The Taliban formally condemned ISIS for launching an attack on it and began searching for the perpetrators in Jalalabad. At the same time, the United Nations increased its activities in Afghanistan and called for more assistance to the Afghan people.
On Monday today, the Acting Deputy Minister of Information of the Interim Government Zabiullah Mujahid said that ISIS was behind the bombings in Jalalabad, the center of Nangarhar Province (the eastern part of the country) in the past two days. The explosion caused casualties to civilians and security forces guarding the government.
Mujahid added that forces of the Provisional Government formed by the Taliban recently conducted a search operation on the outskirts of Jalalabad to find the perpetrators.
Yesterday, ISIS admitted to implementing a series of bombings in Jalalabad on Saturday and Sunday in a statement released on social media, and stated that they had killed more than 35 Taliban fighters, but the Taliban were not involved. Make any statement in this regard.
Yesterday, a police car and an electric tower exploded in Jalalabad, killing three people and injuring many others. An explosion also occurred in the Hilzad area of Nangarhar Province. Earlier, a car in the capital was destroyed by an explosive device, injuring two people.
UN action
At the same time, a reporter from Al Jazeera reported that the Director-General of the World Health Organization Tan Desai began visiting Kabul today to discuss the health situation in Afghanistan with officials of the interim government.
Tan Desai arrived at Kabul Airport in a Qatari military plane. Prior to this, most United Nations agencies have returned to Afghanistan to continue their work. The United Nations has warned that the health and humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan are deteriorating.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said yesterday that the talks between UN officials and Taliban leaders in Kabul were very positive.
In an interview with CNN, Guterres emphasized the need for the United Nations to cooperate with the Taliban to distribute humanitarian aid to support the Afghan people.
He said that he had sent a rescue coordinator to Kabul to talk with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Acting Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban Caretaker Government and Acting Interior Minister Sirajadine Haqqani.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations emphasized that the WHO is in contact with the Taliban to distribute humanitarian aid, calling on the movement to respect the rights of women and avoid becoming a safe haven for terrorists in order to gain international solidarity and recognition.
He emphasized that the United Nations cannot be asked to resolve all the problems that many countries have failed to resolve in Afghanistan for decades.
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On the other hand, yesterday, Qatar Airways’ fourth flight carrying Afghan nationals, Americans and Europeans departed from Kabul to Doha with more than 230 passengers on board.
Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister Lulva Hart said on Twitter today that the Qatar Airways flight from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul carried flights from Afghanistan, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Canada, Citizens of France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Finland and the Netherlands.
This flight was the largest evacuation operation since the end of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of August.
(Al Jazeera)Praise Qatar
In this context, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Qatar’s role in assisting the evacuation of 16 French citizens and their families from Afghanistan to Doha. The ministry said in a statement that the French authorities will transport these passengers to the capital Paris by plane.
The statement also confirmed that a new evacuation operation will be organized for French and Afghan citizens still in Afghanistan as soon as possible.
With the decisive help of a Qatar, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stated that 16 French nationals and their families were able to leave Afghanistan on Sunday. In a tweet on Twitter, Le Drian expressed France’s gratitude to the Qatari authorities for continuing their so-called “excellent cooperation” to evacuate French and Afghans in danger.
Since the Taliban took control of the country with the withdrawal of foreign troops last month, Qatar has played an important role in facilitating the evacuation of Afghan and Western citizens through Doha.
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