Taliban Call for Unity As Protests Spread to Kabul
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(QNA) spread to Kabul FM receives calls from US, Italian counterparts Reuters jured in the stampede and fi ring by the Kabul Taliban.” HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Protests fl ared in the city of Jalala- Minister of Foreign Aff airs Sheikh bad and in Paktia province, also in the Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani he Taliban called on Afghani- east. received yesterday a phone call stan’s imams to urge unity First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, from the Secretary of State of the Twhen they hold their fi rst Friday who said on Tuesday he was the “le- United States of America Antony prayers since the Islamist group seized gitimate caretaker president” after Blinken. They reviewed the latest control of the country, as protests President Ashraf Ghani fl ed, said on His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met at his Amiri Diwan off ice yesterday morning with Kuwait’s security and political developments against the takeover spread to more Twitter: “Salute those who carry the Minister of Foreign Aff airs and Minister of State for Cabinet Aff airs Sheikh Dr Ahmed Nasser al-Mohamed al-Sabah and in Afghanistan. HE Sheikh Mohamed cities yesterday, including the capital national fl ag and thus stand for dignity his accompanying delegation. The Kuwaiti minister conveyed the greetings of the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf also received yesterday a phone Kabul. of the nation.” al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah to His Highness the Amir, wishing him and the Qatari people further progress and prosperity. call from Italian Minister of Foreign Several people were killed when In an op-ed for the Washington The Amir entrusted the minister to convey his greetings and wishes to the Kuwaiti Amir, and the Kuwaiti people further Aff airs and International Co-operation Taliban militants fi red on a crowd in Post, Ahmad Massoud, the son of progress and prosperity. They reviewed the strong brotherly relations between the two countries, in addition, to the Luigi Di Maio. The two reviewed the eastern city of Asadabad, a witness guerrilla leader Ahmad Shah Mas- regional and international developments. (QNA) bilateral relations and issues of said. soud, who was killed by suspected common interest. They also touched Another witness reported gunshots Al Qaeda militants in 2001, said he on the latest field developments in near a rally in Kabul, but they appeared was “ready to follow in my father’s Afghanistan, both on the security and to be Taliban fi ring into the air. footsteps, with mujahideen fighters political level. HE Sheikh Mohamed On the day Afghanistan celebrates who are prepared to once again take stressed the importance of protecting its independence from British control on the Taliban”. civilians and the need to intensify in 1919, a social media video showed Qatar could host fresh talks between MoU signed for Qatar cash aid necessary eff orts to achieve national a crowd of men and women in Kabul the Taliban and the Afghan govern- reconciliation. (QNA) waving black, red and green national ment as soon as next week to reach fl ags.”Our fl ag, our identity,” they an agreement over power sharing shouted. and government transition, said two distribution to Gaza families Tomorrow last day for At some protests elsewhere, me- sources familiar with the process and voter list complaints dia reported people tearing down the two foreign diplomats. white fl ag of the Taliban. Kabul has been largely calm, but 12 QNA The supervisory committee for the A Taliban spokesman was not im- people have been killed in and around Gaza Shura Council elections announced mediately available for comment. the airport, a Nato and a Taliban offi - that tomorrow, Saturday, is the final Some demonstrations were small, cial said. day for accepting complaints or but combined with the desperate E the Chairman of Qatar’s objections related to the initial voter scramble of thousands of people seek- Taliban rounding up Gaza Reconstruction Com- lists till noon. (QNA) ing to fl ee the country they underline Afghans on blacklist Hmittee Ambassador Mohamed the challenge the Taliban face in gov- al- Emadi, yesterday signed a Memo- erning. The Taliban have begun rounding up randum of Understanding (MoU) with Qatar condemns The group conquered Afghanistan Afghans on a blacklist of people they the UN Special Co-ordinator for the attack in Niger at lightning speed as foreign troops believe have worked in key roles with Middle East Peace Process Tor Wen- withdrew, surprising even their own the previous Afghan administration nesland. Qatar expressed its strong leaders and leaving power vacuums to or with US-led forces that supported it, HE al-Emadi said that the memo- condemnation and denunciation of fi ll in many places. according to a report by a Norwegian randum of understanding includes an attack that targeted farmers in The Taliban urged unity ahead of intelligence group. the mechanism for distributing the the West of Niger, and led to dozens Friday prayers, and called on all imams The report, compiled by the RHIPTO cash aid grant provided by Qatar to of deaths, including women and to persuade people not to leave the Norwegian Center for Global Analyses needy families in Gaza Strip. Picture shows a tank truck raising Qatari flags transporting fuel for Gaza’s sole children. country. said “Taliban are intensifying the He explained that the cash assist- power plant arriving at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. In Asadabad “hundreds of peo- hunt-down of all individuals and ance to benefi ciaries will be disbursed ple came out on the streets,” wit- collaborators with the former regime, through the United Nations and Emadi indicated that the Qatari com- living in the Israeli-blockaded enclave. ness Mohamed Salim said. “At first and if unsuccessful, target and through its World Food Programme, mittee will transfer the aid funds be- Most of Gaza’s roughly two million CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY I was scared and didn’t want to go arrest the families and punish them where about 100,000 needy families fore the end of this month, and that people rely on some form of humani- but when I saw one of my neighbours according to their own interpretation in the governorates of the Gaza Strip its distribution will start during the tarian aid. See Pages joined in, I took out the flag I have at of Shariah law,” said the report, dated will receive this aid per month, at the month of September. Israel has maintained a tight block- home. Wednesday. Page 9 rate of $100 per family in cash. Qatari support is seen as a crucial ade on the territory since 2007, the 4, 5 & 6 “Several people were killed and in- HE Ambassador Mohamed al- lifeline for impoverished Palestinians year Hamas took power. PM inspects headquarters of Candidates’ Committee of Shura Council elections Honey and almonds production stung by climate change Reuters growers already dealing with drought and, in Gackle, North Dakota California, soaring water costs. It could also add to soaring costs consumers are facing at grocery stores. here was barely a buzz in the air as John Scientists have linked weather extremes from Miller pried the lid off of a crate, one of severe heat to fl oods and droughts to climate Tseveral “bee boxes” stacked in eight neat change. piles beside a cattle grazing pasture outside Such weather events are rippling through the Gackle, North Dakota. food chain, raising food costs and heaping eco- “Nothing,” Miller said as he lifted a plastic nomic pain on small-scale farmer — and devas- hive frame from the box, squirming with only a tating bee colonies. few dozen bees. “Normally this would be drip- The 2.7mn managed honey bee colonies in the ping, full of honey. But not this year.” United States, one in fi ve of them in North Dako- A scorching drought is slashing honey pro- ta, are crucial to pollinating scores of crops, in- duction in North Dakota, the top producing state cluding cherries and peaches as well as almonds of the sweet syrup. John Miller, owner of Miller Honey Farms, and apples. That means fewer bees can thrive, which leads inspects one of his bee colonies in Gackle, Income from pollination services totalled to even less honey. North Dakota, US. $254mn in 2020, according to US government The shortage of strong bee colonies, mean- data. while, is putting West Coast cash crops like al- Then they move on to other fruits. Many beekeepers produce honey during sum- monds, plums and apples at risk, according to The drought’s impact therefore will be felt far mer in the northern Midwest and Plains, where more than a dozen interviews with farmers, bee beyond North Dakota, where withered alfalfa bees forage on pastures and rangelands, harvest- HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz al-Thani experts, economists and farm industry groups.