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Afghanistan seeks to resume active role in SCO, envoy to Russia says
In an interview with TASS, Hassan confirmed that Kabul considers renewed engagement with the SCO both possible and appropriate.
Afghanistan is seeking to resume active participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), where it currently holds observer status, according to the country’s Ambassador to Russia, Gul Hassan.
In an interview with TASS, Hassan confirmed that Kabul considers renewed engagement with the SCO both possible and appropriate.
“Afghanistan is an observer state in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and, in line with this status, should take part in its meetings,” the ambassador said in his first interview since assuming his post in Moscow.
He noted that, due in part to the efforts of Russia and China, most SCO member states have reached the view that restoring Afghanistan’s active involvement in the organization would be viable.
“We also expect Afghanistan to participate in the organization’s upcoming meetings,” Hassan added.
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At least 14 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, a rescue group and a regional police official said, as the country battles widening insurgencies.
The explosion took place in the Kabal area of Swat, a district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Reuters reported.
A pro-police rally of local residents was taking place in the same area on Sunday, but it was not immediately clear whether the rally was the intended target.
Fida Hussain, a regional police official, said the victims included five police officers and eight civilians. The 14th person was believed to be the suicide bomber, he told Reuters.
At least 18 people were wounded, according to a police statement. It said an operation had been launched to arrest anyone who may have assisted the attack.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in a statement expressed “deep grief and sorrow over the suicide blast”.
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