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Tajikistan ready to offer its logistics help for aid to Afghanistan: Tajik leader
Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon said on Tuesday that his country is ready to offer its extensive logistics capabilities for provision of aid to Afghanistan.
Addressing a group of newly appointed ambassadors in Dushanbe, Rahmon said: “The territory of Afghanistan still remains a source of proliferation of modern threats and challenges, and our country, which has a long border with Afghanistan, is located in the frontline of addressing them.”
The meeting reportedly took place within the framework of a ceremony for ten new ambassadors who presented their credentials to the Tajik leader.
Among them were Viktor Denisenko of Belarus; Alimirzamin Gavvam oglu Askarov of Azerbaijan; Emre Zeki Karagul of Turkey; Timothy Aidan Marshall Jones of the United Kingdom; David Grichting of Switzerland; Vaclav Elik of the Czech Republic; Radoslaw Gruk of Poland; Toomas Tirs of Estonia; and Zahangir Alam of Bangladesh.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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Traffic accident leaves one dead, four injured in Herat
Local officials in Herat say one person was killed and four others injured due to a traffic accident in Karukh district of the province.
The accident took place on Thursday night at 8:pm.
The injured individuals have been taken to Herat’s regional hospital by the personnel of Karukh district police headquarters, local officials said.
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