Sunday, November 08, 2015
Kabul (BNA) Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, received yesterday evening a number of elders and members of the great Kandahar council. In this meeting that was held in ARG, Mohammad Yaqub Rafiqi, Sher Mohammad Akhudzada, Moalem Mir Wali, Abdul Jabbar Qahraman, Mohammad Hashem Alokozai, and Abdul Wudood Popal spoke on behalf of others and briefed the President on the security situation and problems of Helmand Province. Supporting the government policies and Afghan National Security and Defense Forces, they asked for further strengthening of the security institutions in Helmand province. Having listened to the demands and recommendations of the elders and members of greater Kandahar council, the President said that your collective move is a historical move and you protect Helmand province and all of Afghanistan with one voice. The President said that the province of Helmand is of vital importance to every Afghan; he added that the enemies of the people of Afghanistan destabilize this province in order to disrupt implementation of economic projects of gas pipeline, extension of electricity and railway networks via Helmand. Addressing the elders and members of the greater Kandahar council, the President said that I will dispatch a delegation from amongst you to Helmand province to review the general situation in that province. The President said that if needed he will contact the mentioned delegation via video teleconference.
