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Pakistan ‘pressurising’ Afghanistan by deporting migrants: Muttaqi

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Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that the expulsion of immigrants from Pakistan is Islamabad’s way of humiliating Kabul.

Amir Khan Muttaqi said despite Kabul having shared its concerns about the forced deportation of migrants with military leaders and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, no action to suspend the decision has been taken.

According to Muttaqi, Pakistan wants to put pressure on Kabul by deporting immigrants, but “they do not give in to anyone's pressure”.

In a conversation with BBC, Muttaqi said that Pakistan's decision to deport Afghan refugees and migrants is unilateral, although they have shared their concerns with the civil and military authorities of this country.

On the other hand, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said a large number of Afghans who were forced to leave Pakistan are facing severe problems and dangers.

Meanwhile, according to statistics, thousands of people return to the country from Pakistan every day.

According to the latest statistics, 174,000 people have returned through Torkham, Gholam Khan, and Angoor Ada crossings and about 45,000 others have returned to the country through the Chaman-Spinboldak crossings.

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Trump says it was ‘stupid’ for Biden administration to abandon arms in Afghanistan

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US President Donald Trump said on Friday it was "stupid" for the Biden administration to abandon military equipment worth billions of dollars in Afghanistan.

Trump said at a joint press conference with the Japanese prime minister at the White House on Friday that there was no reason to leave military equipment in Afghanistan.

“I want our military to be the strongest. I also don’t mind spending so much money on the military because we build it here, made in the USA. All made in the USA. I rebuilt our military during my first term, did a great job. We left some of it behind in Afghanistan stupidly. There was no reason for that,” Trump said.

Trump has repeatedly criticized the abandonment of military equipment in Afghanistan.

Trump said before his inauguration last month that future financial aid to Afghanistan would be contingent upon the return of US military equipment.

The Islamic Emirate, however, has said the equipment now belongs to Afghanistan and would not be handed over to the US.

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US Defense Secretary pledges accountability over Afghan war failures

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday promised that there would be accountability for war in Afghanistan, which ended dramatically in 2021 with a chaotic withdrawal after a faster-than-expected collapse of the US-backed government in Kabul.

"We are going to look back at what happened in Afghanistan and hold people accountable -- not to be retrospective, not for retribution, but to understand what went wrong and why there was no accountability for it," Hegseth said addressing an audience at the Pentagon.

He pointed the failed war in Afghanistan, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Hamas' surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 as events that have eroded the global view of American strength. That, he said, increases risks to global stability.

"Unfortunately, over the last couple of years, we've seen events that have occurred that created the perception, reality or perception, but I would argue more perception, of American weakness," Hegseth said.

"Chaos happens when the perception of American strength is not complete. And so we aim to reestablish that deterrence."

Hegseth said he would travel next week to a NATO gathering of defense ministers in Brussels to deliver a message for them to "step up in their industrial base, in spending."

 

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Management of Kabul Serena Hotel handed over to German firm

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A German company, "Cinderella International Group," has assumed management of the Kabul Serena Hotel as of February 1, AFP reports.

The company has renamed the hotel to "Grand Kabul Hotel" and officially began overseeing its operations at the start of February.

Aaron Azim, CEO of the German firm, confirmed that a 10-year management contract has been signed with the Islamic Emirate for the hotel’s administration.

Azim, who holds dual Afghan-German citizenship, did not disclose the financial value of the contract.

He further shared that his company has been active in Afghanistan for 20 years, focusing primarily on road construction and mining projects.

Previously, the Islamic Emirate announced that the hotel’s management had been handed over to an international firm with substantial expertise in hotel management but withheld the company’s identity.

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