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Putin: Russia Hopes Never to Use Forces in Tajikistan Over Afghanistan Crisis

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Russian Prime Minister and President-elect Vladimir Putin gestures while speaks at the State Duma, Russian Parliament's lower house, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 11, 2012.  Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin says he would support a motion that barrs a person from being elected to the presidency more than twice. Putin said in Parliament on Thursday that it would be reasonable to remove the mention of consecutive terms. He said this would not affect him because such a legislation cannot be retroactive.  (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russia hopes never to deploy its Armed Forces and units in Tajikistan toward settlement efforts in neighboring Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said.

“We very much count on the fact that we will never have to use our armed forces, including our units of the 201st base in Tajikistan,” Putin told the Mir broadcaster in an interview published Wednesday.

He noted the importance of adhering to the three principles of recognizing the Afghan constitution, disarmament and reaching full national accord in defending Moscow’s engagement with “any forces in Afghanistan,” including the Taliban movement (banned in Russia).

“We proceed from the fact that by helping the legitimate government of Afghanistan together with other participants of this settlement process, we will ultimately achieve reconciliation and lead Afghanistan toward a path of peaceful solution to all internal issues,” Putin said.

Afghanistan is in a state of political and social turmoil, with government forces fighting the continuing Taliban insurgency. The instability has persisted in the country since the 2001 US-led invasion to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

The lack of control and instability turned the country into home to the largest opium poppy production and distribution network in the world.

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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days

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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

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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

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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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