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Tripartite session held to discuss repatriation of Afghan refugees

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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KABUL: A tripartite session was held on Saturday in Kabul between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the UN refugee agency to start the documentation process of unregistered Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

Afghan minister of refugees and repatriation Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi said Afghanistan and Pakistan governments have agreed to register Afghan refugees without official registration ID cards. Adding, a group of hundred Afghans will be send to Pakistan to cooperate in the process.

Pakistan open 21 centers to register Afghan refugees and the process will be observed by a group of hundred Afghans.

Balkhi also said we have agreed to extend the stay for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, but we are still working on a legal frame work.

“We have agreed, but still we need time to work on a legal framework, we will sign a new tripartite MoU before the end of 2015 to extend the stay for Afghan refugees for another two years till the end of 2017,” Balkhi highlighted.

Pakistan’s minister for States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) Abdul Qadir Baloch who was in the meeting to represent Pakistan said the recent reactions against Pakistan will not affect Afghan refugees negatively.

“The purpose of these meetings are to solve this protracted human problem which is there in these two countries, the Afghani people leaving Pakistan and also some of them are living in Iran and these interactions are basically to find solutions and we trying to find ways and means to ensure that they return to their own country in dignity and honor voluntarily as soon as possible,” Baloch said.

Nearly three million Afghan refugees are still living in Pakistan and according to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan is hosting almost 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees and also hosts around one million un-registered Afghans.

Reported by: Abdul Aziz Karimi

 

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Kabir urges Panjshiris to encourage their sons in exile to return home

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Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the political deputy prime minister, urged Panjshir residents to encourage their sons living in neighboring countries to return home as the Islamic Emirate has no enmity with anyone.

At a gathering in Panjshir, attended by senior IEA officials, Kabir said that there is currently no space for ethnic and linguistic discrimination as well as hypocrisy in Afghanistan.

He stressed that all Afghans should work together for the construction, development and prosperity of the country.

According to him, IEA’s political and commercial relations with the world are secure and the government is committed to the development and reconstruction of Afghanistan and is doing its best to gain self-sufficiency.

At this gathering, the IEA’s minister of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, said that illegal acts in the country have reached zero and that Daesh does not exist in the country. He also said the people of Panjshir will not be deceived by biased people.

“Currently, there is no corruptor and there is no Daesh fighter in Afghanistan, and no one can provide proof [of their existence]. We are one nation. Our religion and beliefs are one,” said Hanafi.

Some residents of Panjshir also said that they support the Islamic Emirate and will share their challenges with the authorities.

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Minister of Mines and Petroleum visits Mes Aynak copper mine

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Shahabuddin Delawar, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum, visited the Mes Aynak copper mine area on Wednesday during a trip to Logar province.

According to the ministry, Delawar was accompanied by Khairullah Khairkhaw, Acting Minister of Information and Culture; Zhao Xing, Chinese Ambassador to Kabul; Ziaul Rahman Madani, Governor of Logar; and the deputy minister of energy and water.

The ministry said Delawar and his accompanying delegation visited various areas of Mes Aynak copper mine and Mes Aynak archaeological sites to evaluate progress of work being done on the mine.

Officials of MCC, the company with the contract to mine the copper, also provided an update on work being carried out including an update on the road that will soon be built.

“Most of the problems of the project have been solved and we are ready to start the practical work of the project, and with the practical start of the [Mes] Aynak copper mine project, there will be no damage to the ancient monuments in the area.”

The Acting Minister of Information and Culture also discussed the need to preserve and protect relics at the archeological site and assured the delegation of the ministry’s cooperation.

The deputy minister of energy and water also assured all present of a consistent supply of electricity and water for the mine.

Mes Aynak is the location of Afghanistan’s largest copper deposit, however it also contains artifacts recovered from the Bronze Age, and some of the artifacts recovered have dated back over 3000 years.

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The first flight of Afghan pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia

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The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs says that the process of transferring Hajj pilgrims from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia has started.

According to the ministry, about 230 Hajj pilgrims left on Wednesday, May 8, on the first flight to Medina.

The acting minister Noor Mohammad Saqib, said at a departure ceremony for the Afghan pilgrims that this year, in order to provide better services to Hajj pilgrims, the employees of the working committees have been sent to Saudi Arabia earlier than in previous years.

At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Abdul Salam Hanafi, said to the pilgrims during the ceremony: “Dear pilgrims, you are the representatives of the Afghan people in Saudi Arabia, so do this representation well.”

Hanafi added that with the efforts of the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs, as in previous years, all Hajj activities this year have been prepared in an orderly manner.

Earlier, the acting minister announced that this year’s quota for Afghan pilgrims will be 30,000.

Ariana Afghan Airlines and Kam Air are the official carriers of pilgrims this year.

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