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Afghan Upper House Call for Mohaqiq’s Prosecution Over Recent Remarks
The Upper House members have called for Mohaqiq’s prosecution over his recent remarks made in a large gathering in Tehran and praised Afghans fighting role in the defeat of ISIS in Syria.
Fazel Hadi Muslimyar, the Upper House Speaker has described Mohaqiq’s remarks as a national treason and called on government to prosecute Mohaqiq, the Second Chief Executive Deputy of the National Unity Government (NUG).
Mr. Muslimyar further added that Afghans will never forgive Mohaqiq for the remarks he has recently made in favor of Iran-backed Afghan militia fighting against Daesh or Islamic State terror group in Syria.
Some other members of the House also stated Mohaqiq’s praise of Fatemiyoun Division as harmful and called for his prosecution.
Mohammad Mohaqiq, the Second Deputy of Abdullah Abdullah, NUG’s Chief Executive, made the remarks few days ago in a large gathering titled “Muhibban-e-Ahlobait” in the Capital of Iran, Tehran.
“I am cordially thankful of Iraq and Syria’s military, and also Iranian, Afghan, Pakistani and fighters of other countries who got victory, participating in the war – indeed in the war of Islam against the infidels and World Arrogance,” Mohaqiq noted in his speech.
He continued extending gratitude and praising Qasem Solemani, an Iranian Major General who is in charge of commanding Quds Force – a division which was primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine operations, then for the fight of Iran –led forces against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Mohaqiq’s remarks has sparked many reactions inside Afghanistan and the Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, also said yesterday that the government is not in favor of Afghans involvement in any war in other countries.
However Abdullah thanked the countries which contributed to the defeat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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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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