Amnesty International in a series of tweets announced their support to the people of #Afghanistan, especially those affected by the earthquake in #Khost and #Paktika provinces. (1/4)
The organization added that the Taliban de facto authorities in Afghanistan must attend to the immediate and essential needs of the affected communities and guarantee that humanitarian agencies must have access to the affected regions.
"Afghanistan is already facing food (2/4)
insecurity & poverty, where 95 % of people don’t have access to adequate food. It is critical that assistance is human rights compliant and meets the needs of at-risk groups, including women, children, older persons & people with disabilities," @amnestysasia added. (3/4)
According to organization, the support provided to communities must also include mental health support, and support for rebuilding and homes, schools and infrastructure that is safe and earthquake resistant. (4/4)
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Following the violence in #Afghanistan, @HugoShorter, Chargé d’Affaires at the #UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha in a statement said;
The UK does not support anyone, including Afghan nationals, seeking to achieve political change through violence, (1/4)
or any activity inciting violence for political purposes, in 🇦🇫, and will not allow UK soil to be used to plan or prepare it, and we strongly discourage others from doing so. (2/4)
"Violence of any kind is not in Afghanistan’s interests, nor the international community’s, and we deplore terrorist attacks of all kinds," he added.
Shorter added, to promote peace and stability, to deliver essential humanitarian support to the Afghan people, (3/4)
Following the escape of former president of #Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and reports of him taking millions of $ with himself, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (#SIGAR), stated that Ghani left the country with less than $1 million. (1/6)
The report says that “evidence indicates that this number did not exceed $1 million and may have been closer in value to $500,000”, of which most of the money, is believed to be government operating budgets managed at the palace. (2/6)
According to the report, a suitcase belonging to General Qaher Kochai, chief of PPS carried the monthly discretionary cash budget for the PPS around $200,000 and another backpack from Rafi Fazli, Deputy National Security Advisor contained $240,000, retrieved from the (3/6)
Taliban FM Amir Khan Mottaqi in the #Antalya Diplomatic Assembly says that the #Taliban is committed to reform and has made progress in this regard. (1/5)
Mottaqi says that the foreign government should not be imposed on Afghans and the world should allow Afghans to form their own government. He added that the Taliban are continuing their efforts for inclusive governance. (2/5)
He says the Taliban are trying to prevent economic collapse in #Afghanistan and has made some progress. (3/5)
The #Taliban Deputy PM Abdul Salam Hanafi speaking in a press conference said that People should use Afghan currency in their daily transactions and smuggling dollars abroad is a crime.
He also said that #Uzbekistan wants to fund the Afghan section of the #TAPI project. He added the economic situation will improve and foreign countries are interested in investing in Afghanistan.
According to Hanafi the Taliban are trying to build an army and would recruit former government soldiers. He said that a large number of specialists from the former government are currently working with the Taliban.