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Ghani, VP Saleh reiterate the need for an Afghanistan republic

President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said a republic government was essential for the people of Afghanistan and that peace was crucial.
Speaking during a visit to the eastern province of Nangarhar, Ghani also called on the Taliban to respect the people’s demands.
“The republic system is our joint investment,” Ghani said.
Ghani also instructed the acting minister of education to allocate 4,000 posts for teachers in the province. At the same time, Ghani commemorated the 100th death anniversary of Bacha Khan in the province.
Traveling with him on Thursday was Amrullah Saleh, the first vice president who said that government’s condition in terms of peace is that a republic system is maintained and the election process adhered to.
Saleh however criticized the Taliban for the ongoing killings in the country and accused the group of fighting in Afghanistan for the interests of foreigners.
Saleh said the Taliban are not prepared to end the war in accordance with Islam and then blamed the group for drawing out the peace process.
Their visit meanwhile comes amid a rising call among stakeholders, including the United States, for the establishment of an interim government.
According to sources on Wednesday, Ghani refused to meet with visiting US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Wednesday over this very reason.
Sources stated that Khalilzad was urging a shift to an interim government but that Ghani was dead set against it.
This latest development also comes just a day after peace talks resumed in Doha after a three-week break.
Although a “preliminary meeting” to kickstart the second round of talks late Wednesday in Doha, the teams both stated they will only formally meet again on Saturday.
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Almost 700 people including ex-govt officials return home: commission

The Commission for Contact with Afghan Personalities says nearly 700 officials of the previous government, politicians, members of the National Council and some experts have returned to Afghanistan since the establishment of the commission early last year.
“Six hundred and eighty people from different countries have returned to the country,” said the commission’s spokesman, Ahmadullah Wasiq.
He stated that among these people are former officials of the old government who worked in various ministries and departments.
He added that currently, a large number of personalities, including politicians and high-ranking officials of the former government, have received application forms to return to the country through this commission, and will come home soon.
“We have distributed hundreds of forms [to them] and our wish is that in the near future many of the people will return to the country, so for now this process is going very well,” Wasiq added.
A number of those who have returned to the country, however, are demanding some changes to the commission, adding that the caretaker government should make effective use of the cadres and experts who return and provide them with work opportunities.
“The method of this process should be changed, such as communicating with experts or elites or politicians. Second, when these people come to Afghanistan, they should be provided with work,” said Amanullah Ghalib, former head of Breshna Sherkat, who also returned to the country recently.
Officials have repeatedly requested Afghans living abroad, including politicians and officials of the previous government, to return to their homeland and continue their normal lives in Afghanistan in accordance with the general amnesty issued by the Islamic Emirate’s supreme leader.
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Afghan embassy in India announces it will cease operations from Oct. 1

The embassy of Afghanistan in India’s capital New Delhi will cease operations from Oct. 1, due to a lack of support from India and a reduction in personnel and resources, the embassy said in a statement on social media platform X.
The embassy also said a failure to meet expectations in serving Afghanistan’s interests is another key factor in shutting of the embassy.
“Given these circumstances, it is with deep regret that we have taken the difficult decision to close all operations of the mission with the exception of emergency consular services to Afghan citizens till the transfer of the custodial authority of the mission to the host country,” the embassy said in the statement dated Sept. 30.
In its announcement, the Afghan Embassy also cited challenges like shortage of both personnel and resources available. “The lack of timely and sufficient support from visa renewal for diplomats to other critical areas of cooperation led to an understandable frustration among our team and impeded our ability to carry out routine duties effectively,” the statement read.
The embassy also refuted any “baseless claims” regarding internal strife or discord among its diplomatic staff or any diplomats using the crisis to seek asylum in a third country.
India does not recognise the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) as government, and closed its own embassy in Kabul after the IEA took control in 2021, but New Delhi had allowed the ambassador and mission staff appointed by the Western-backed government of ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to issue visas and handle trade matters.
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Muttaqi meets Chinese, Pakistani envoys on sidelines of Moscow format

Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the special representatives to Afghanistan from China and Pakistan, Yue Xiaoyong and Asif Durrani respectively, on the sidelines of the Moscow format meeting.
The Foreign Ministry’s deputy spokesperson Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal said on X that during the meeting, national relations, common interests, and threats to Afghanistan, Pakistan and China were discussed in detail.
Muttaqi told Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan that if problems arise, instead of media statements, efforts should be made to solve them through diplomatic means.
Takal added that during the meeting the Chinese side pledged that it is ready to increase its assistance to Afghanistan in a number of areas.
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