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Taliban Should Choose ‘Politics’ or ‘Terrorism’
An Afghan politician says the Taliban group should choose either politics or terrorism, because currently Pakistan want them to control both which is not possible.
“Pakistanis want Taliban to hold a rifle with one hand and politics in another which is not acceptable for the people of Afghanistan. Taliban must choose one between politics and terrorism as it is not possible to be a terrorist and a politician at the same time,” said Davood Moradian, the director-general of the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, at the sideline of the fourth Afghanistan-Central Asia dialogue.
The fourth conference of Afghanistan-Central Asia dialogue was held in Bamyan province on Friday where high-ranking foreign and Afghan officials including Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah attended.
Former Deputy Minister of Interior, Mirza Mohmmad Yarmand, who was one of the participants at the conference emphasized,” the objective of this conference was to find out the root and address of terrorism and the participants should write about their findings to isolate countries exporting terrorist to others”.
In addition, Head of Government Media and Information Center (GMIC) Sediq Sediqi said,” Unfortunately, Pakistan is the only country which provides shelter for terrorist groups including the Taliban, Haqqani Network and dozens of others which operates from Pakistan. They are freely operating and threatening Afghanistan”.
The international dialogue conference of Af-Central Asia is organized to provide appropriate platforms for enhancing multilateral cooperation, mutual understanding, and establishing communications with Central Asian countries.
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China and Pakistan call for inclusive ‘political framework’ and ‘moderate policies’ in Afghanistan
According to the statement, Wang and Dar called for concerted efforts from the international community to help Afghanistan address challenges in areas such as the humanitarian situation and economic development.
“The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghanistan issue,” the statement read.
“They called for concerted efforts of the international community to help Afghanistan properly address challenges in such areas as the humanitarian situation and economic development, and encourage Afghanistan to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, pursue good-neighborliness, and firmly combat terrorism, including not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist acts.
“Both sides agreed to play a positive and constructive role in helping Afghanistan achieve stable development and integrate into the international community,” the statement read.
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Talks underway to ditch the US dollar in Afghan-Iran transactions
Negotiations are ongoing between Afghanistan and Iran to sideline the US dollar in bilateral transactions, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said this week.
According to media reports, Mohsen Karimi, the head of the CBI, said talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial” in Afghanistan.
Karimi said the “offshore rial” is used with the aim of supporting the economic activity and exporters of the private sector of the country.
Recently, CBI Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that Tehran plans to use the “offshore rial” for trade with Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also said at the time that the idea of ditching the US dollar has produced positive results.
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Turkey to send 670 tons of aid to flood victims in Afghanistan
Turkish ambassador to Kabul Cenk Ünal met with the acting Minister of Economy Din Mohammad Hanif on Thursday and announced that 20 tons of emergency aid will arrive by air in Afghanistan on Friday.
The Ministry of Economy said in a statement that Ünal assured the Islamic Emirate that Turkey will also send 650 tons of humanitarian aid including tents, food, medicines, clothes and other items to the victims of recent floods in northern Afghanistan.
He said this aid will be sent by rail and arrive via through Turghandi Port in Herat province.
Hanif welcomed the assistance and said Turkey has been a good “friend and partner” to Afghanistan throughout history.
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