Tuesday October 13, 2015
Kabul (BNA) The Council of Ministers (CoMs) chaired by Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in its meeting yesterday reviewed the country’s security situation with particular reference to Kunduz situation.
The Chief Executive instructed concerned entities to do their best in ensuring peace and security in its earliest and solve the problems of the people of Kunduz. Part of electricity has been restored to Kunduz and water flow would soon be returned to Kunduz, the Chief Executive said. The people of Kunduz have hugely suffered over the past two weeks, the Chief Executive said, adding he is hopeful that normalcy would soon return to Kunduz city with the sacrifices of the personnel of security forces to facilitate displaced people to return to their houses. In the meeting the grab of lands allocated for returnees and repatriated refugees, taking necessary steps to prevent natural disasters and reviving the law of defense ministry to restore the authority of military courts were also discussed. It was also decided to help the displaced people in Mazar-e-Sharif, Samangan, Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kabul and some 1000 displaced families have been assisted. Meanwhile, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, commenting on the Pakistani Prime Minister’s remarks about the revival of Afghan peace talks, said on Monday the government in Kabul would welcome such move if Islamabad stopped supporting terrorist groups. Abdullah said the Afghan government welcomed Sharif’s remarks, but Pakistan should stop supporting the militants blamed for attacks inside Afghanistan. It would be an effective step toward stability in Afghanistan. Addressing meeting of the Council of Ministers, the CEO claimed the Taliban could not conduct huge operations or spectacular attacks in Afghanistan if they were not supported from abroad. “Afghanistan has a clear stance on peace process: If Pakistan wants to demonstrate its honesty about this reconciliation process, it should renounce support to militants,” Abdullah argued.
