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Ghani doubts about ANSF figures
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President Ashraf Ghani expressed his dissatisfaction about the accuracy of Afghan National Security Forces numbers in his visit with tribal elders in Presidential palace and asked them to cooperate with the government with their evaluations in this regard.
“Please give your hand with me to identify the existence of all Afghan Local Police, Afghan National Police and Afghan National Army figures in your provinces, I don’t believe on figures provided, I would like you to tell me how many soldiers are there,” he said,” we provide money and weapons, but it goes to somewhere else”.
He believes 2015 was the survival year of Afghans and Afghans has experienced a difficult year in their country where people have witnessed war in every corner of the country which can cost the reconstruction of Afghanistan based on President Ghani’s calculations.
“The cost of one day war can support all Afghan orphans’ requirements, the cost of one week war can reconstruct half of Afghanistan’s schools and the cost of one month war can reconstruct a province of Afghanistan,” Ghani said.
Afghan President called lack of confidence between the people of Afghanistan as a serious problem and links the recent instability with the existence of illegal armed groups.
“The fundamental problem in Afghanistan in all sectors from health to services is the problem of of confidence, Afghans travel to Pakistan, Iran, India and other countries for treatment without having a faith on their own doctors which results escape of millions of dollars,” he stated.
President Ghani has met with Afghan citizens during the last three days to wish them a very joyful and peaceful Eid and to encourage Afghans to support their Afghan National Security Forces in their fight against the insurgents and enemies of Afghanistan.
Reported by: Ahmad Farshad Saleh
Pakistan’s government on Friday extended the stay of Afghan refugees in the country till June 30, amid repatriation of illegal foreign nationals.
There are around 1.3 million registered Afghans living in Pakistan, according to a spokesman for UN refugee agency UNHCR in Islamabad, Dawn newspaper reported.
“On the recommendation of the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, the federal cabinet approved the extension of the validity of PoR cards of Afghan refugees from April 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024,” said an official statement, issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The PoR cardholders will be repatriated in the third phase of the plan that will begin after the repatriation of “illegal foreign nationals” residing in Pakistan is completed, the statement added.
The PoR card holders avail schools, bank accounts and other facilities in Pakistan.
Repatriation of undocumented refugees began on November 1 and continues. More than 500,000 Afghans have been expelled so far.
John Bass, US acting under secretary of state for political affairs, will travel to Qatar and Pakistan April 26-30, US State Department announced on Friday.
In Doha, Qatar, he will meet with senior Qatari government officials and other diplomatic missions to discuss support for Afghanistan and shared security interests in the region, US State Department said in a statement.
In Islamabad, Pakistan, Under Secretary Bass will meet with senior Pakistani government officials to discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues as part of the U.S.-Pakistani partnership, the statement added.
John Bass served as US ambassador to Afghanistan under Donald Trump administration between December 2017 and January 2020.
A tripartite meeting between the delegations of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan was held in Kabul with the aim of connecting North Asia to South Asia and reducing transit and transportation costs among these three countries, the Ministry of Trade and Commerce said in a statement.
In this meeting, an agreement was reached on the creation of a joint technical committee to continue the talks.
This tripartite meeting was held under the leadership of Nooruddin Azizi, the Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Vice President of Turkmenistan and Srik Zhumangarin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.
Earlier, a bilateral meeting was held between the delegation of the Islamic Emirate and Turkmenistan. The ministry of commerce said the participants of the meeting discussed the construction of a large joint logistics center in Torghondi, the trilateral transit agreement between the IEA, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan, the expansion of Afghanistan’s railway, solving issues related to Afghan transit and export goods, and a number of other commercial issues.
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