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Abdullah Introduced Naderi as Head of Independent Administrative Reforms Commission
Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah officially introduced Nader Nadery as the Head of Independent Administrative Reforms and Civil Services Commission (IARCSC) on Saturday.
Abdullah called his introduction as a step toward strengthening the administrative services and emphasized that the commission must remain “independent, non-political and must work based on meritocracy”.
The new chief of the Administrative Reforms Commission thanked the National Unity Government (NUG) leaders and called the position a “very heavy responsibility on his shoulders”.
Nadery vowed that he would not make “hastily decisions”, but insisted to seriously take actions to tackle corruption.
President Ashraf Ghani appointed Nadery in the position about seven months ago, but a dispute was erupted between the NUG leaders over his appointment.
At first, Abdullah strongly rejected Naderi’s appointment for the post, reasoning how a person could run such a post without having experience in running governmental offices.
On that time, Ghani’s office said in a statement that he has been appointed for the post in a bid to help further align and consolidate the affairs of the relevant department and further take advantage of the academic experiences and reserves of the relevant individuals.
Currently, Nadery also serves as President Ghani’s senior advisor on strategic and public relations’ affairs.
He has completed his higher education in the field of political sciences and law in Kabul University and obtained Masters degree in the field of international affairs from George Washington University and has completed his professional education in leadership at Kennedy faculty in Harvard University.
Nadery has served as the representative of the youth generation of the country in peace negotiations of the United Nations organized for Afghanistan in 2001 at Bonn city of Germany, besides serving as spokesman and elected representative of the civil society for the Independent Commission of the Grand Council (Loya Jirga) which elected the leader of the transitional government in 2002.
His other prominent roles include service as the member of the independent human rights commission of Afghanistan, member of the global council for fragile states in global economic forum, adviser for the transitional government of Libya in 2012, and head of the international advisers mission for strengthening law and judicial affairs for Libya.
The Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission of Afghanistan (IARCSC) aim to contribute to capacity building of Afghan civil servant and professional in leadership, management or public administration and gender policy in the Afghan reconstruction process.
By: Hesamuddin Hesam
The European Union announced Tuesday it has made available 400,000 euros (over 30 million Afghani) in response to widespread flooding in the north of Afghanistan in the past days.
This humanitarian aid will provide immediate emergency assistance to beneficiaries in the regions of Baghlan, Badakhshan, and Takhar, EU said in a statement.
The assistance will be delivered by EU humanitarian partners ACTED and DACAAR. It will include an emergency multi-sectoral response through cash assistance as well as access to clean water, emergency sanitation and hygiene supplies, the statement said.
The EU mentioned that it has been funding humanitarian operations in Afghanistan since 1994, providing close to 1.8 billion euros in funding. Last year alone, the EU mobilised 159 million euros in humanitarian funding.
In addition, since 2021 the EU has organised a Humanitarian Air Bridge to Afghanistan, with 35 flights so far that have carried over 1,600 tonnes of aid.
Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Afghanistan tomorrow (Tuesday), officials said on Monday.
The Ministry of Transport said that a Turkish Airlines plane will land in Kabul airport on Tuesday.
“Tomorrow, Turkish Airlines will resume its flights to Kabul International Airport. There will be four flights between Kabul and Istanbul per week. This is good news for Afghan travelers. For those Afghans who travel to European countries, they can move easily through Turkey,” said Imamuddin Ahmadi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Transport.
However, the Chamber of Commerce and Investment emphasized that visas should be provided to businessmen and citizens of the country, otherwise companies will benefit the most, not Afghan citizens and businessmen.
“Not a single passenger is allowed, the reason is that they do not issue visas. If the Turks don’t start issuing visas, or the Arabs don’t issue visas, the plane will come for the cargo and there will be little movement of people,” said Khanjan Alokozay, a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Investment.
In a meeting with Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Deputy Prime Minister said the Islamic Emirate will participate in the third Doha meeting if its “position” is accepted.
He said that Afghanistan is under the complete control of the Islamic Emirate and that the country “has an Emir” and the government is “obeyed”.
According to a statement issued by Mawlavi Abdul Kabir’s office, the deputy prime minister told DiCarlo: “The previous meeting in Doha was incomplete due to some shortcomings of its organizers, and the position of the Islamic Emirate should be accepted in the next meeting so that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate in it.”
The Secretary General of the United Nations once expressed regret for the Islamic Emirate’s non-participation in the Doha meeting, but at the same time said that accepting the demands of the Islamic Emirate is equivalent to its recognition.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Emirate is asking the United Nations and other countries to recognize them as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
Kabir said that the Islamic Emirate has fulfilled all its obligations and “rules over the entire geography of Afghanistan… There is a central government in all of Afghanistan that has an emir and is obeyed.”
The United Nations is expected to hold the third Doha meeting with the participation of special representatives of countries for Afghanistan, but it has not set a date for it yet.
The Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs of the United Nations meanwhile visited Kabul this week and invited the Islamic Emirate’s officials to participate in the Doha meeting.
According to the deputy prime minister’s office, DiCarlo informed Kabir about the Doha meeting and said that “the Islamic Emirate’s conditions for participating in this meeting are not difficult.”
She expressed hope that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate will participate.
She said that representatives of a number of international organizations and countries have been invited to the Doha meeting, including the World Bank.
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