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Abdullah, Ghani reach ‘tentative agreement’
Abdullah Abdullah said Friday that progress has been made in the political negotiations between Arg and Sapidar Palace, a move forward to resolve the political disputes between him and his political rival Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.
“We have made progress in negotiations and reached tentative agreement on a range of principles,” Abdullah said in a tweet.
He added that work on details is underway to finalize the agreement.
“We hope to finalize the political agreement at the earliest so that we can pay undivided attention to tackling COVID-19 pandemic,” said Abdullah emphasizing, “ensuring a just, dignified and lasting peace, and confronting the security and economic challenges in a spirit of national unity and solidarity.”
Meanwhile, in a meeting with Deborah Lyons, the UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan, the second vice president Sarwar Danish said that Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah would reach a political agreement in the next a few days and that Abdullah is to lead the High Reconciliation Council.
On the other hand, a plan under the name of the “framework of the political agreement” was made public, attributed to Abdullah Abdullah. The formation of the Government Supreme Council of the Government with the presence of political leaders, the formation of an executive Prime Minister with a focus on peace and the handing over of the peace process to the executive prime minister were the biggest parts of the plan, but Sapidar Palace said this plan is not part of Abdullah Abdullah’s political agreement.
The plan, which has just become public, also mentions the transfer of executive authority and a 50 percent share in the government to Abdullah Abdullah as the second person in the country and the transfer of Marshall’s rank to General Dostum. Earlier, sources in the leadership of Abdullah’s team confirmed the existence of such cases in Mr. Abdullah’s plan.
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Girls’ education is a ‘vital issue’ for Afghanistan: Karzai
Former president Hamid Karzai said in a meeting with Iran’s ambassador and special representative, Hassan Kazemi Qomi, that education of girls was a “vital issue” for Afghanistan.
Karzai said he appreciated Iran’s cooperation and its standing with the Afghan people, especially Iran’s contributions to education in Afghanistan.
During the meeting, Karzai said peace and stability in the region are in the interest of all regional countries.
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Uzbekistan’s humanitarian aid arrives in Balkh
A shipment of humanitarian aid from Uzbekistan was handed over on Thursday to the local officials of Balkh province in the trade port of Hairatan.
Local authorities said the aid, which includes flour, oil, wheat, sugar and meat, has been handed over by Uzbekistan’s Surkhandarya governor to the governor of Balkh.
The governor of Surkhandarya stated the purpose of sending this aid was to support the people of Afghanistan and stressed the need for the development of good relations between the two countries.
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Afghanistan’s problems caused more damage to Pakistan than 3 wars with India: Durrani
Islamabad’s special envoy for Afghanistan Asif Durrani said on Wednesday that Pakistan has suffered more due to Afghanistan’s internal situation than Pakistan has suffered in three wars with India in terms of blood spilt and finances drained.
Durrani said at a one-day International Conference titled “Pakistan in the Emerging Geopolitical Landscape”, which was organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) and the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), that over 80,000 Pakistanis died in the two decades of the War on Terror and that his country was still counting its dead and injured.
“After the withdrawal of NATO forces, it was hoped that peace in Afghanistan would bring peace to the region. However, such expectations were short-lived,” he said.
He also stated that attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant group on Pakistan’s border areas increased by 65 percent, while suicide attacks increased by 500 percent.
“The TTP’s enhanced attacks on Pakistan while using Afghan soil have been a serious concern for Pakistan. Another worrying aspect is the participation of Afghan nationals in these attacks,” he said.
Durrani also said Pakistan had suffered geopolitically since the Soviet Union invaded the neighboring country.
“The post-9/11 world order has negatively impacted Pakistan. Apart from losing 80,000 citizens’ lives, including 8,000 law enforcement agency personnel, the country’s economic opportunity cost is estimated at $150 billion,” Durrani said.
Talking about the future outlook for Pakistan in the regional context, Durrani said that while “our eastern neighbor is likely to continue with its anti-Pakistan pursuits, the western border poses an avoidable irritant in the short to medium term.”
However, he said Pakistan can overcome its difficulties with Afghanistan, including the TTP challenge.
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