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Kabul hoping to resolve border issues with Pakistan through dialogue
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday that recent incidents have taken place at various points along the Durand Line between Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and Pakistan forces and that the issues need to be resolved.
Reports emerged this week that border forces had broken sections of the new border fence being erected by Pakistan.
The move has led to rising tensions between the two sides.
However, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi tweeted, without mentioning Pakistan’s move to fence the border, that the Islamic Emirate hopes to resolve the problem through “understanding, dialogue and good neighborliness”, and that they will discuss the issue with Pakistan.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a news conference on Monday that the dispute with the IEA over the issue would be resolved through diplomatic channels.
According to Pakistan’s Dawn News, Qureshi said: “We have fenced and will continue to fence the border.”
In the summer of 2017, Pakistan began fencing off the border with Afghanistan. It is said to have completed almost 90% of the project.
The former Afghan government had also opposed the move. Afghanistan does not recognized the Durand Line, which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan, as an international border.
Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazami recently said that Pakistan has no right to establish a border barrier and said that such action is “inappropriate and against the law”.
However, in a recent statement, the Pakistani foreign minister said the demolition of the border fences by the Islamic Emirate was provocative and said he would resolve the issue through diplomatic means.
The Ministry of Interior has announced the delivery of several new, modern cars to the General Directorate of Traffic Police, replacing the older fleet that consisted mostly of trucks.
According to a ministry statement, the new vehicles, equipped with special traffic police colors, markings, and modern equipment, are expected to play a key role in maintaining traffic order in cities and on main roads, preventing accidents, and providing faster services to the public.
Azerbaijan has released 14 Afghan nationals from its prisons, Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday.
The ministry said in a statement that the release happened following efforts by Afghanistan’s embassy in Baku.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its appreciation to Azerbaijan and relevant authorities for their cooperation and humanitarian action. It also reaffirmed that the IEA will continue to follow up on and resolve the cases of Afghan prisoners.
Former U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says Washington is largely satisfied with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) efforts against terrorism, though progress in broader relations remains hindered by the issue of prisoners.
In an interview with NDTV, Khalilzad said the United States views the detention of at least two American citizens in Afghanistan as the primary obstacle to improving ties.
Khalilzad highlighted what he described as a “significant degree of satisfaction” in the U.S. assessment of the IEA’s counterterrorism commitments under the Doha Agreement. He said the IEA continue to fight Daesh, a group they have long considered an enemy. Many Daesh militants, he added, have been pushed out of Afghanistan and are now in Pakistan.
At the same time, Khalilzad said concerns remain regarding human rights and the political role of non-IEA Afghans.
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