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Ghani to visit Washington: Sources

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

President Ashraf Ghani and a 13-member delegation will travel to Washington D.C. to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, sources said.

According to the sources, the trip was initially scheduled for Saturday, September 7th but has been postponed to a later date.

In the meeting with U.S. president, Ghani will discuss the Afghan government’s concerns over the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement and the upcoming Afghan presidential election, sources familiar with this trip added.

Earlier this week, U.S. special representative for Afghanistan’s reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad came to Kabul for briefing Afghan leaders on the U.S.-Taliban draft agreement.

Although the Afghan presidential office asked for clarifications on the document, Zalmay Khalilzad and Gen. Austin Scott Miller, Commander of US and NATO Forces in Afghanistan traveled back to Qatar on Thursday night for resuming talks with the Taliban.

Since U.S. President Donald Trump should approve the final agreement with the Taliban, experts believe that President Ghani’s visit to the United States is crucial and U.S. final decision on Afghanistan will be clear during this visit.

This comes as there have been concerns over President Trump’s rush to end the U.S. longest war in Afghanistan and the disastrous consequences of a probable bad deal made with the Taliban. 

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Afghan prisoner stabs inmate to death in Delhi

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(Last Updated On: May 4, 2024)

An Afghan prisoner in Delhi stabbed another prisoner to death on Friday after a dispute over food, the Times of India reported.

The deceased was identified as Deepak Soni, who was 29-year-old.

The killer has been identified as Abdul Basir Akhundzada who is 44 years old.

Abdul Basir Akhundzadeh had been arrested in connection with a case of attempted murder in Lajpet Nagar area of New Delhi in 2019.

Soni had been arrested in connection with the case of robbery and murder in 2018.

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Afghan consul general in Mumbai Zakia Wardak resigns

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(Last Updated On: May 4, 2024)

Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan’s consul general in India’s Mumbai city, resigned on Saturday, following reports of gold smuggling.

The Times of India has reported that Wardak was caught at Mumbai airport with 25 kilograms of gold smuggled from Dubai.

While announcing her resignation, Wardak said on X that over the past year, she had encountered numerous personal attacks and defamation not only directed towards her but also towards her close family and extended relatives.

“These attacks, which appear to be organized, have severely impacted my ability to effectively operate in my role and have demonstrated the challenges faced by women in Afghan society who strive to modernize and bring positive change amidst ongoing propaganda campaigns,” she said.

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Trans-Afghan railway project expected to be completed by end of 2027: Uzbek official

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(Last Updated On: May 4, 2024)

The Trans-Afghan railway project is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, Uzbekistan’s Deputy Minister of Transport Jasurbek Choriev said.

“The project will help to connect three countries: Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The railroad will play an important role in the creation of the Eurasian Transport Corridor. As a result, Central Asian countries will have access to an Indian Ocean port,” he said during the III Tashkent International Investment Forum, Trend news agency reported.

The Uzbek deputy minister noted that the railroad will reduce the delivery time of goods from 35 to 5 days, and the cost of goods delivery will be reduced by at least 40 percent.

The Trans-Afghan railway project, first suggested by Uzbekistan in December 2018, proposes to extend the Afghan rail network from Mazar-e-Sharif to Kabul and then to Paktia province.

 

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