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Senators Suggest Termination of US-Afghan Pact
A number of Afghan senators on Sunday accused the United States of America for playing a dual policy against Afghanistan in regard to bringing peace and stability to the war-torn country.
The House of Elders suggested that Afghanistan should review or cancel the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) signed between Kabul and Washington after a National Unity Government deal brokered by the U.S. in 2014.
“If you want to rescue our people from this misery let’s unconditionally terminate this agreement in coordination with the House of the People,” said Rahmatullah Achekzai a senate member from Kandahar province.
“There is lack of a specific strategy in our foreign policy. If the process continues, Afghanistan will become the battlefield of superpowers where its people will be sacrificed only,” said Amena Afzali another senate member from Herat province.
At the same time, the Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament emphasized that U.S. is not loyal to Afghanistan and has failed to implement its promises to stabilize the country.
“The security agreement was not implemented as the people of Afghanistan expected. The agreement was endorsed by both Houses [Afghan Parliament] and was ratified by the President. According to the procedure, if someone has any consideration this [agreement] should be advised by a two-third of vote in the House,” said Fazel Hadi Muslimyar, the Speaker of the Upper House of Parliament.
Afghanistan and the United States signed the BSA through U.S. Ambassador James B. Cunningham and Afghan national security advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar on September 30, 2014 to allow U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014. The BSA went into force on January 1, 2015 and remains in force “until the end of 2024 and beyond” unless it is terminated by either side with two years’ notice.
As the Afghan security forces face serious challenges in the fight against terrorism, the Afghan senators demand that Afghan troops must be equipped with heavy and modern military equipments by the U.S. in order to be able to respond to the challenges.
By: Rafi Sediqy & Hesamuddin Hesam
Islamabad would like Beijing to speak to Kabul about the issue of terrorism, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said.
Speaking in an interview with VOA released on Sunday, Iqbal said that Pakistan has concerns on certain groups that are operating out of Afghanistan and carrying out terrorism actions.
“The terrorists who committed the recent incident against Chinese workers also came from Afghanistan, so I think this is a cause of concern, and we also hope that China would also persuade Afghanistan because Afghans listen to the Chinese government in the region,” Iqbal said.
The official said that as a result of crises and conflicts over the last couple of decades in Afghanistan, Pakistan has not been able to invest in its infrastructure, and its economy has developed two major bottlenecks – energy blockage and infrastructure blockage.
Referring to Afghanistan, he said that Pakistan has an agreement with China to have a third country as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has previously rejected Pakistan’s allegations against Afghanistan over security incidents.
At least 18 people have died and two others have been injured following floods in Faryab province on Saturday night, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced Sunday.
The flash floods occurred in Pashtunkot, Almar, Qaisar, Belcheragh, Khyber and Dawlat Abad districts, the ministry said in a statement.
560 houses, 850 acres of agricultural land, 110 shops and a mobile clinic were destroyed as a result of the floods, according to the statement.
In addition, 300 livestock perished and 2,000 fruit trees were destroyed, the statement said.
This comes just a week after deadly floods left over 300 people dead in northern Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Justice announced Saturday that Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has approved the law on collection of beggars and preventing begging.
The law has three chapters and 27 articles, and is published in the official gazette of the Ministry of Justice.
According to the law, begging is prohibited for healthy and working people and those who can secure their one-day meal.
The law also prohibits the use of children and the disabled for begging.
According to the law, professional beggars who use a child or a mentally ill person or a disabled person for the purpose of begging, will be sentenced to one month in prison by the court, and their organizers will be sentenced to up to six months in prison.
In 2022, the leader of the Islamic Emirate ordered the collection of beggars. Tens of thousands of beggars have been rounded up so far.
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