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At Night Family Celebrates Birthday, Next Morning Buries Children

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

The family members and relatives of the victims who lost their lives in a car bomb in Kabul on Wednesday, blame the government for its failure to provide security for its citizens.

A day after the release of the Taliban’s top prisoners, a car bomb in Kabul claimed at least 12 lives including children. More than 20 others including four foreign nationals, were wounded in the vehicle-based IED attack.

Seven-year-old Hadis and twelve-year-old Dunya, brother and sister, were killed in the terrorist attack. Hours before Hadis was murdered in the attack, his father had organized his birthday celebration, without knowing that his daughter and son will never return back home.

On Thursday, Saboor Samadi, the father of the two children, sat speechless at the corner of a mosque in Kabul. Samadi attended his children’s funeral ceremony, but was still too grief stricken to participate in their burial.

Shafiq, the uncle of the two children, told Ariana News that the government failed to prevent such tragedies and is not accountable to people.

“Before their martyrdom, they celebrated his birthday. In the morning, Hadis was telling his mother that he doesn’t want to go to school, but his mother asked him to attend the school without knowing what will happen to them,” Shafiq said.

A picture from the mother of the two children also went viral on social media.

“The health condition of their family who have lost their dearest ones is very critical. Their father couldn’t attend at their burial ceremony. Another child of the family is in coma. Their mother was sitting between their coffins,” said Talwar, a close relative of the deceased children.

Another child Mustafa, was also killed by the IED attack.

“He [Mustafa], was very interested to learn technical systems. He was always dreaming to fix something at home, but he took all his wishes to grave,” said Shuaib Habibzada, the uncle of Mustafa.

Afghan children, who deserve to live a normal and peaceful life like other children in the world, are too often victims of  the nation’s ongoing war.

“I’m calling on people to mobilize and bring changes to their fate,” said Qubad Rangbar, a relative of the deceased children.

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Contract worth $53 million signed for construction of last section of Khaf–Herat railway

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A contract worth $53 million was signed Thursday for the construction of the last section of Khaf-Herat railway that connects Afghanistan with Iran.

The contract was signed between Afghanistan Railway Authority and Gamma Group in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, his office said in a statement.

The segment is 47-kilometer long, stretching from Rabat Parian to Herat International Airport and the Industrial Town, according to the statement.

It added that completion and standard operational readiness are expected within approximately two years.

“Upon its completion, this segment will integrate the Khaf-Herat regional connectivity project with Iran’s significant seaports and facilitate access to Europe via the Turkish railway network,” the statement said.

“Furthermore, traversing Afghan territory, it will bolster commercial exchanges between Central and South Asia. Notably, this project’s realization will enable the expansion of railway networks into Farah, Nimruz, Helmand, and Kandahar provinces,” it added.

Gamma operates across Europe and Asia in multiple sectors including construction, renewable energy, power transmission, mining, railways among others.

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US urges IEA to fulfill counter-terrorism commitments

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The US State Department said on Thursday that Washington is committed to ensuring that Afghanistan can never again be a launching pad for terrorism.

“We remain committed to ensuring that Afghanistan can never again be a launching pad for terrorism, and we continue to push the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) to fulfill all of their counterterrorism commitments to the international community,” the department’s spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a news briefing in Washington.

He reiterated that the United States had clearly communicated to the IEA that it’s their responsibility to ensure that “they give no safe haven to terrorists, whether it be Al Qaeda or ISIS-K or any other terrorist organization”.

Miller also reassured US allies that Washington was closely watching the developments in Afghanistan and was ready to deal with any threat emerging from the region.

“We remain vigilant against the evolving threat of these terrorist groups, and our global coalition to defeat ISIS and the C5+1 help intensify our efforts to monitor terrorist threats from the region and prevent their ability to raise funds, travel, and spread propaganda,” he said.

C5+1 refers to a diplomatic platform involving the five Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgy­zstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) and the United States. It serves as a forum for discussing and addressing regional issues such as security, economic development, and cooperation.

“The United States remains vigilant against the evolving threat posed by terrorist groups, including ISIS-K, and has maintained an unwavering focus on terrorism since President Joe Biden took office three years ago,” Miller said.

The US, he said, was “working both unilaterally and with its partners to successfully disrupt threats across the globe and degrade ISIS”.

“We will continue to work to hold ISIS accountable for its actions and to prevent terrorist attacks against the United States and other Western countries,” Miller said.

This comes as IEA has repeatedly said that it is committed to not allowing anyone to use Afghanistan soil against any other country.

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IEA condemns Israel for confiscating 800 hectares of land in West Bank’s Jordan Valley

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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) strongly condemned on Thursday Israel’s decision to seize 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley region.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the recent actions by “the Zionist regime demonstrate that it does not to adhere to international laws, especially international humanitarian law.”

“Continuation of such unilateral actions and ignoring the rights of Palestinian people will further deteriorate the situation,” the statement said.

“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan expects international actors, particularly influential regional Muslim countries to fulfill their legitimate, human and moral responsibilities in supporting the oppressed people of Palestine and prevent the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied territories,” it added.

Israeli media have reported that Israel seized 800 hectares of land in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank, claiming it as “state land.”

It is reported the seized land could be used for the construction of illegal Jewish settlements.

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