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Peace council leaders meet to discuss new US proposal
The Leadership Committee of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) met on Sunday afternoon to discuss Washington’s new peace plan and the planned Moscow and Turkey peace summits.
First Vice President Amrullah Saleh; Second Vice President Sarwar Danish, National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib, former President Hamid Karzai; President Ashraf Ghani’s Senior Advisor Mohammad Mohaqiq; former Jihadi leader Abdul Rasul Sayyaf; Chief Executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Party Atta Mohammad Noor, and a number of other prominent politicians attended the meeting.
Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the HCNR stated: “We discussed the peace process, the new US proposal, the upcoming peace conferences in Moscow and Turkey, and the latest political developments in the country.”
“We reiterated our full support for the peace efforts, called for a just political settlement and an immediate end to violence,” Abdullah tweeted.
Abdullah said the Leadership Committee of the HCNR has also expressed its support for further regional and international coordination.
This comes after the US proposed the new peace plan for Afghanistan earlier this month and suggested the establishment of a transitional government and a high-level summit in Turkey.
Meanwhile, Russia has also invited the Afghan government, the Taliban, and representatives from a number of foreign countries to attend a conference on the Afghan peace process in Moscow.
Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov told Russian news outlets that all the participants invited to attend the Moscow peace meeting next week have confirmed their attendance.
The Russia-backed Moscow summit is scheduled for March 18, while the US-backed peace conference will be held in Turkey in April.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
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.
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