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Local uprising forces to fall under the police and army: officials
Local uprising forces will in the future operate under the umbrella of the Afghan Interior Ministry (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD), officials said on Sunday.
Tariq Arian, spokesman for the MoI said that the government has decided to pull in local uprising forces under their command, as they have done with local police and local army.
Security officials said that weapons will only be handed over to members of the uprising forces if they are registered with either the local police or the local army.
“We do not have any formation for uprising force members. We will not support them unless the forces register officially with Afghan forces,” said Ajmal Omar Shinwari, a spokesman for the security sector.
Meanwhile, Atta Mohammad Noor, former governor of Balkh and local uprising forces commander for parts of northern Afghanistan, warned Taliban that they will resist them if they continue fighting.
“We have distributed weapons to the people and will stand by people to defend our country. We have defended our country and will continue to defend it,” said Noor.
On the other hand, sources told Ariana News that clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces were ongoing on the outskirts of Kunduz, Ghazni, Sheberghan, Sar-e-Pul, Pul-e-Khumri, Kandahar and Maymana cities in the past 24 hours.
Furthermore, local officials of Badghis province said that the Taliban has carried out its fifth attack on Qala-e-Naw city but the insurgents were repelled by Afghan forces.
Hessamuddin Shams, governor of Badghis province, said that 12 Taliban members were killed in the attacks.
In addition to this, sources confirmed that the Pasaband district of Ghor and Garmsir district of Helmand province were seized by the Taliban in the past 24 hours.
However, contradictory reports have emerged about the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat and Sher Khan crossing in Kunduz. Officials have not yet confirmed the status of these two crossings with Ariana News.
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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