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Taliban denies Ghani’s call for ceasefire in Ramadan

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(Last Updated On: April 24, 2020)

In his Ramadan message, President Ghani called on the Taliban for a ceasefire to honor the holy month of Ramadan and because of the Coronavirus threat, but the Taliban said a ceasefire was not reasonable to ask due to a lack of adherence to the implementation of the peace agreement and endangering thousands of their prisoners amid the pandemic.
On the other hand, NATO has said that the prospect of starting negotiations to achieve peace in Afghanistan is an exceptional opportunity and that the Taliban must end the violence immediately.
President Ghani said: “The Afghan people and government want the Taliban in this critical situation throughout the country to respect the call for peace and ceasefire in the holy month of Ramadan and to refrain from violence against the Muslim people of Afghanistan and start living a peaceful life.”
Hours after the president’s call, Suhail Shaheen, the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, said that Taliban has adopted a comprehensive mechanism for signing an agreement with the United States adding that “The Security Council and the international community have confirmed that if it is implemented, it will lead to peace and a ceasefire.”
He added, despite the fact that thousands of their prisoners are in danger of the crisis, it was unreasonable to call for a ceasefire.
“The Taliban believe that under the agreement signed with the United States, 5,000 prisoners should be released and a ceasefire should be negotiated,” said Khalil Safi, head of the Afghan Peace Center.
Meanwhile, a number of foreign representatives in Afghanistan are calling on the parties involved to reduce violence during Ramadan.
Nicolas Kay, NATO’s representative in Afghanistan stated, “I wish everyone would enjoy a peaceful Ramadan” hoping that the “war ends” so that Muslims in Afghanistan can celebrate Ramadan in peace.”
This comes as the National Security Council reported the release of 58 other Taliban prisoners and that 550 Taliban insurgents have been released so far.
According to the agreement signed between the United States and the Taliban, 5,000 Taliban prisoners and 1,000 government prisoners should be released, followed by Intra-Afghan negotiations.

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Ghori State Cement in Baghlan increases production

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(Last Updated On: April 28, 2024)

Officials at Ghori State Cement in Baghlan province say the amount of cement produced at this plant has increased compared to the past.

According to company officials, 150,000 tons of cement was produced in 1402 [solar year] and they are trying to increase the amount to 180,000 tons this year.

“Last year, we successfully produced 150,000 tons of cement and sold it to the market. Fortunately, in 1402, we had more than 200 million afghanis in revenue,” said Abdul Wakil Qayumi, financial and administrative deputy of the company.

The plant officials stated that efforts are underway to increase the production capacity, and with the increase of the production capacity, they will produce 1000 bags of cement per day.

“Currently, our four ovens are active, and we produce approximately 1,000 to 1,200 tons of cement in twenty-four hours,” said Mohammad Tahir, packaging manager for the company.

In this company, jobs are created for 750 individuals, and some workers have asked the traders to invest in the country and provide work for young people.

“Some more factories should be built in our country so that less foreign cement is imported into the country and we use our own products,” said one of the company workers.

Ghori Baghlan Cement Company was established about 40 years ago and is considered one of the largest cement production companies in Afghanistan.

The management of this company is carried out by the National Development Corporation (NDC).

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Regional countries should jointly expand stability and development: Deputy PM

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(Last Updated On: April 28, 2024)

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, Political Deputy Prime Minister, has said in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in Kabul that regional countries should play their role in the implementation of large regional projects.

Kabir also invited Kazakh businessmen to invest in Afghanistan, his office said in a statement.

He added that the Islamic Emirate fully controls Afghanistan’s borders, has eliminated drugs and corruption, and restored national sovereignty.

According to the statement, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin appreciated the progress made by the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan and said that his country is ready for long-term trade, transit and investment relations with Afghanistan.

Zhumangarin expressed his country’s readiness to grant scholarships to Afghan youth and added that Afghanistan is currently an example of a peaceful country in the region, and due to this, the world wants to establish relations with the Islamic Emirate in various fields.

He also called for the start of direct flights between Kabul and Almaty and said that his country is ready for bilateral cooperation with the Afghan government in the cultural field.

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Red Cross official seeks ‘staggered’ return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan

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A senior Red Cross official has called for the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to occur “in a more staggered way” so Afghanistan can better absorb them.

“It will be important to work with the government of Pakistan in 2024 to ask that if there are going to be returnees,” that they arrive “in smaller numbers at a time just so it is more manageable on the Afghan side,” said Alexander Matheou, regional director, Asia Pacific Region for the International Federation of the Red Cross, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Saturday.

Speaking in the Qatari capital, Doha, Matheou told journalists on Friday the challenges facing Afghan returnees from Pakistan was one of several pressing issues he discussed with the officials of the Islamic Emirate in Kabul.

“You will be aware that over half a million have crossed the border over recent months, and it is likely that we will see large numbers of new arrivals in the coming months,” he said.

“I imagine this is probably the largest population flow in a short period of time in Asia since the population movement from Myanmar into Bangladesh in 2017,” he added. “So, it is a significant event.”

Since October, Pakistan has expelled more than 500,000 Afghan refugees who lacked proper documentation.

Matheou noted many of the returnees have lived in Pakistan for decades and are ill-equipped to begin a new life in a country that to them is unknown, without government or international support.

He described the returnees as being in generally poor health, especially the children, who account for nearly half of all returnees.

“The evidence of that was we visited clinics where they reported a real spike in cases of acute malnutrition coming from the arrivals from Pakistan.

“We visited routine immunization programs of the IFRC and the Afghan Red Crescent in the villages, and there it was clear looking at the children that as well as being anemic, you could see wasting and stunting among the children,” he said.

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