8 people killed, 15 injured in Afghanistan last week

KABUL (Pajhwok): Last week, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) rejected the former US president’s claim regarding weapons sales, some countries showed interest in open their embassies in Kabul and Pakistan demanded Afghanistan to investigate the Bannu attack incident but Kabul said the attack was nothing to do with Afghanistan.

Last week’s major developments:

• Kabul should investigate Bannu attack: Islamabad; Bannu attack has no link with Afghanistan: Kabul
• Some European countries considering opening embassies in Afghanistan
• Besides US opposition, the IEA relationship with the world expanding: Mawlavi Abdul Kabir
• Afghanistan has now become are supplier; Mujahid rejected these remarks
• Thousands have demanded the IEA to respect human rights; IEA says human rights are protected.
• China provides 100 Yaun to Afghan returnees

Casualties:

Last week, eight people were killed and 15 others injured in different incidents of violence in Afghanistan.

Seven people were superficially killed in a hand grenade attack on Muharramulharam’s 13^th gathering in Sar-i-Pul province, local officials said.

In Badghis an individual was killed after a man threw a hand grenade into his house.

Two peoplw were shopt dead in Baghlan last week, unknown gunmen killed a tribal elder in Logar, in Jawzjan a man axed his father-in-law to death and a father stabbed his 18-year old son to death in Logar.

One woman was killed and five others injured in a landmine balst on an 850 bus, a Mazda vehicle driver was injured in a landmine blast in Nangarhar whiel one man was killed as a result of clash between two families in the same province.

Note: These figures are based on reports reaching Pajhwok Afghan News. Some incidents might have gone unreported or sources have provided incorrect figures.

Six people were killed and one injured in Afghanistan in the previous week.

Before the regime change in August 2021, hundreds of people, including civilians, security forces and insurgents, would get killed and injured every week.

Islamabad’s claim and Kabul’s respons

Last week Pakistan has summoned the deputy head of the Afghan mission in Islamabad over a suicide attack on the Bannu Cantonment in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

On Monday, militants attacked the Bannu Cantonment and killed eight military personnel, according to ISPR.

Suhail Shahin, the IEA political representative in Qatar reacted to Islamabad’s allegations and said internal security of evey counry is linked with the same country and Pakistan should concentrate on its security instead of allegations.

He said the IEA policy is economic oriented and Kabul was interested in peace and security in Afghanistan and beyond.

IEA Ambassador in Islamabad Sardar Ahmad Shakib rejected allegation rearding the use of Afghanistan’s soil for terror attacks and said the Bannu incident has no link with Afghanisan.

In the past the IEA repeatedly rejected Pakistan’s allegations regarding terrorist attacks and asked Islamabad to address its internal issues.

Some countries interested to establish relations with Afghanistan

Some western diplomats said that some European countreis considered opening of its diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.

BBC report cited that a European diplomat saying that officials in Brussels, the capital of European Union, understood the gradual opening of diplomatic presence in Afghanistan.

Accoding to Blumburg, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said its diplomat in Qatar has recenlty visited Afghanistan.

Spanish Foreign Minister J​osé Manuel Albares Bueno during an interview said that Madrid would send its diplomat to Afghanistan as soon as the security situation is improved.

This comes that Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the acting Prime Minister’s political aide, said: “We have 40 active political missions in nearly three years and we have established them besides US opposition.”

Trump’s allegations and IEA’s response

Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that Afghanistan was currently one of the biggest sellers of weapons in the world.

He said that he had a great withdrawal plan, but his successor, Joe Biden, did not implement that strategy perfectly.

The former US leader criticised the abandonment of Bagram Air Base, describing it as one of the largest and most strategically significant bases in the world.

“The longest runways, the most powerful, hardened, thickened runways—we gave it up. I liked it not just because of Afghanistan, but because of China. It’s one hour away from where China makes their nuclear weapons, and now China has it.”

However, the interim government in Kabul rejected Trump’s claim that Afghanistan emerged as the largest weapons seller.

IEA chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid linked the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan to the sacrifice of Afghans and their two-decade struggle against the occupation.

He said all the military equipment left by the US in the country belonged to Afghanistan.

“Any equipment that was and is in Afghanistan is all stored and stationed and is the property of Afghanistan. It is protected and safeguarded for the preservation of our homeland, our values, and the defence of our compatriots and our soil. Not a single weapon will be wasted, sold or transferred,” Mujahid promised.

Human Rights:

Last week, Imnesty International through a letter signed by 355,000 people have asked the acting Afghan government to respect human rights.

“As the deteriorated human rights situation ongoing in Afghanistan, we should continue our efforts for accountability and justice in Afghanistan.”

This comes that acting Afghan Foreign Minister Ameer Khan Muttaqi has termed human rights violation and the presence terror groups in Afghanistan a baseless claim.

“Sometimes you claim that there are no human rights, sometimes they say there are no women rights, sometimes they say there are Alqaeda and other groups, on the bases of which mechanism you do this judgment, thousands kilometres away you get information from some biased groups and Afghanistan’s enemies and spread them as credible information,” he said.

Continuation of aid:

Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan during a meeting with Economy Minister pledged 100 million Yaun aid for the returning Afghan refugees.

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