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Donald Trump Not Content With Continuing Afghan War As Before

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says President Donald Trump would not be content with continuing the war in Afghanistan as before.

Speaking in Manila on the sidelines of a regional security forum, Rex Tillerson said President Donald Trump has asked his advisers “tough questions” about American strategy in Afghanistan.

“The president is not willing to accept that, so he is asking some tough questions,” Tillerson told reporters.

Trump’s national security team is reviewing the war plan in Afghanistan and Vice President Mike Pence has joined Trump in taking a close interest in the strategy review.

“The president is asking some very, very pointed questions, and I think good questions that he should be asking,” Tillerson said.

“And perhaps these are questions that no-one has been willing to raise in the past,” he continued.

“So we want to give him good thorough answers and good thorough analysis to go with that — a very clear-eyed view, a very realistic view of what the future is likely to look like.”

However, Afghan analysts are said to believe that the United States is not honest in its commitments to Afghanistan and the country’s situation will not be changed until terrorist safe havens not targeted in Pakistan.

Analysts warned that the delay in announcement of US new strategy toward Afghanistan will have adverse consequences.

“US strategy toward Afghanistan is not an effective one and its war strategy is also a failed strategy. Considering the recent formed coalitions in Afghanistan, the US expects what will be the situation of northern parts in the future,” said Muhammad Hakim Torsan, a military analyst.

Senator Muhammad Azim Qoyash also said, “US war strategy has been failed and it should have a great strategy to change the situation in Afghanistan, otherwise, it will be failed again.”

In the meantime, the Afghan government called for world’s joint fighting against terrorism and stressed if the root of the terrorist threat is strengthened in Afghanistan, no country will remain secure.

“Joint fighting against terrorism is very important, the terrorist groups are trying to change Afghanistan into a terrorist center which the efforts of the donor countries and their military presence in here are essential,” said Sidiq Sidiqi, head of government’s media center.

Afghan analysts believe that Afghan military forces should be fully equipped that Afghanistan can see a change in the security situation.

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.

The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.

The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan

There were no immediate reports of any casualties.

In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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