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Turkey to host meeting on Afghan peace late in March
Sources told ArianaNews on Wednesday that Turkey will host a meeting on Afghan peace process on 27 March.
According to the sources the meeting will be take place in Ankara, capital of Turkey.
This comes after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said in a letter to President Ashraf Ghani, that a meeting facilitated by the UN will be hosted in Turkey to discuss the Afghan peace process.
Taliban delegation, Afghan government representatives, and foreign countries will participate .
Meanwhile, Anadolu Agency reported that Turkey is ready to mediate between the talks teams.
“Afghanistan is a very important country for us,” said Omer Celik, spokesman for the Justice and Development (AK) Party, quoted by Anadolu Agency.
According to Celik “Turkey is ready to be involved in all kinds of mediation efforts for peace in Afghanistan and the region.”
Taliban political office in Doha said that they have not decided yet on whether will participate in the meeting or not.
The Afghan government also did not comment about its participation in the meeting.
On the other hand, United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Deborah Lyons, head of the mission, discussed the Afghan peace process with Taliban and government’s negotiating teams in Doha.
According to UNAMA Deborah Lyons “underscored UN’s continued commitment to work with the parties in ending the conflict and reaching an inclusive peace settlement.”
The Afghan State Ministry for Peace said the UN envoy urged the international community to respect Afghans and Afghan government’s demands.
“The UN Envoy in a meeting with Islamic republic negotiation team emphasized on acceleration of peace talks… and a ceasefire,” said Najia Anwari, spokeswoman for the ministry.
This comes as Russia is planning to host a meeting on the Afghan peace process on 18 March in Moscow and Afghan government, Taliban, and Afghan political parties have been invited to the meeting.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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