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One person was killed and three others injured in Afghanistan last week.
One person was killed and three others were injured in Kabul and Panjshir provinces last week —the lowest weekly casualty rate in last several years.
According to reports, a car bomb exploded near a security vehicle in GulSurkh Square in Kabul city last week, injuring three people. Some residents of Annaba district of Panjshir province claimed that security forces killed a civilian. The government says it is investigating Panjshir incident and would punish those involved in the murder.
The previous week, six people were killed in Kabul, Uruzgan, Nangarhar and Baghlan provinces.
This comes as hundreds of people would suffer casualties every week during conflicts in the country.
World relations with Afghanistan and request for unblocking Afghan assets The United States has frozen nearly nearly $10 billion in Afghan assets since the former Afghan government collapsed in August and replaced by the current caretaker government. The new government is yet to be recognizedby any country.Last week, Russia said it would “move toward recognition” of the new Afghan government and urged that the central bank’s assets should be frozen. The Afghan government welcomed Putin’s remarks.
This comes as hundreds of protesters in Kabul and in Kandahar rallied and asked for the unfreezing of Afghanistan assets.
The United Nations Security Council last week extendedexemption of travel ban on a number of officials from Afghanistan’s caretaker government for another three months.The Afghan government welcomed the move, but said that the sanctions should have been lifted three months ago in consideration to the Doha agreement.
The caretaker government insisted its strong ties and a positive role with the rest of the world, but said that no one should violate the rights of Afghans. —Pajhwok
