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Ghani Accepts Resignation of Defense Minister, Chief of Army Staff

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

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President Ashraf Ghani has accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem after the recent attack on Afghan army base in Balkh province of Afghanistan, Ghani’s office confirmed on Monday.

The president’s official Twitter account also confirmed the resignations with immediate effect.

President’s deputy spokesman, Dawa Khan Mina Pall said, “Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi and Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qadam Shah Shaheem have submitted their resignations letters to President Ghani and he thanked him of  their services and accepted their resignations.”

The two Afghan senior officials in the their last press conferences pointed about their achievements during their difficult duties.

Ex-Defense minister, Abdullah Habibi said, “To all Afghan people and the next defense minister; Consider Afghanistan’s interest and work for the people as I resigned.”

Former chief of amry staff, Qadam Shah Shahim also said, “I want to showcase the end of an unprecedented courage, I want to share my effectiveness to the other strong holders.”

Yet it is not clear that these two top officials were forced to resign or were resigned themselves, but analysts have different views regarding this issue.

Political analyst, Bashir Bezhan said, “The current situation requires that at least the genuine commitment and meritocracy have not been considered in appointing the security officials.”

Another analyst, Humaira Ayoubi also saod, “Well done to defense minister and chief of army staff who have conscience and understands everything.”

Afghan residence praised resignations of the two senior officials, saying they have resigned based on peoples’ demands.

The ministry of interior’s deputy Tariq Shah Bahrami has been appointed as acting minister of defense and general Sharif Yaftali as army chief of staff.

The resignations of the two top security officials come as brigadier General, Amanullah appointed as Zafar 207 Corps instead of major general Mahmand.

Previously the Presidential Palace has said that President uses his authority to promote the theoretical capacity to the constitution.

This comes after on Friday Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers disguised in army uniforms struck the compound of the 209 Shaheen Military Corps in northern Balkh province which claimed the lives of at least 150 army personnel and wounded nearly 70 others.

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ISIS-K leader reportedly living in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Sanaullah Ghaffari, also known as Shahab al-Muhajar, is reportedly the ISIS-Khorasan (Daesh) branch leader and is holed up in Pakistan, Reuters reports.

The 29-year-old took over as leader in 2020 and under his leadership the group has carried out extreme attacks as a means of recruiting, Reuters reported.

Reuters noted that little was known about Ghafari before the deadly 2021 ISIS attack on Kabul Airport, which killed 170 Afghan civilians and 13 American soldiers.

But after Friday’s deadly attack in a concert hall in Moscow, which left 139 people dead, Ghaffari’s group has come under intense scrutiny.

Reuters reports that Ghaffari is said to have been involved in several attacks in Afghanistan, Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan.

Pakistani officials said months ago that Ghaffari had been killed in Kunar province in Afghanistan in June last year, but Reuters has reported that he did not die and instead fled to Pakistan and lives in the border province of Baluchistan.

Abdul Matin Qani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan, says that Daesh has been suppressed in Afghanistan for more than two years and has lost its operational capacity.

The last attack carried out by Daesh in Afghanistan was the attack on the Kabul Bank office in Kandahar last week which left three dead and 12 wounded.

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IPL: Sunrisers thump MI in record breaking match

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

It was raining records at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday with the hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) clinching a 31-run victory over Mumbai Indians (MI) in Match 8 of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.

Sunrisers’ batting rewrote the record books on a batting belter after the posted 277 for three.

SRH now have the highest team score in the history of the IPL – beating Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) 263 for five from the 2013 season.

In reply, MI made a spirited effort, and at one stage, were contenders to do the near impossible. In the slog overs, the enormity of the target proved a bit too much, and SRH clinched victory, but not without numerous nervous moments.

To put into perspective the carnage we witnessed – Heinrich Klaasen’s 23-ball half-century was the slowest fifty of the SRH innings.

Travis Head, playing his first match for SRH, raced to the milestone in 18 balls. Abhishek Sharma got there even faster – in 16 balls – to record the quickest fifty by an SRH batter in IPL history.

While Sunrisers notched up the highest total in the 16-year history of the IPL, just as incredibly, Mumbai Indians almost paid them back with the same coin, their batters coming out with a nothing-to-lose attitude.

The sixes kept rolling off the Mumbai bats too, helping them keep up with the asking rate for most of the chase, eventually however, they ran out of steam and finished on 246 for 5, the highest IPL total in a losing cause.

As ESPNcricinfo reported, never were more runs scored in a men’s T20 match (523). Never were most sixes hit in a men’s T20 (38). At the end of the close to four-hour six-fest, only two bowlers returned with an economy rate of under ten an over.

Thursday, March 28 : Match 9

Thursday’s match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur sees Rajasthan Royals go up against Delhi Capitals.

Fans in Afghanistan can tune in to Ariana Television to watch the match live from 6.30pm. Alternatively the match can be screened live on arianatelevision.com

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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan

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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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