By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews Online, Oct 11, 2023 at 10:28 PMIran’s economic delegation has reached an agreement with Islamic Emirate’s officials and private sector representatives of Afghanistan on some issues in the areas of trade development. Iran’s Ambassador to Kabul Hassan Kazemi Qomi, said they have agreed to create an Iran-Afghanistan chamber, trade development, to provide of facilities in the transit sector and investment in the agricultural sector. “The creation of the Iran-Afghanistan…
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Report in Dawn, October 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Wednesday demolished two settlements of Afghans in I-12/2 and Margalla Town Phase 2. A press release issued by the civic body on Wednesday stated that the CDA’s enforcement directorate conducted an operation against the illegal settlements built near Nust. The CDA staff razed scores of rooms and a number of livestock farms with heavy machinery. As a result of the operation, land measuring…
By Noman Hossain in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Around 1.7 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan face a mass exodus as Islamabad has given them an ultimatum to leave the country by November 1. On October 3, Pakistan’s Caretaker Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said in a press conference that the government had “given them [Afghan refugees] a November 1 deadline” to leave voluntarily or face “forcible expulsion” after that date. Bugti claimed that some…
By Gulalai Hakim in TOLOnews Online, Oct 11, 2023 at 9:21 PMSher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, referring to the recent situation of migrants and their treatment in Pakistan, said that Islamabad deports Afghan migrants to put political and economic pressure on the Islamic Emirate. Speaking at the ceremony of the completion of the first phase and the start of the second phase of the Qosh Tepa Canal, he criticized the situation…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Nasir Ahmad Faieq, the acting representative of Afghanistan at the United Nations, has expressed grave concern about the situation of Afghan migrants. He called for “serious” attention to their condition in neighbouring countries. Mr Faieq voiced his concerns about the situation of Afghan migrants in neighbouring countries during Wednesday’s United Nations session on growth and the protection of human rights. He added that Afghan migrants…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023Pakistan’s caretaker foreign minister, Jalil Abbas Jilani, highlighted on Tuesday that although the war in Afghanistan has concluded and security has improved, there remains inadequate progress in safeguarding women’s and girls’ rights and addressing the threat from terrorist groups. At the 27th ECO Council of Ministers meeting in Azerbaijan, Jilani emphasized the importance of constructive engagement with the leaders of the current administration as the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023According to sources, the Taliban did not allow a team of ten Pakistani doctors to land at Herat Airport. A team of ten Pakistani doctors was denied entry to Herat Airport by the Taliban, preventing them from providing crucial medical assistance to earthquake victims in the city. Afghanistan International News Agency reported that the team included general surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, nurses, and paramedics. The Taliban…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Oct 09, 2023 at 7:56 PMMullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister for economic affairs, at an inaugural event for the start of an air corridor, emphasized the need for interaction between the current government and neighboring countries and said that the Islamic Emirate wants a positive interaction with neighboring countries. He added that he does not consider disrespect for Afghan refugees in Pakistan acceptable.“They disrespect the migrants, this…
By Naweed Samadi in TOLOnews Online, Oct 09, 2023 at 2:13 PM22 years ago, an international coalition led by Washington on October 7, 2001, attacked Afghanistan. America stated that the aim of the attack was to fight and overthrow the organizers of the 9/11 attacks on their country. On September 11, 2001, nearly a month before the United States invasion of Afghanistan, the Al Qaeda network crashed hijacked passenger planes into the World Trade Center…
by Shafqat Ali in The Nation, Oct 6, 2023ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Thursday told his Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi about challenges confronting regional peace. The development comes after Pakistan government announce November 1 deadline for all illegal immigrants including Afghan refugees to leave the country or face forceful expulsion. The government took the decision after rise in suicide terror attacks in Pakistan involving Afghan nationals. According to a statement released…