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Afghanistan, DRC sign $4.13 million mine-action agreements
Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) and the Danish Refugee Council’s (DRC) Mine Action organization have signed two memorandums of understanding worth a combined $4.13 million to clear landmines and explosive remnants of war and support victims.
The agreements were signed during a meeting between ANDMA Director General Mullah Nooruddin Turabi and DRC Mine Action Director General J. Opreti, ANDMA said on Thursday.
Under the first agreement, worth $2.27 million, DRC will conduct mine-action activities in 13 provinces, including Kabul, Kandahar, Herat and Nangarhar. The project will survey and clear 20 contaminated sites covering about 649,000 square metres and carry out 574 urgent explosive ordnance disposal tasks.
The project will also provide mine-risk education to more than 400,000 people and cash assistance to 40 mine and explosive-remnant victims.
A second agreement, valued at $1.86 million, covers mine-action activities in Kabul, Kandahar, Nimroz and Nangarhar. It includes the survey and clearance of about 885,000 square metres of contaminated land and mine-risk education for 233,000 Afghans returning from Iran and Pakistan.
DRC will also provide cash assistance, psychosocial support and social-cohesion programmes for victims in the four provinces.
ANDMA said the projects aim to reduce the risks posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war, protect civilians and enable the safe use of cleared land.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has expressed serious concern over reports that the United States plans to transfer some Afghan migrants to Pakistan, urging Washington to act responsibly and cautiously.
In a statement, the ministry said it had received reports that the US intends to send Afghan nationals who have so far been unable to obtain legal residency documents in the United States to Pakistan.
The ministry said the Islamic Emirate considers the protection of the rights of all Afghan citizens its responsibility and stressed that Afghans, wherever they are in the world, should be treated in accordance with applicable laws, accepted principles and respect for human dignity.
It called on the United States to ensure that any decisions or actions concerning Afghan nationals are taken through clear bilateral understanding, necessary coordination and with due consideration for their rights and legitimate requests.
The ministry also said third countries should not make deals over the fate of another country’s citizens in exchange for temporary benefits or other considerations at the expense of human dignity, individual rights and accepted humanitarian standards.
The statement added that the Islamic Emirate remains committed to constructive engagement and cooperation to facilitate the safe, dignified and voluntary return of Afghan citizens.
US President Donald Trump has claimed that he could have won the war in Afghanistan within three weeks, criticising previous American presidents for failing to pursue victory during the country’s longest military conflict.
Speaking at a midterm election campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, Trump said successive US administrations had failed to fight wars with the clear objective of winning.
“Afghanistan, years and years. Then, we never fight to win. We don’t fight to win. We fight to tie,” Trump said, referring to the US military involvement in Afghanistan.
He claimed he could have brought the war to an end within a few weeks, saying: “I could have won that war in three weeks.”
Trump also made a similar claim about the Vietnam War, saying he could have won it in one week.
The United States launched its military campaign in Afghanistan in October 2001, following the September 11 attacks. The conflict continued for nearly 20 years before US forces completed their withdrawal in August 2021.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says journalists around the world continue to pay a heavy price for telling the truth, calling for justice and accountability for crimes committed against media workers.
In a message marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on November 2, Guterres warned that targeting journalists and silencing their reporting deprives the public of access to information and makes everyone a victim.
“When journalists are targeted and their reporting is extinguished, it makes victims of us all,” he said, stressing the need for justice.
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