Energy News  
THE STANS
Afghanistan protestors march for peace
by Staff Writers
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) Jan 17, 2019

Several hundred protesters marched in three cities in southern and eastern Afghanistan to call for a ceasefire and an end to the 17-year war Thursday, the latest action of a movement launched in May 2018.

In Kandahar, the southern cradle of the Taliban, and in the eastern cities of Khost and Jalalabad, they marched holding placards saying: "No War", "We want ceasefire" and "We want Peace".

The peace marches began in May 2018 when a handful of civilians travelled 700 kilometres (430 miles) from Lashkar Gah, in the southern province of Helmand, to end their journey in June in the capital Kabul, joined along the way by hundreds of other marchers.

Since then, many others have been organised, including a wheelchair peace march by amputees between the western city of Herat and Kabul in August.

"Afghans want an absolute ceasefire as soon as possible. The government had agreed a one-year ceasefire and the Taliban must accept their demand," Bismillah Watandost, a member of the People for Peace Movement, told AFP.

"We call on the Taliban to come to the peace talks with the Afghan government and have mercy on the Afghan people. Our men, women, children and widows want peace. We are tired of war," said Haji Farhad, a protestor in Jalalabad.

Diplomatic efforts are being stepped up to try to end the long-running conflict.

The US envoy in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is currently in Pakistan for talks after a regional tour that took him to China, the United Arab Emirates, India and Afghanistan.

Khalilzad, a former US ambassador to Kabul, said in the Afghan capital Wednesday he hopes for fresh talks with the Taliban "very soon", after meetings with them in late 2018 in Doha and Abu Dhabi.

The United States is not alone in its diplomatic overtures to the Taliban. Russia and Iran have also held meetings with the militants in recent months and China has also invited them for discussions.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Pakistan are participating in the US peace efforts.


Related Links
News From Across The Stans


Thanks for being here;
We need your help. The SpaceDaily news network continues to grow but revenues have never been harder to maintain.

With the rise of Ad Blockers, and Facebook - our traditional revenue sources via quality network advertising continues to decline. And unlike so many other news sites, we don't have a paywall - with those annoying usernames and passwords.

Our news coverage takes time and effort to publish 365 days a year.

If you find our news sites informative and useful then please consider becoming a regular supporter or for now make a one off contribution.
SpaceDaily Contributor
$5 Billed Once


credit card or paypal
SpaceDaily Monthly Supporter
$5 Billed Monthly


paypal only


THE STANS
Kabul faces water crisis as drought, population strain supply
Kabul (AFP) Jan 11, 2019
Standing in his garden in Kabul, Baz Mohammad Kochi oversees the drilling of a new well more than 100 metres deep after his first water reservoir dried up. He is not alone. A shortage of rain and snow, a booming population and wasteful consumption have drained the Afghan capital's water basin and sparked a race to the bottom as households and businesses bore deeper and deeper wells in search of the precious resource. "The water level has dropped so much that it is now necessary to reach other un ... read more

Comment using your Disqus, Facebook, Google or Twitter login.



Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle

THE STANS
US charges Chinese national for stealing energy company secrets

Making the world hotter: India's expected AC explosion

EU court backs Dyson on vacuum cleaner energy tests

Mining bitcoin uses more energy than Denmark: study

THE STANS
Fiery sighting: A new physics of eruptions that damage fusion experiments

Technique identifies electricity-producing bacteria

Cartilage could be key to safe 'structural batteries'

Scientists discover a process that stabilizes fusion plasmas

THE STANS
US Wind Inc. agrees to sell its New Jersey offshore lease to EDF Renewables North America

Wind to lead U.S. electric capacity additions at power plants in 2019

Upwind wind plants can reduce flow to downwind neighbors

More than air: Researchers fine-tune wind farm simulation

THE STANS
ASU engineers break solar cell record

Signal Energy Australia to build 333MW Darlington Point Solar Plant in New South Wales

Breakthrough in organic electronics

Global Commission describes new geopolitical power dynamics created by renewable energy

THE STANS
Framatome receives $49 million grant to accelerate enhanced accident tolerant fuel development

Why does nuclear fission produce pear-shaped nuclei?

Framatome develops mobile technology for non-destructive analysis of radioactive waste containers

The first new Generation 3 EPR nuclear reactor enters commercial operation

THE STANS
Researchers create 'shortcut' to terpene biosynthesis in E. coli

Yeast makes ethanol to prevent metabolic overload

Green catalysts with Earth-abundant metals accelerate production of bio-based plastic

Tel Aviv researchers develop biodegradable plastic from seawater algae

THE STANS
Saudi urges 'fair' energy transition, defends oil

Direction unclear after positive China news moves crude oil prices higher

Petrobras preempts three pre-salt areas ahead of sixth auction

Understanding physics could lead to big gains in shale oil recovery

THE STANS
Warning to Davos: world 'sleep-walking' into climate disaster

Future of planet-cooling tech

Geoscientists reconstruct 900-year Northeast climate record

Climate model uncertainties ripe to be squeezed









The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2024 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. All articles labeled "by Staff Writers" include reports supplied to Space Media Network by industry news wires, PR agencies, corporate press officers and the like. Such articles are individually curated and edited by Space Media Network staff on the basis of the report's information value to our industry and professional readership. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Statement Our advertisers use various cookies and the like to deliver the best ad banner available at one time. All network advertising suppliers have GDPR policies (Legitimate Interest) that conform with EU regulations for data collection. By using our websites you consent to cookie based advertising. If you do not agree with this then you must stop using the websites from May 25, 2018. Privacy Statement. Additional information can be found here at About Us.