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Kabul deadly suicide attack globally condemned

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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Kabul’s deadly suicide bombing and gunfire that killed 64 people and injured 330 has globally condemned.

The United Nations security council, the White House, US department of state, European Union, NATO and Pakistan’s Prime Minister have strongly condemned yesterday’s bloody attack in Kabul.

 

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The U.N. Security Council has condemned the Taliban attack in Kabul “in the strongest terms” and urged that those involved be brought to justice.

The Security Council said in a statement it condemned all forms of terrorism and noted the dangers that the Taliban, al-Qaida and the Islamic State group present in Afghanistan.

“No violent or terrorist acts can reverse the Afghan-led process along the path towards peace, democracy and stability,” the statement said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent his condolences to the victims and their families following the Taliban attack on a government security agency in Kabul.

He strongly condemned and said “there is no justification whatsoever for attacking civilian people as well as security people.”

Ban also urged the international community to cooperate in tacking violent extremist, saying, “we must fight against these terrorist attacks.”

In separate statement the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned the Taliban attack in Kabul.

“This attack shows the devastation caused by the use of explosive devices in urban areas and once more demonstrates complete disregard for the lives of Afghan civilians,” said Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan. “The use of high explosives in civilian populated areas, in circumstances almost certain to cause immense suffering to civilians, may amount to war crimes.”

 

The White House slammed Kabul attack

The White House has condemned the Taliban attack in Kabul and urged the insurgent group to choose the “pathway of peace.”

White House spokesman Josh Earnest says the United States remains “committed to supporting the Afghan people and their government.”

He says the U.S. also calls “on the Taliban to pursue a pathway of peace instead of continuing a military campaign responsible for the senseless death of Afghan civilians.”

Earnest added that U.S. supports the Afghan security forces as they work to promote peace and stability in the region and as both sides counter the “threat of terrorism that affects all of us.”

 

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The United States Embassy also condemned Kabul’s attack, saying; it supports the Afghan government’s peace process to end such violence.

 

NATO

The commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan condemned the coordinated suicide attack in capital Kabul.

“Kabul’s attack shows the insurgents are unable to meet Afghan forces on the battlefield and must resort to these terrorist attacks,” said Resolute Support Commander, Gen. John W. Nicholson. “We strongly condemn the actions of Afghanistan’s enemies and remain firmly committed to supporting our Afghan partners and the National Unity Government.”

“As the United Nations reported last week, the Taliban and other insurgent groups are responsible for the large majority of the civilian casualties that have occurred in 2016,” said Nicholson.

A statement by the alliance said “Resolute Support expresses its deepest condolences to those affected by this contemptible act of violence. We will continue to assist our Afghan partners in achieving a sustainable peace as well as security for the people of Afghanistan.”

 

European Union (EU)

European Union Foreign policy Chief Federica Mogherini says the incident underlines the importance of working to achieve peace and stability in the region.

“In a day when we have seen an attack in Kabul that shows us how fragile the situation on the security level is in the country and that reminds us even more on the need to continue to work with a lot of energy and attention in partnership with the Afghan leadership to stabilize the country not only to provide security but also economic development and reinforcement of the institutions in the country.”

 

Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said: “By rejecting the opportunity to enter peace talks and instead targeting innocent civilians, the Taliban have demonstrated their total disregard for the Afghan people.”

Hammond said the UK stood resolute in support of their Afghan friends and called on the Taliban to end senseless violence against civilians.

 

Pakistan

Pakistani government condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and expresses solidarity with the government and brotherly people of Afghanistan in their hour of grief.

Nawaz termed terrorism and extremism a threat for both Pakistan and Afghanistan and peace and stability in the respective societies.

“We extend our heartfelt sympathies and condolences to those who have lost their loved ones and pray for an early recovery of the injured,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said Pakistan condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and expressed solidarity with the government and people of Afghanistan.

 

This comes as the death toll from Tuesday’s Taliban attack in Kabul rose sharply overnight from 28 to 64.

There has been speculation that the government tried to keep military casualties hidden. But Javid Faisal, the spokesman for government chief executive Abdullah Abdullah, said the delay in updating casualty numbers was due to dispersion of injured people across the city’s hospitals. He did, however, confirm that a number of military personnel had been killed, including some who had worked for Abdullah.

Hundreds of family members of the victims gathered at area hospitals awaiting word of their conditions overnight and Kabul residents started an emergency blood donation campaign to help the victims.

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Ghori State Cement in Baghlan increases production

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Officials at Ghori State Cement in Baghlan province say the amount of cement produced at this plant has increased compared to the past.

According to company officials, 150,000 tons of cement was produced in 1402 [solar year] and they are trying to increase the amount to 180,000 tons this year.

“Last year, we successfully produced 150,000 tons of cement and sold it to the market. Fortunately, in 1402, we had more than 200 million afghanis in revenue,” said Abdul Wakil Qayumi, financial and administrative deputy of the company.

The plant officials stated that efforts are underway to increase the production capacity, and with the increase of the production capacity, they will produce 1000 bags of cement per day.

“Currently, our four ovens are active, and we produce approximately 1,000 to 1,200 tons of cement in twenty-four hours,” said Mohammad Tahir, packaging manager for the company.

In this company, jobs are created for 750 individuals, and some workers have asked the traders to invest in the country and provide work for young people.

“Some more factories should be built in our country so that less foreign cement is imported into the country and we use our own products,” said one of the company workers.

Ghori Baghlan Cement Company was established about 40 years ago and is considered one of the largest cement production companies in Afghanistan.

The management of this company is carried out by the National Development Corporation (NDC).

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Regional countries should jointly expand stability and development: Deputy PM

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Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, Political Deputy Prime Minister, has said in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan in Kabul that regional countries should play their role in the implementation of large regional projects.

Kabir also invited Kazakh businessmen to invest in Afghanistan, his office said in a statement.

He added that the Islamic Emirate fully controls Afghanistan’s borders, has eliminated drugs and corruption, and restored national sovereignty.

According to the statement, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Serik Zhumangarin appreciated the progress made by the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan and said that his country is ready for long-term trade, transit and investment relations with Afghanistan.

Zhumangarin expressed his country’s readiness to grant scholarships to Afghan youth and added that Afghanistan is currently an example of a peaceful country in the region, and due to this, the world wants to establish relations with the Islamic Emirate in various fields.

He also called for the start of direct flights between Kabul and Almaty and said that his country is ready for bilateral cooperation with the Afghan government in the cultural field.

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Red Cross official seeks ‘staggered’ return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan

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A senior Red Cross official has called for the return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan to occur “in a more staggered way” so Afghanistan can better absorb them.

“It will be important to work with the government of Pakistan in 2024 to ask that if there are going to be returnees,” that they arrive “in smaller numbers at a time just so it is more manageable on the Afghan side,” said Alexander Matheou, regional director, Asia Pacific Region for the International Federation of the Red Cross, Voice of America (VOA) reported on Saturday.

Speaking in the Qatari capital, Doha, Matheou told journalists on Friday the challenges facing Afghan returnees from Pakistan was one of several pressing issues he discussed with the officials of the Islamic Emirate in Kabul.

“You will be aware that over half a million have crossed the border over recent months, and it is likely that we will see large numbers of new arrivals in the coming months,” he said.

“I imagine this is probably the largest population flow in a short period of time in Asia since the population movement from Myanmar into Bangladesh in 2017,” he added. “So, it is a significant event.”

Since October, Pakistan has expelled more than 500,000 Afghan refugees who lacked proper documentation.

Matheou noted many of the returnees have lived in Pakistan for decades and are ill-equipped to begin a new life in a country that to them is unknown, without government or international support.

He described the returnees as being in generally poor health, especially the children, who account for nearly half of all returnees.

“The evidence of that was we visited clinics where they reported a real spike in cases of acute malnutrition coming from the arrivals from Pakistan.

“We visited routine immunization programs of the IFRC and the Afghan Red Crescent in the villages, and there it was clear looking at the children that as well as being anemic, you could see wasting and stunting among the children,” he said.

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