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Time to bring US troops home: Trump

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US President Donald Trump said that it is time “to bring our people back home,” following the signing of US-Taliban agreement for bringing peace to Afghanistan.
 
Addressing a press conference in White House, Trump said that the US would reduce its forces in Afghanistan approximately to 8600, “and then we’ll make our final decision some point in the fairly near future.”
 
The deal was signed by the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban Deputy Leader, Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Doha, Qatar on Saturday, at the presence US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and representatives of at least 20 countries.
 
According to the agreement, within the first 135 days of the deal, the US would reduce its troops to 8600 in Afghanistan.
 
“We just signed an agreement that puts us in a position to get it done, bring us down to in the vicinity of 8,000 troops. The United Nations was informed of everything,” Trump said.
 
After the agreement between the US and the Taliban, Trump said that he would meet with the Taliban leaders “in the not-too-distant future”. “We will be very much hoping that they will be doing what they say they are going to be doing: They will be killing terrorists. They will be killing some very bad people. They will keep that fight going,” Trump said.
 
“If bad things happen, we will go back. I let the people know: we will go back and we will go back so fast, and we will go back with a force as nobody has ever seen. I do not think that will be necessary. I hope it is not necessary,” he said.
 
“The Taliban has given a pledge and a very strong pledge, and we’ll see how that all work out.  We hope it’s going to work out very well, ” said Trump, “I think they have big incentives to do it, but they have to take care of the terrorists and kill the terrorists.  We’ll be working in a different kind of fashion toward that end.”
 
Currently, around 14,000 US troops are based in Afghanistan as part of a US-led NATO mission to train, assist and advise Afghan forces. Some US forces also carry out counter-terrorism operations.

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Seven Afghan migrants killed in traffic accident in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan

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Seven Afghan migrants have been killed after a vehicle carrying Afghan migrants collided with a fuel-carrying vehicle in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.

According to the human rights organization HalVash, the accident occurred on Friday in the Sarbaz area of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Siyavash Mohbi, the head of Iran’s traffic police in Sistan and Baluchestan, said the Afghan nationals had entered Iran illegally.

He added that nine other people were injured in the incident.

Mohbi attributed the accident to the negligence of the driver of the vehicle carrying the migrants.

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OIC to hold Afghanistan Contact Group meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly

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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has announced that its Contact Group on Afghanistan will meet on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

OIC Secretary-General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is leading a high-level delegation from the organization’s General Secretariat to participate in the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Week and hold bilateral meetings with heads of delegations from member states as well as senior UN and international officials.

The OIC will also convene its Annual Coordination Meeting of Member States’ Foreign Ministers at UN Headquarters.

According to the organization, several ministerial contact groups and specialized committees will meet on the sidelines of the General Assembly. These include groups focusing on Palestine, Muslim communities and minorities, regional issues in Europe, Jammu and Kashmir, Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, and Afghanistan.

The OIC did not provide a specific date for the Afghanistan Contact Group meeting.

 

 
 
 
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Afghan official meets Iranian oil minister to discuss energy cooperation

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Ahmad Jan Bilal, General Director of State-Owned Corporations, met with Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad during a visit to Iran to discuss expanding cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

Bilal, accompanied by Mohammad Nasir Rahimi, chief executive of the Afghan state-owned Oil and Gas Corporation, held talks with the Iranian minister on supplying Afghanistan with its oil and gas needs, technical and vocational training, and joint cooperation in oil and gas exploration.

Bilal and his delegation also visited the Iranian Oil Ministry’s research center and oil refineries in Tehran, where they reviewed the facilities’ technical and professional activities and capabilities.

The Iranian side expressed readiness for comprehensive cooperation, necessary coordination and implementation of joint projects in the areas discussed.

At the end of the meeting, both sides introduced joint technical teams tasked with coordinating and following up on the necessary measures to implement the agreed areas of cooperation.

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