The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) holds a firm grip on Afghanistan which is crucial for Russia, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special presidential representative for Afghanistan and Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asia Department, said.

“We believe that this government is holding consistent control over the country. This is fundamentally important for us,” Kabulov said on the Rossiya-24 television channel, TASS news agency reported. “As any disintegration of Afghanistan would have the most negative reverberations across the region.”.

Kabulov considers that Russia can cooperate with Afghanistan in exporting oil products and ensuring that country’s food security.

“Ensuring the basic essentials for the Afghan economy in the broad sense of this word. Of course, they are oil products, but far beyond that,” he said when asked what form of Russia’s economic cooperation with Afghanistan may be possible.

“Food security is also a [discussion] topic for the Afghan authorities in order to enhance cooperation, and to ensure the supplies of the most needed foodstuffs,” Kabulov added.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on May 27 that the initiative to remove the IEA from the list of terrorist organizations “reflects awareness of reality.” Kabulov told TASS earlier that Russia’s Foreign and Justice Ministries had briefed President Vladimir Putin that the IEA could be removed from the list of banned organizations.

On May 28, Putin emphasized the need to build relations with the IEA as they were in power in Afghanistan and controlled the country.

With the rise in security incidents in Badakhshan province, authorities have installed more than 20 security cameras in crowded places of the provincial capital Faizabad.

Provincial police say that they have installed 23 security cameras in Faizabad, which are active round the clock.

According to police, the cameras are installed for the purpose of ensuring security and preventing crimes.

“Cameras have been installed by police in public places and crowded places of the city. The quality of the cameras is very good and covers several kilometers,” said Azizullah Omar, the police chief of Badakhshan province.

Residents of Faizabad city welcome the move, saying it will improve security and help reduce crime rate.

“They did a very good job; It is very useful to prevent theft and provide security,” said Jalaluddin, a resident of Faizabad.

The security officials of Badakhshan say that with new measures, the security situation of the province has improved compared to the past and crime rate has also declined.

They say that they plan to install security cameras in the districts as well to enhance security and prevent criminal offenses.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Randhir Jaiswal says New Delhi is committed to supporting Afghans and this is the country’s “stable” policy towards the people of Afghanistan.

Jaiswal stated that India uses Chabahar port to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan and landlocked countries in Central Asia.

“It is our stable policy to support the people of Afghanistan, especially through humanitarian aid, food, medicine, etc. We use Chabahar for this specific purpose,” he said.

This Indian official added that Chabahar port is an important project to establish connectivity in the region and provide humanitarian aid.

Earlier, other Indian officials had said that New Delhi would try to connect Afghanistan and Central Asia through the Chabahar port and expand trade exchanges.

Chabahar is also an economic and commercial corridor. India’s focus, which is more on Chabahar, is because India can gain access to Central Asia and increase its trade from Afghanistan to Central Asia. The income is better for all countries and Afghanistan can also export from Chabahar to India and other countries,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, deputy of the Chamber of Agriculture and Livestock.

Recently, India and Iran have signed a ten-year agreement for the development of Chabahar port, through which India can export its commercial goods to Afghanistan and Central Asian countries.

The development of Chabahar port is one of the tripartite projects between Iran, India and Afghanistan, the contract of which was signed in 1395 solar year between Kabul, New Delhi and Tehran.

Chabahar port is considered one of the options for Afghanistan and India to bypass Pakistan because, in recent years, trade and transit relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have not been stable enough.

The Islamic Emirate also said that Chabahar port is one of the vital ports for Afghanistan and the country has a special place in the transit of the region.