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Khalilzad meets with Ghani, reiterates US commitment to Afghanistan

US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has reiterated that the US will continue to support government and Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF).
Khalilzad met with President Ashraf Ghani and Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday.
The Afghan Presidential Palace (ARG) said in a statement that Ghani and Khalilzad discussed expanding cooperation, and maintaining political, diplomatic, security, and economic ties.
Noting the US $3.3 billion annual assistance to the ANSDF, Khalilzad conveyed “US government’s message of support for the security and defense forces, particularly the Air Force and the economic and human rights sectors.”
“The two sides emphasized on expansion of cooperation and maintaining political, diplomatic, security, and economic ties,” the statement read.
In his meeting with Abdullah, Khalilzad, meanwhile, stated that the US is committed to supporting Afghanistan in terms of fighting against terrorism and providing financial support to the Afghan Security and Defense Forces.
“Khalilzad stated that his country firmly supports the peace process and works to build a global and regional consensus in support of peace efforts,” the HCNR said in a statement.
According to the statement, Khalilzad has called on warring parties to reduce violence and engage in “serious and fruitful” talks.
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German police probe 8 document fraud cases among new Afghan arrivals

The German Federal Police are investigating several Afghans who entered the country with a promise of admission for possible document fraud.
Preliminary investigations have been launched in eight cases for document fraud, the authorities said on Thursday evening. The cases mainly involve forged or falsified documents, DPA reported.
A plane chartered by the German government carrying 138 Afghan nationals granted admission to Germany touched down in the eastern city of Leipzig on Wednesday evening.
The plane took off from Pakistan’s capital Islamabad.
“We can confirm that the particularly endangered persons from Afghanistan who arrived yesterday from Pakistan have been subjected to entry checks and that preliminary investigations have been initiated,” a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior told the German tabloid Bild.
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Takhar police spokesman, three others killed in traffic accident

Four people were killed after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck in Afghanistan’s central Maidan Wardak province on Thursday night, local authorities said.
The incident happened on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Sayedabad district of Maidan Wardak, provincial police said in a statement.
All four people in the car were killed in the incident, it said.
Zabihullah Hakimi, spokesman for police in northern Takhar province, was also among the dead.
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Afghan teenager charged in Oklahoma plot for Election Day attack pleads guilty

An Afghan teenager accused of taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has pleaded guilty, federal prosecutors said Thursday.
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a citizen of Afghanistan who was living in Moore, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to knowingly receiving and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used in a terrorist attack, court records show, the Associated Press reported.
Zada, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, is awaiting sentencing and faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Zada also agreed to be removed from the United States after he is released from prison, court records show.
Telephone and email messages left on Thursday with Zada’s attorney, Jeff Byers, were not immediately returned.
Zada’s co-defendant, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who previously worked as a security guard for an American military installation in Afghanistan, is currently awaiting trial for conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State group.
Prosecutors allege Zada and Tawhedi took steps to obtain AK-47 rifles and ammunition and planned to carry out an attack targeting large crowds on Election Day last year.
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