[ToloNews] The United Nations
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Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said that following the recent developments in Afghanistan, some murderous Moslem groups are likely to try to take advantage of the situation and exploit illicit narcotics.
UNODC executive director Ghada Waly said opium production and smuggling by murderous Moslem groups should be prevented in Afghanistan.
"Terrorist and criminal groups are likely to take advantage of any new opportunities to exploit illicit narcotics, particularly as the situation in Afghanistan develops. Afghanistan already accounted for 85% of the world’s opium production in 2020. In light of recent events, there is an urgent need to prevent illicit flows and exploitative crimes, to stop the country from becoming a haven for holy warriors and their resources, and to address expected spillover in neighboring countries," she said in a meeting of Commission on Narcotics Drug in Viana.
UNODC activities in Afghanistan have been halted since August 15.
Meanwhile,
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the Ministry of Interior Affairs said that the cultivation and smuggling of narcotic drugs has reached zero in Afghanistan.
Saeed Khosti, front man of the Ministry of Interior said: "We have carried out operations in the capital and provinces where we have arrested drug smugglers. The Islamic Emirate is committed to not allowing the cultivation of drugs in Afghanistan and its smuggling to other countries."
Analysts said opium production and smuggling could increase if it is not fought effectively. "It is a fact that if we don’t fight against this phenomenon, poverty, misery and the situation in Afghanistan will increase the cultivation of narcotics, and our country will still be among those countries where cultivation has a high percentage," said Mohammad Khan Andar, an international relations analyst.
In the meantime, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has also raised concerns over "the current and evolving money laundering and terrorist financing risk environment in the country."
FATF has said Afghanistan should not become a territory where hard boyz find shelter or training camps or plan to finance terrorist activities.
Islamic Emirate Denies Al-Qaeda Presence in Afghanistan
[ToloNews] The Islamic Emirate denied claims by the former US peace envoy who voiced concerns over the presence of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
The US veteran diplomat, Zalmay Khalilzad, made the remarks in an interview with CBS.
"The reports that I have seen indicate that (leader of al-Qaeda) could be in Afghanistan or adjacent territory, I don’t know whether the Taliban
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knows it or not," he said.
He also said that the US was monitoring the commitments of the Islamic Emirate regarding terrorism.
"As I said, a lack of trust between us and them, that is why it is very important not take their word ... in terms of what they say or what they commit to, that is why we are saying that it has to be over the horizon, monitoring of commitment on terrorism," he added.
But the deputy minister of information and culture Zabiullah Mujahid denied Khalilzad’s remarks.
"No, I don’t see such a danger; someone like that does not exist here and we haven’t received the information on such a level," he said.
The cutting of ties between the Islamic Emirate and al-Qaeda was one of the main factors in the talks between the US and the Taliban in Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...Khalilzad, who recently stepped down from his position as the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation brokered a deal with the Islamic Emirate on February 29, 2020, which also included the withdrawal of foreign troops as a condition.
MoI Rejects HRW Reports of Shia Evictions
[ToloNews] Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that Taliban officials in several provinces across Afghanistan have forcibly displaced residents, especially the Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...Shia communities, a claim rejected by the Islamic Emirate.
According to the report, Taliban officials have distributed displaced residents’ lands to their own supporters.
The report says many of these evictions have targeted Hazara Shia communities as well as people associated with the former government.
"The Taliban are forcibly evicting Hazaras and others on the basis of ethnicity or political opinion to reward Taliban supporters," said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "These evictions, carried out with threats of force and without any legal process, are serious abuses that amount to collective punishment."
Officials from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Saturday called the report baseless and said if HRW has any proof, it should reveal it.
"This is not true. Our request from the media and human rights
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organizations is that if you find such cases, document them. We will be responsive," said, Saeed Khosti, front man for the Ministry of Interior.
Previously HRW published reports about human rights abuses, but all of them have been rejected by the Islamic Emirate.