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Afghanistan’s Peace talks seeks roadmaps, reconciliations: Ghani
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said on Friday that Afghanistan’s peace talk’s process is seeking two pre conditions roadmaps and reconciliation with insurgents groups which will be discussed face to face with Taliban in the next session on Monday.
He has insisted that pre discussions and negotiations have been launched and different elders and members of tribes have been asked.
Meanwhile officials in peace council are optimistic over the coming negotiations which will be held in the future,stating that Afghan Government is trying to invite all those insurgents groups specially Haqqani Network to join peace process.
Kabul will be hosting the second quadrilateral session in between Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and USA where the initial session was held in Islamabad-Pakistan.
Efforts are underway to meet an agreement and that agreement to end up with good conclusion which is ending of war in Afghanistan member of the high peace council Qazi Mohammad Amin Waqad said.
Distrusting of Kabul officials still stance, but there are optimisms underway.
Political expert MiaGul Wasiq said,” the following session will ensure security for Afghanistan,but not in the short time.”
In the first quadrilateral session which was held in Islamabad in between the four countries,a decision was made to fight seriously against those terrorist groups who are not willing reconcile into peace talks process, Afghanistan’s envoy in the session has repeated that Afghanistan specially Afghans should see significant changes into security condition of Afghanistan.
Reported by: Fawad Nasiri
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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