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Peace Jirga Criticized for Having ‘No Tangible Effect’
Some political parties said on Saturday that the government has not taken any action to implement the key demands of Consultative Peace Jirga including the ceasefire, formation of negotiating team, and relocating the Taliban political office inside Afghanistan.
As the Peace Jirga concluded with a list of 23 demands from the warring parties, President Ashraf Ghani said at the closing ceremony of the gathering that the Loya Jirga resolution will be the government roadmap for the peace process.
Ghani promised that the government will be in contact with the members of the Jirga to implement their demands.
However, Erfanullah Erfan, Secretary of the Peace Jirga said that the government has not made any contact with the members of the Jirga regarding the implementation of the people’s demands.
He added that they will form a special committee to follow up their proposals with the government.
According to the politicians, the Peace Jirga had no positive achievement for peace except the wastage of $5 million, shut down of government institutions in Kabul, financial loses to the businessmen and death of a child due to road closures.
Ghulam Hussian Nasseri, an MP from Kabul said that the Jirga did not worth to what people suffered.
The Grand Consultative Loya Jirga on Peace was held for five-days in Kabul where more than 3,000 people from all walks of society gathered and suggested their consultation for peace between the Taliban and the Afghan government.
Taliban rejected the Jirga demand for an immediate ceasefire during the month of Ramadan, saying fighting has more reward during the holy month.
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More needs to be done to boost local industry, says Kabir
The deputy prime minister for policy, Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, met with Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, at Sapidar Palace on Tuesday and discussed issues around the quality of domestic products and the need to grow and develop the industrial sector.
Azizi said that good trade relations with neighboring countries has resulted in stable prices of goods in the country.
He said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry works closely with the private sector. As a result, the private sector functions in a befitting manner and the Islamic Emirate has provided necessary facilities.
Azizi said that based on the Islamic Emirate’s good economic policies, there has been a significant development in the import/export sector in the country.
Kabir in turn voiced appreciation for efforts by the leadership of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and said: “The unprecedented efforts of the IEA’s administrations and the stability of the Afghan currency caused the price of food ingredients to remain in the right state and our people also be able to buy essential materials.”
He emphasized the need to work for a balance in trade with neighboring countries, and said more efforts were needed to improve the quality of domestic products and to grow the sector.
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Russia and Tajikistan hold joint military drills along Afghanistan border
Russia and Tajikistan conducted a joint four-day military exercise along the border with Afghanistan in order to be prepared for any “potential threats”, Tajik media reported this week.
Russian military personnel from the 201st military base in Tajikistan participated in this exercise. Reports stated military personnel practiced various combat tactics, especially tactics to counter terrorist groups that illegally enter Tajikistan.
This comes amid repeated concerns expressed by Afghanistan’s neighbors about what they claim are terrorist threats originating from Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the drills but has repeatedly denied the presence of terrorist groups in the country. The IEA has also continuously said no militant group will be allowed to threaten another country from Afghanistan.
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Media Violation Commission bans two TV channels
The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
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