President of Administrative Office Urges Ethnic, Sectarian Unity

Noor-Ul-Haq Anwar, the president of the Administrative Office, during a ceremony held in Kabul to mark the “Nights of Qadr,” emphasized unity and solidarity among the ethnic and sectarian groups residing in Afghanistan.

Noorulhaq Anwar stated that based on the decree of the leader of the Islamic Emirate, no one has the right to seek revenge, and all citizens, without discrimination, live under the current government which follows an independent policy.

“The Islamic Emirate looks to the future, not the past. Accordingly, a general amnesty has been declared, and even those who fought against the Islamic Emirate over the past two decades are included in it. No one has the right to seek revenge,” he said.

During the same event, Abdullah Sarhadi, the governor of Bamyan, also highlighted ethnic, linguistic, and religious differences as key reasons behind the past suffering of the Afghan people, saying that it is the government’s responsibility to prevent such divisions from recurring.

“Ethnic, linguistic, and religious divisions should not be repeated. We must all learn from the past,” stated Sarhadi.

Meanwhile, Madar Ali Karimi Bamyani, deputy minister of urban development and housing and the organizer of the event, stressed that the Hazara people and the Shia community in Afghanistan have abandoned the path of violence and support the current system.

“We, the Hazara community of Afghanistan, have closed the chapter of violence and hatred. Just as we had brotherhood with other ethnic groups in the past, this brotherhood continues now as well just the same, my fellow ethnic brothers,” he said.

At the end of the event, speakers condemned the continued Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and called for the prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in international courts.