The Afghan government has finalized the names of eighteen people as members of the Supreme State Council, according to a document a copy of which was seen by TOLOnews.
Taliban Should Take Opportunity for Peace: Ghani
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday, after Eid prayers at the Presidential Place, called on the Taliban to use the opportunity for peace created by the foreign troops leaving the country.
The prayer ceremony was attended by former president Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, the Parliament speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, Senate speaker Fazl Hadi Muslimyar and a number of other politicians and government officials.
“The Taliban cannot have a better chance than this as the international troops are leaving the country,” Ghani said, adding that “the people s arms are open to them” and end the war.
Taliban Should Take Opportunity for Peace: Ghani
President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday, after Eid prayers at the Presidential Place, called on the Taliban to use the opportunity for peace created by the foreign troops leaving the country.
The prayer ceremony was attended by former president Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, the Parliament speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, Senate speaker Fazl Hadi Muslimyar and a number of other politicians and government officials.
“The Taliban cannot have a better chance than this as the international troops are leaving the country,” Ghani said, adding that “the people s arms are open to them” and end the war.
Arguments Erupt in Parliament Over Kabul School Attack
Afghan parliament’s Monday session was disrupted following verbal clashes between MPs over Saturday s deadly attack on the Kabul school, with some lawmakers calling it a genocide, while others characterized it as the killing of Afghans.
The attack left over 60 people killed, all teenage students, and over 150 wounded.
Some lawmakers meanwhile called for the removal of security heads. They said that the government should ensure the safety of the people instead of mourning such incidents.
“When the intelligence agency and other relevant organizations are so unaware, then what is the logic behind their existence?” said Shahgul Rezaee, an MP from Ghazni.
May 10, 2021
By Noam CHOMSKY, Vijay PRASHAD
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 was criminal. It was criminal because of the immense force used to demolish Afghanistan’s physical infrastructure and to break open its social bonds.
On October 11, 2001, journalist Anatol Lieven interviewed the Afghan leader Abdul Haq in Peshawar, Pakistan. Haq, who led part of the resistance against the Taliban, was getting ready to return to Afghanistan under the cover of the U.S. aerial bombardments. He was, however, not pleased with the way the United States had decided to prosecute the war. “Military action by itself in the present circumstances is only making things more difficult especially if this war goes on a long time and many civilians are killed,” Abdul Haq told Lieven. The war would go on for 20 years, and at least 71,344 civilians would lose their lives during this period.