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AWCC provides free internet and telecommunication services for Afghan returnees at crossings
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As Pakistani authorities are forcibly expelling Afghan refugees, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has provided free telecommunication and internet services for returnees by setting up special towers at the Spin Boldak and Torkham crossings.
Afghan immigrants, who are being forcibly deported by the Pakistani government, have all their belongings left in Pakistan and complain of mistreatment by Pakistani security forces. Upon return, they have access to little facilities. One of their most important needs is access to telecommunications services.
AWCC has provided free telecommunication and internet services for the returning refugees and distributes free SIM cards to them.
“Telecommunication services were activated quickly and SIM cards are provided for free to our compatriots, and our teams are present in the area and working to provide SIM cards both to men and women,” said Aliullah Sarwari, Deputy Managing Director of AWCC.
The company’s officials added that in addition to telecommunication services, Bayat Foundation has also distributed food to hundreds of returning families and provided health services.
The committee for dealing with returnees in Torkham has expressed its gratitude for the assistance of AWCC and Bayat Foundation.
“We are grateful to the Afghan Wireless Communication Company that acted in a critical situation and provided telecommunication facilities,” said Sayed Ahmad Mustaqim, the general director of the government committee for processing returnees in Torkham.
Meanwhile, the immigrants who have just returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan express their satisfaction with the services of the AWCC, saying that these services have enabled them to contact their relatives.
“If we don’t have a SIM card, we lose connection with our families, and through SIM cards, we can find our families and contact our relatives in Afghanistan. We thank the Afghan Wireless Communication Company for this move,” said Abdul Mutalib, a returnee.
“We have very good leaders, and I have been provided with an AWCC SIM card after I arrived here,” said Habibullah, another returnee.
Afghan Wireless Communication Company and Bayat Foundation have always rushed to help people in critical and emergency situations, and according to the company’s officials, their services will continue.
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IEA to attend upcoming UN-sponsored meeting on Afghanistan in Doha
The third UN-sponsored Doha meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to be held on June 30.
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The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) announced on Sunday it will attend the upcoming United Nations-sponsored conference on Afghanistan in Doha.
“A representative of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan will participate in the upcoming Doha meeting and will represent the people and the government of Afghanistan,” said Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman of IEA.
The third UN-sponsored Doha meeting on Afghanistan is scheduled to be held on June 30.
IEA had refused to join the second round of the conference in February when the UN rejected its demand to act as Afghanistan’s sole official representative, according to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Pakistani authorities ban entry of Afghans into Peshawar during Eid and Muharram
“Afghan refugees in Peshawar will face a complete entry ban during Eid-ul-Azha and Muharram,” Capital City Police Chief Qasim Ali Khan said, Pakistan Observer reported.
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Pakistani media have reported that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities have banned Afghan refugees from entering the provincial capital Peshawar during Eid al-Adha as well as Moharram ul Haraam.
“Afghan refugees in Peshawar will face a complete entry ban during Eid-ul-Azha and Muharram,” Capital City Police Chief Qasim Ali Khan said, Pakistan Observer reported.
He added that these measures were taken to ensure security during the religious occasions of Eid al-Adha and Muharram.
According to him, police will re-conduct security audits of sensitive locations and places of worship.
Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed that attacks in this country are orchestrated in Afghanistan and carried out by Afghans.
The Islamic Emirate, however, has rejected the claim, saying that Afghanistan is not responsible for Pakistan’s security failure.
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German police shoot to death an Afghan man who carried out attack
Police said the assailant, still armed with the same object, also attacked officers called to the scene. Two of the officers shot and wounded the man, who died soon after in a hospital.
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German police shot to death an Afghan man after he fatally attacked a compatriot and later wounded three people watching the televised opening game of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in eastern Germany, police said Saturday.
The 27-year-old Afghan citizen first attacked a 23-year-old compatriot with a “knife-like object” in Wolmirstedt, a small town about 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Berlin, on Friday evening, police said. The victim later died of his wounds, the Associated Press reported.
The man later attacked a group of people watching the soccer game between Germany and Scotland in the yard of private house, injuring three German men, two of them seriously, police said.
Police said the assailant, still armed with the same object, also attacked officers called to the scene. Two of the officers shot and wounded the man, who died soon after in a hospital.
Police said the motive for the attacks was unclear. The Interior Ministry in Saxony-Anhalt state, which includes Wolmirstedt, said police had increased their presence across the state. The soccer tournament is taking place in cities across Germany and runs through July 14.
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