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President Ghani Afghanistan Constitution Article Eighty-Seven Each of the two houses of the National Assem- bly, at the commencement of their work period, shall elect one member as president for the term of the legislature, and two members as first and second deputies and two members as secretary and Founded in 1962 assistant secretary for a period of one year. 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He also be made inside Afghanistan and At the outset, the first lady After listening to their de- said that the narrative of the re- the final decision will be made by informed about the consensus of mands and suggestions, President gion is changing and a new chap- Afghans. women’s demands in the peace Ghani said that “the Afghan con- ter of cooperation is beginning The president also said that with international partners, add- from now on Afghan government ing that there is now a better op- is the main side of talks, adding Britain reiterates support after NATO US will not disengage from portunity for peace than ever be- “we do not participate in any fore. peace talks as a guest, but as the Referring to the start of seri- main owner of the process.” troops withdrawal from Afghanistan Afghanistan: Blinken ous talks with Pakistan in the next The Kabul Times jured in the bloody incident. Appreciating Lord Ahmad’s condolences and sympathies for the government and people of Taliban receive heavy Afghanistan and the families of the victims of the terrorist attack, FM Atmar said that ensuring stability casualties in Helmand and the success of the peace pro- cess were important priorities of the Afghan government. He ex- battle: MoD pressed hope that Britain would continue to support the Afghan government and people after the withdrawal of US and NATO forc- KABUL: US Secretary of the ability to deal with countert- es from the country. State Antony Blinken on Monday errorism, that the gains that were KABUL: The Minister of tain a regional consensus in sup- At the end of the telephone assured that the United States will hard won in Afghanistan are not Foreign Affairs Mohammad port of peace talks between the conversation, Lord Tariq Ahmad not disengage from Afghanistan lost, and also ultimately promot- Haneef Atmar held a telephone Islamic Republic of Afghanistan emphasized the continuation of despite withdrawing its troops ing dialogue and a peace process conversation on Monday after- and the Taliban, according to the British cooperation with the gov- from the country. that benefits all Afghans and leaves noon with the British Minister of statement. Pleased with the recov- ernment and people of Afghani- “We’ve also been clear that Afghanistan as stable as possible, State for South Asia and the Com- ery of the Minister of Foreign stan after the withdrawal of the even as our forces are drawing as inclusive as possible,” Raab monwealth and United Nations, Affairs from the Coronavirus, Resolute Support forces from the down and pulling out of Afghani- said. Lord Tariq Ahmad, a MoFA state- Lord Ahmad strongly condemned country. He also said that reduc- stan, we are not withdrawing, we Biden last month announced ment said yesterday. the brutal terrorist attack in Logar tion of violence and establishment are not disengaging,” Blinken said that the remaining 2,500 US troops The two sides discussed the province that killed and injured of a ceasefire and regional consen- at a press conference in London in Afghanistan would leave by peace process, the continuation of dozens of defenseless citizens sus in support of peace talks were with British Foreign Secretary September 11. cooperation between the two during the holy month of Ra- necessary for the success of the Dominic Raab. Other NATO allies confirmed countries following the withdraw- madan. He expressed his condo- KABUL: Ministry of De- Keramat”, a Taliban commander peace process and ensuring sta- “We intend to be very active that they would follow suit, in- al of Resolute Support forces lences to the government and peo- fense said Tuesday that at least and the group’s military commis- bility in Afghanistan. diplomatically in terms of trying cluding the UK, which is to begin from Afghanistan, and also ex- ple of Afghanistan and the fami- 106 Taliban militants including 8 sion chief for Washir District was The Kabul Times to advance negotiations in a polit- withdrawing its remaining 750 changed views on efforts to main- lies of the victims and those in- of their key commanders were killed during an ANDSF operation ical settlement between the gov- military trainers this month. killed in Nawa, Nahre Saraj, and in the outskirts of Lashkargah city, ernment of Afghanistan, the Tali- Back in Kabul, efforts are un- Garamsir districts and outskirts the capital of Helmand province. ban and other key parties,” derway to build political consen- Health Ministry reports 234 new COVID- of Lashkargah in Helmand prov- According to MoD, the clearance Blinken said. sus around the peace process as ince over the past 24 hours. operations in the region are ongo- The US is trying to advance US troops are withdrawing. 19 cases, 6 deaths in Afghanistan Ministry of Defense (MoD) ing to push Taliban back. negotiations in a political settle- As part of these KABUL: The Ministry of (11), Paktia (14), Parwan (2), recoveries is 53,561. So far, said during the clearance and re- Meanwhile, the Military’s ment between the Afghan govern- efforts, President Ghani met with Public Health on Tuesday report- Helmand (12), Maidan Wardak 410,805 samples have been test- ciprocal operations, 37 other Tal- Special Operations Corps says 15 ment and Taliban, Blinken said. ed 234 new positive cases of (7), Badakhshan (2), Ghazni (13), ed in government centers and political parties on Monday and iban fighters were also wounded. Taliban fighters were killed in an British Foreign Secretary Do- COVID-19 out of 2,078 samples Kunar (4), Zabul (4), Uruzgan (2) there are 4,449 known active discussed the “new chapter” fol- MoD added that ANDSF also operation conducted by the Af- minic Raab said that they dis- lowing the withdrawal of foreign destroyed a large amount of Tali- tested in the last 24 hours. and Paktika (1) provinces. COVID-19 cases in the country, cussed a whole range of security ghan special forces in Zabul prov- The ministry also reported The deaths were reported in data by the ministry indicates. forces, the Presidential Palace said. ban weapons and ammunitions ince. According to the statement, issues, including Iran, Afghanistan, during the battle.
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