Speaking at an Iftar banquet on Monday night at the ministry of foreign affairs, Deputy Prime Minister Mawlavi Abdul Salam Hanafi told attending dignitaries that Afghanistan wants good relations with the world, based on engagement and respect.

He said: “The Islamic Emirate wants good relations with all countries based on interaction and mutual respect.”

Hanafi added that the Islamic Emirate condemns the merciless attacks of the Zionists in Gaza and the massacre of the Palestinian nation in every sense, and that these attacks on Gaza are in violation of humanitarian and international principles.

He said: “After the rule of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan, security has been fully ensured and the cultivation, smuggling, trade and use of narcotics have been prohibited and administrative corruption has ended, and the activities of the press are ongoing, drug addicts have been collected and in recently, more than one million Afghan immigrants have been forcibly deported from neighboring countries, which is said to have been better managed.

Hanafi said: “The Islamic Emirate asks all regional and extra-regional countries to stop the migration of young people to other countries, end drugs and ensure stability in Afghanistan by investing in the implementation of large development projects such as Afghan Trans, Herat-Boldak, Chabahar Port, Lapis Lazuli Route, Wakhan Corridor and TAPI.

He also said security in Afghanistan is important not only for the citizens of the country but also for the interests of all regional and world countries. For this reason, it is necessary to invest in various fields in order to continue stability in Afghanistan, he said.

He also expressed his gratitude for the World Bank’s action to implement the CASA-1000 project.

Referring to the negative effects of the forced deportation of Afghan citizens from different countries, Hanafi said: “Serious attention should be paid to this issue, and this does not help bilateral and neighboring relations.”

He pointed out that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants good relations with all countries and wants Afghanistan to be an economy-oriented country.

He said the IEA does not interfere in the internal affairs of another country and has urged foreign nations not to interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan.

Condemning the attacks that took place in Iran, Russia and Pakistan and the recent killing of Chinese nationals, Hanafi said: “We condemn these attacks that cause the deaths of common people.”

This comes after suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday in an escalation of Israel’s war against Iran’s regional proxies, flattening a building in a strike Tehran said killed a top Revolutionary Guards commander and several diplomats.

Reuters reporters at the site in the Mezzeh district of Damascus saw emergency workers clambering atop rubble of a destroyed building inside the diplomatic compound, adjacent to the main embassy building.

Emergency vehicles were parked outside. An Iranian flag hung from a pole in front of the debris.

The Syrian foreign minister and interior minister were both spotted at the scene, Reuters reported.