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America Remains As Long As Taliban Decide to Join Peace Talks :Tillerson
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the American forces will remain in Afghanistan as long as the Taliban militant group has not decided to join a peace process and form a government that suit the needs of the culture of Afghanistan.
"It is about a commitment, a message to the Taliban and other elements that we're not going anywhere," speaking on US-India partnership at an American think-tank Secretary Tillerson said," we'll be [in Afghanistan] as long as it takes for you to change your mind and decide you want to engage with the Afghan Government in a reconciliation process and develop a form of government that does suit the needs of the culture of Afghanistan."
The top U.S. diplomat added that as Washington implements President Trump's new South Asia strategy its relations with Islamabad is based on Pakistan own merits.
"Our relationships in the region stand on their own merits. We expect Pakistan to take decisive action against terrorist groups based within their own borders that threaten their own people and the broader region. In doing so, Pakistan furthers stability and peace for itself and its neighbors, and improves its own international standing," Tillerson urged.
Now the U.S. Secretary of State also believes that Afghanistan's issue is a regional issue and it can be solved by addressing regional challenges. Tillerson says Afghanistan issue needs Pakistan sincere efforts to stabilize itself, Afghanistan and the region.
"We think that is achievable and we can have a stable, peaceful Afghanistan. And when that happens, a big threat is removed from Pakistan's future stability as well, which then creates a better condition for India-Pakistan relationships," he concluded.
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US diplomat: Decision to ban medical education for women in Afghanistan is ‘indefensible’
US charge d’affaires for Afghanistan, Karen Decker, on Saturday criticized reports of a decision to close medical educational institutions to women, saying the decision was “indefensible in any language, culture, or religion.”
Decker said on X that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate in Kandahar has already risked the future of Afghanistan by preventing girls from becoming teachers or engineers.
“They would now destroy it completely by preventing girls from becoming doctors or midwives. Babies will not be born. Mothers will die. All the Afghan people will suffer. This decision must be reversed to prevent unnecessary misery,” she said.
Decker added that it is difficult to see the value of the IEA diplomacy abroad “if this is what they are selling.”
Recently, there have been reports that the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate ordered the closure of medical institutes for women. The Islamic Emirate has not yet officially commented on the matter.
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Office on Saturday in a statement rejected the recent report of the World Bank on the economic situation of Afghanistan and called it “far from reality”.
The statement stated that the World Bank has ignored some of the economic achievements of the Islamic Emirate.
According to the statement, important projects have been started in different sectors since IEA’s takeover.
The statement added that only in the mining sector, about 415 billion afghanis of domestic and foreign investment have been attracted and similar projects are being implemented in other sectors.
The deputy PM’s office has emphasized that the international community should turn to positive interaction with Afghanistan.
This reaction comes while the World Bank said in a recent report that Afghanistan's economic outlook remains very fragile.
Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said on Friday that it had signed an electricity supply agreement with Turkmenistan for 2025.
DABS said in a post on X that Abdul Bari Omar, CEO of DABS and his accompanying delegation during their visit to Turkmenistan, signed the electricity supply agreement for 2025.
DABS stated that under this agreement, Afghanistan will purchase electricity from Turkmenistan through four routes (Andkhoi, Aqeena, Badghis, and Turghondai-Herat).
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