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Afghanistan Mines; An Opportunity for Unhealthy Competitions
Afghanistan mines have provided the opportunity for unhealthy competitions and the continuation of war among terrorist groups in the country, said the second Vice-President.
Afghanistan with a trillion-dollars asset, still considers as a poor country. The second Vice-President, Sarwar Damish expressed deep concern over the existence of poverty and terrorists, powerful access to the mines of the country.
“Mines have become one of the warfare and revenue sources for terrorist groups. Most of the powerful use the current situation and seek for extraction of them,” said Sarwar Danish.
In the meantime, the European Union also called the illegal extraction process of mines in Afghanistan “challenging”.
“The illegal extraction of mines is one of the dangerous phenomenon which cannot be considered without a challenge in political terms. Illegal extraction has serious consequences for Afghanistan, and it is a competitive bargaining process among terrorist groups.”
However, the acting minister of mines and petruleum also complaint over lack of government’s programs against the ministry.
“If all expectations are from the ministry of mines to prevent the illegal extraction, it cannot solve it by itself,” said Narges Nehan, acting minister of mines.
Previously, a number of the monitoring institutions on mines voiced concern over the illegal extraction of mines.
The Japanese ambassador in Kabul, Takayoshi Kuromiya, met Saturday with Sader Azam Osmani, the Deputy of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, the meeting discussed Japan’s cooperation in these areas.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) held Saturday an emergency meeting in Kabul attended by the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration to instantly address the needs of recent flood victims in Baghlan province.
The ministry quoted Abdul Rahman Rahmani, head of the assistance coordination of the ministry, as saying that the goal of the meeting was to provide emergency assistance to flood victims and how to consider first aid.
According to reports, intense floods in Baghlan’s many districts have left hundreds of dead and injured.
The ministry stated that hundreds of houses have been destroyed and people are living in open space in the mountains.
Meanwhile, the ministry added that the figures are not yet final and the process of rescue operations is still ongoing with the cooperation of health teams.
At the meeting, Mohammad Omar Hashemi, the humanitarian aid coordinator of the International Organization for Migration, also assured that the organization is ready to provide urgent aid to the victims.
The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it can only support one in every three malnourished children across Afghanistan, highlighting the shortage of funding.
WFP said on X that there are three million malnourished children in Afghanistan.
“But we can only support 1 in every 3 malnourished children across Afghanistan,” WFP said. “Children bear the brunt of the assistance cuts. Sustained funding is vital.”
The World Food Program in Afghanistan had previously warned that the number of malnourished children visiting hospitals has increased this year following the reduction of foreign aid.
More than 23 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan this year, according to the United Nations. Over half of them are children.
In February, WFP announced a dire need for $760 million in food assistance for Afghanistan over the next six months.
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