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Abdullah Says ‘Too Early’ for Presidential Election Campaigns
Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) says it is too early for the government leaders to run for the presidential election campaigns.
“In this stage, the most important issue for the National Unity Government leaders is to focus our attention to the current priorities of Afghan people where security is one of the most important issues rather than going for electoral campaigns,” Abdullah told VOA when he was asked about his nomination for the next Afghan presidential elections.
He emphasized that it is “too early” to make a decision about the elections, adding that people have voted once but they were “not convinced” from the services.
In addition, he confirmed the increase of civilian and military casualties in Afghanistan, but claimed the Taliban have experienced heavy casualties as well.
The Afghan leader did not reject reports of Taliban’s contact with Russia, Iran and China.
“There is no doubt about [their] contacts, but sooner or later everyone will realize that the terrorist groups have their own goals at last,” he said.
Meanwhile, Abdullah said the Taliban group is divided and some of the splinter groups leaders are interested to join peace talks with the government.
Three foreign nationals and one Afghan were killed when gunmen opened fire in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.
Abdulmatin Qane, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said that three Afghans and four foreigners were injured in the shooting.
He added that four people were arrested in connection with the incident.
Qani did not specify which country the foreigners belonged to.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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China and Pakistan call for inclusive ‘political framework’ and ‘moderate policies’ in Afghanistan
According to the statement, Wang and Dar called for concerted efforts from the international community to help Afghanistan address challenges in areas such as the humanitarian situation and economic development.
“The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghanistan issue,” the statement read.
“They called for concerted efforts of the international community to help Afghanistan properly address challenges in such areas as the humanitarian situation and economic development, and encourage Afghanistan to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, pursue good-neighborliness, and firmly combat terrorism, including not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist acts.
“Both sides agreed to play a positive and constructive role in helping Afghanistan achieve stable development and integrate into the international community,” the statement read.
Negotiations are ongoing between Afghanistan and Iran to sideline the US dollar in bilateral transactions, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said this week.
According to media reports, Mohsen Karimi, the head of the CBI, said talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial” in Afghanistan.
Karimi said the “offshore rial” is used with the aim of supporting the economic activity and exporters of the private sector of the country.
Recently, CBI Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that Tehran plans to use the “offshore rial” for trade with Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also said at the time that the idea of ditching the US dollar has produced positive results.
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