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Ghani Reiterates Call to Pakistan to Intensify State-to-State Dialogue with Afghanistan
Addressing Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Kabul on Thursday, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reiterated his call to Pakistan to intensify the state-to-state peace dialogue with Afghanistan.
“I call once again on Pakistan to intensify the state-to-state dialogue with us to secure regional peace and security,” Ghani said.”Providing sanctuary to malign non-state actors is conduct unbecoming responsible international stakeholders.”
Ghani said that U.S. President Trump’s South Asia strategy is providing a new context for reassessment to renounce violence and war into dialogue and cooperation. “We welcome and strongly endorse the strategy,” he said.
In part of his speech, Ghani state that the successful peace agreement with Hizb-i-Islami should demonstrate to Taliban groups that the government has the capacity and the political will to enter and successfully conclude an intra-Afghan dialogue.
“Opt for love instead of war ballots instead of bullets, and dialogue instead of destruction,” he said.
Commenting on corruption, the President said that his government is committed to rooting out corruption and continue to break the “patronage of the past with the practical realization of a government that is based on law and rules.”
“We have made tough choices. We have fought back against terror. We have tackled the roots of power and corruption,” he said.
He said for the first time in Afghan history “we have sentenced and jailed senior security and civilian officials who have abused the public’s trusts.”
By Shakib Mahmud and Bayes Hayat
Three foreign nationals and one Afghan were killed when gunmen opened fire in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.
Abdulmatin Qane, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said that three Afghans and four foreigners were injured in the shooting.
He added that four people were arrested in connection with the incident.
Qani did not specify which country the foreigners belonged to.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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China and Pakistan call for inclusive ‘political framework’ and ‘moderate policies’ in Afghanistan
According to the statement, Wang and Dar called for concerted efforts from the international community to help Afghanistan address challenges in areas such as the humanitarian situation and economic development.
“The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghanistan issue,” the statement read.
“They called for concerted efforts of the international community to help Afghanistan properly address challenges in such areas as the humanitarian situation and economic development, and encourage Afghanistan to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, pursue good-neighborliness, and firmly combat terrorism, including not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist acts.
“Both sides agreed to play a positive and constructive role in helping Afghanistan achieve stable development and integrate into the international community,” the statement read.
Negotiations are ongoing between Afghanistan and Iran to sideline the US dollar in bilateral transactions, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said this week.
According to media reports, Mohsen Karimi, the head of the CBI, said talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial” in Afghanistan.
Karimi said the “offshore rial” is used with the aim of supporting the economic activity and exporters of the private sector of the country.
Recently, CBI Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that Tehran plans to use the “offshore rial” for trade with Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also said at the time that the idea of ditching the US dollar has produced positive results.
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