Kabul: At least three rockets were fired near Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday, shortly before the President of Afghanistan. Ashraf Ghani An address was to be given to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
Interior minister’s spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said there were no casualties and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, but police immediately dispersed the entire area. A car parked on a nearby road was completely destroyed; Police said it was used as a launching pad for the rocket.
The palace is in the middle of a so-called green zone fortified by huge cement blast walls and barbed wire, and the roads near the palace have long been closed.
the barrage came to America and as nato Complete your final withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many Afghans worry whether their war-torn country will plunge deeper into chaos and violence as foreign forces withdraw and Taliban Gain more territory on the ground, after capturing several districts and major border crossings with neighboring countries over the past weeks.
President Joe Biden said in an address earlier this month that more than 95% of the withdrawal was complete and the last US soldier would be gone by August 31.
“This Eid is named after Afghan forces to honor their sacrifice and courage, especially over the past three months,” Ghani said in the morning prayer for Eid al-Adha, or “the Feast of Sacrifice”. After that in his address to the nation. .“
“The Taliban have no intention and desire for peace,” Ghani said. “We have proved that we have the will, the will and have made sacrifices for peace.”
Ghani described as a “big mistake” his government’s decision to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners to launch peace talks last year, which only strengthened the rebels.
“We released 5,000 prisoners to start peace talks, but to date the Taliban have shown no serious or meaningful interest in peace talks.”
2 official in the government, Abdullah Abdullah, who was inside the palace during the rocket attack on Tuesday, returned from peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar on Monday. However, the people inside the palace were far from where the rocket landed.
The two-day meeting in Doha – the highest-level talks ever held between Kabul and the Taliban – was aimed at resuming stalled talks, but ended with a promise of more high-level talks.
In his speech, Ghani also attacked neighboring Pakistan, which Kabul accused of harboring the Taliban leadership and providing a safe haven and aid to the insurgents. In the most recent fighting in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, Taliban fighters were seen receiving treatment at a Pakistani hospital across the border. Chaman.
Pakistan is seen as the key to peace in Afghanistan. The Taliban leadership is headquartered in Pakistan and Islamabad has used its leverage to pressure the Taliban to talk of peace, which it is now mulling over.
Pakistan has also been deeply critical of Kabul, saying it has allowed another terrorist group, the Pakistani Taliban Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, to find security in Afghanistan, from where they have conducted an increasing number of attacks targeting Pakistani forces. has started.
Ghani said “Pakistan does not want Taliban rule in its homeland”, but his media is “campaigning for Taliban rule in Afghanistan.”
Eid al-Adha is the most important Islamic holiday, marking Prophet Ibrahim _ Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice _ his son for Christians and Jews. During the holiday, which lasts for four days in most places, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle and distribute some of the meat to the poor.
Interior minister’s spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai said there were no casualties and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, but police immediately dispersed the entire area. A car parked on a nearby road was completely destroyed; Police said it was used as a launching pad for the rocket.
The palace is in the middle of a so-called green zone fortified by huge cement blast walls and barbed wire, and the roads near the palace have long been closed.
the barrage came to America and as nato Complete your final withdrawal from Afghanistan. Many Afghans worry whether their war-torn country will plunge deeper into chaos and violence as foreign forces withdraw and Taliban Gain more territory on the ground, after capturing several districts and major border crossings with neighboring countries over the past weeks.
President Joe Biden said in an address earlier this month that more than 95% of the withdrawal was complete and the last US soldier would be gone by August 31.
“This Eid is named after Afghan forces to honor their sacrifice and courage, especially over the past three months,” Ghani said in the morning prayer for Eid al-Adha, or “the Feast of Sacrifice”. After that in his address to the nation. .“
“The Taliban have no intention and desire for peace,” Ghani said. “We have proved that we have the will, the will and have made sacrifices for peace.”
Ghani described as a “big mistake” his government’s decision to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners to launch peace talks last year, which only strengthened the rebels.
“We released 5,000 prisoners to start peace talks, but to date the Taliban have shown no serious or meaningful interest in peace talks.”
2 official in the government, Abdullah Abdullah, who was inside the palace during the rocket attack on Tuesday, returned from peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar on Monday. However, the people inside the palace were far from where the rocket landed.
The two-day meeting in Doha – the highest-level talks ever held between Kabul and the Taliban – was aimed at resuming stalled talks, but ended with a promise of more high-level talks.
In his speech, Ghani also attacked neighboring Pakistan, which Kabul accused of harboring the Taliban leadership and providing a safe haven and aid to the insurgents. In the most recent fighting in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak, Taliban fighters were seen receiving treatment at a Pakistani hospital across the border. Chaman.
Pakistan is seen as the key to peace in Afghanistan. The Taliban leadership is headquartered in Pakistan and Islamabad has used its leverage to pressure the Taliban to talk of peace, which it is now mulling over.
Pakistan has also been deeply critical of Kabul, saying it has allowed another terrorist group, the Pakistani Taliban Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, to find security in Afghanistan, from where they have conducted an increasing number of attacks targeting Pakistani forces. has started.
Ghani said “Pakistan does not want Taliban rule in its homeland”, but his media is “campaigning for Taliban rule in Afghanistan.”
Eid al-Adha is the most important Islamic holiday, marking Prophet Ibrahim _ Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice _ his son for Christians and Jews. During the holiday, which lasts for four days in most places, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle and distribute some of the meat to the poor.
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