By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 26, 2023 at 8:44 PMThe Express Tribune reported that Islamic Emirate acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that most of the issues between Pakistan and the TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) had been sorted out and that both were close to striking a deal, but Islamabad backed out. According to the report, during a conversation with Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed in Tehran on the sidelines of the conference on…
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report in The Daily Star, Dec 26, 2023The Election Commission has decided to file a case against an Awami League candidate in Chattogram for assaulting a journalist. The instruction came on Sunday, said EC officials. Enamul Haque, senior election officer at Chattogram District Election office, said they will file the case against Mustafizur Rahman, an AL candidate of Chattogram-16 constituency (Banshkhali), with a court today. On November 30, Mustafizur staged a showdown before he submitted…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 26, 2023Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday urged the United States (US) to impose visa sanctions on those who are impeding the next general elections. “It is a widely circulated announcement of the US that it will impose restrictions on the people creating barrier to holding the elections and apply those. To this end, we are seeking attention to the visiting five-member US delegation, including NDI (National…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 26, 2023The writer is a reporter covering diplomacy, international relations and national politics for The Kathmandu Post.Finally, a breakthrough on transitional justice is on the horizon. Top leaders of the three major political parties have agreed to endorse the much-awaited bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. After months of deliberations at the Law, Justice…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 25, 2023Sources confirmed to Khaama Press that Parisa Azada, a member of one of the Afghan women’s protest movements, has been released from the Taliban administration prison after 40 days and has returned to her family. According to the source, Parisa, who had been arrested on November 14, was released from prison on Tuesday, December 25. Local media outlets have also confirmed the news of her…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 25, 2023 at 10:11 PMThe acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, to discuss the diplomatic ties between the two countries, the situation and problems of Afghan prisoners and refugees, and the Islamic Emirate’s stance on the Palestine issue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesperson, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, said on X that Abdollahian praised the…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 25, 2023 at 4:50 PMAs the weather is getting colder, authorities have announced an increase in facilities at Spin Boldak camp for immigrants returning from Pakistan. Officials said that they accelerated the transfer of migrants to their main areas, and warm rooms and other necessary facilities have been provided for them in the temporary camp. “The services are delivered properly and the distribution plan for heaters and coal has been…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 24, 2023The latest report from the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the situation of children in Afghanistan reveals that alongside the deprivation of millions of girls from education, thousands of cases of violence against children have been recorded from January 2021 to December 2022, including kidnapping, murder, abuse, and sexual assault of children. This report covers the period from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022, during which…
By Hadia Ziaei in ToloNews, Dec 24, 2023 at 8:22 PMThe Islamic Emirate said that Russia plays a constructive role in the region especially in ensuring stability in Afghanistan. In response to l remarks of the Head of the Second Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate said that the Afghan government is making efforts to strengthen diplomatic and business relations with Russia. “We want to strengthen our relations…
By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Dec 24, 2023 at 8:40 PMARY, a Pakistani media outlet, cited a report of the country’s Counter Terrorism Department that claimed 92 terrorists who were arrested for their alleged involvement in terror incidents in two years were Afghan nationals, and “terrorists of Afghan origin carried out 50 terror attacks in 2023 across Pakistan.” But the Islamic Emirate denied the allegations, saying Pakistan must share evidence with the interim Afghan government…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 23, 2023The United Nations reports that despite a decrease in conflicts in Afghanistan, children remain in an extremely vulnerable situation. The organization has called on the Taliban to recognize individuals under 18 years old as children and prevent their recruitment into security forces. The United Nations in a report released on Friday, has stated that over two years, from the beginning of 2021 to the end of 2022, a…