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Taliban Say Won’t Discuss Other Topics Before Agreeing on Troops Withdrawal

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

The U.S. and Taliban officials resumed their sixth round of talks in Qatar on Wednesday as the group says it won’t discuss other topics before agreeing over “full withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and preventing Afghanistan from harming others”.

In October, U.S. and Taliban representatives agreed in a draft on withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan in return for a Taliban guarantee that Afghanistan will not be used by militants to threaten the U.S. and its allies in the world.

In this round, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is expected to focus on an intra-Afghan dialogue and a declaration of a ceasefire.

But the Taliban spokesman said in a statement that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar the co-founder of the group and Head of the Taliban’s Political Office in Qatar has met with Ambassador Khalilzad and Indonesian Foreign Minister in Qatar where they have discussed the Afghan peace process.

The statement added that without finalizing the “full withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan” and preventing Afghanistan from harming others, the group “cannot enter into other topics”.

Omid Maysam, a spokesman for the Office of Afghanistan’s Chief Executive said on Wednesday that the Afghan government hopes this round of talks pave the way for the beginning of direct talks between the government and the Taliban and end of the ongoing war in the country.

Sayed Akbar Agha, a former Taliban official told Ariana News that the U.S. and Taliban may agree on the timeline of foreign forces withdrawal from Afghanistan on this round of talks.

“In this round of talks, the timetable of the withdrawal of the foreign forces will be finalized. Both sides have discussed with their people and there are a lot of hopes that the external aspect of Afghanistan issue will be resolved and intra-Afghan dialogue will begin,” Agha said.

Meanwhile, Mohammad Omar Daudzai, Ghani’s Special Envoy for Peace welcomed the sixth round of U.S.-Taliban talks and said the government is optimistic about it.

This comes as the U.S. government has not commented regarding the latest round of U.S.-Taliban talks.

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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.

The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.

“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.

Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.

“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.

“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.

Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.

In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.

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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.

Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.

He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.

In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.

Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.

“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.

On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.

According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.

Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.

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TAPI gas company CEO satisfied with project’s progress

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(Last Updated On: March 28, 2024)

The minister of mines and petroleum, Shahabuddin Delawar met with the executive director of the TAPI project and the ambassador of Turkmenistan in Kabul on Thursday to discuss progress around the key project.

Murad Amanov, head of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline project, expressed his satisfaction with the recent progress of the project and talked about the practical roll out of the project.

Delawar said that the preliminary work of TAPI is progressing quickly and that the pipeline will be put into operation in the near future.

TAPI is a natural gas pipeline being developed by the Galkynysh – TAPI Pipeline Company Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.

The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Galkynysh Gas Field in Turkmenistan through Afghanistan into Pakistan and then to India.

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