also increased in the country.

The reconstruction of the substation in Chamtal district of Balkh province at a cost of 68 million afghanis, the start of the 500 KV power line from Shabarghan – Dasht Alwan, the start of the 220 KV power line from Arghandi Kabul to Ghazni and the design of Noor ul Jihad substation are some of their other achievements.

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