report in TOLOnews, Sept 27, 2023 at 10:30 PMThe head of UNAMA, Roza Otunbayeva, in her briefing to the UN Security Council, said the policies of the current Afghan government that drive the exclusion of women are “unacceptable to the international community.” UNAMA in a statement quoted Otunbayeva as saying that “UNAMA’s human rights efforts are focused on engaging and enabling the de facto authorities to establish an inclusive, responsive system of governance, including policing,…
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report in TOLOnews, Sept 27, 2023 at 8:45 PMFollowing reports about the detention and mistreatment of Afghan immigrants in Pakistan by the Pakistani police, the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that they have discussed the issue with Pakistani officials. Mujahid said that Pakistani officials pledged that they would not harass Afghan immigrants. “We have protested both through the embassy and the institutions and the delegation who came. They promised that this situation will change.…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Pres online, Sept 25, 2023On Monday, a Taliban delegation, led by their Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, began their journey to Russia to participate in the Moscow Format meeting. The Moscow Format meeting is scheduled for later this week in the Russian city of Kazan. This diplomatic gathering aims to convene Afghanistan’s neighbouring countries, which include Iran, China, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Russia, alongside representatives from several other countries.…
By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Sept 25, 2023 at 8:56 PMMajed Al-Ansari, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Qatar, said that the complete isolation of Afghanistan did not work, and the only way forward is engagement. Speaking to Al-Monitor news agency Al-Ansari said: “We fully understand that the situation in Afghanistan today is not easy for the international community to engage with the current government, but complete isolation is not the situation, it didn’t work,…
Reuters report, Sept 26, 2023• Consult with Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei on potential cooperation• Rights groups fear resources will be used to crackdown on protesters KABUL: The Taliban are creating a large-scale camera surveillance network for Afghan cities that could involve repurposing a plan crafted by the Americans before their 2021 pullout, an interior ministry spokesman said, as authorities seek to supplement thousands of cameras already across the capital, Kabul. The Taliban administration, which…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 24, 2023Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Foreign Minister of Iran, emphasized in a meeting of the Asian Crisis Council that Afghanistan is one of the “deep-rooted crises” in the region and underlined the regional impacts of this situation. On Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Minister, in the Asian Council meeting on the Expansion of Terrorism and the Crisis of Migration and Refugees, regarded them as the consequences of the crisis in Afghanistan.…
report in TOLOnews, Sept 24, 2023 at 9:43 PMSpeaking at the United Nations General Assembly, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that Saudi Arabia reaffirms the importance of security and stability in Afghanistan and that it should not serve as a safe place for terrorist organizations. He also stressed the need to respect the rights of Afghan people, including the rights of women to education and work. The Saudi foreign minister meanwhile called…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews, Sept 24, 2023 at 9:51 PMThe consul of the Islamic Emirate in Karachi, Abdul Jabar Takhari, said that hundreds of Afghan refugees have been detained over the last 15 days. Takhari said that the detentions of the Afghan refugees by the Pakistani police is continuing. He called on the Pakistani government to stop detentions of registered refugees of Afghanistan. “The process of detaining Afghans has been continuing by Pakistan’s police.…
by Habib Rahman Qooyash in ToloNews, Sept 22, 2023 at 8:52 PMThe Islamic Emirate said it plans to establish a new transit crossing with Turkmenistan through the Bala Murghab District of Badghis Province. The Islamic Emirate spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that the purpose of creating this new route is to facilitate the export and import of goods. Mujahid noted that the construction cost of this route has been determined and efforts are underway to implement…
By Habib Rahman Qooyash in ToloNews, Sept 22, 2023 at 8:52 PMDrivers and passengers voiced their frustration over the continued blockage of Kabul-Jalalabad highway, and called on the interim government officials to reopen the highway as soon as possible. The Kabul-Jalalabad highway was blocked on Sunday after major rockslides blocked the highway in the Pul-e-Charkhi area of Kabul. The Ministry of Defense earlier announced on social media that the engineering teams of the ministry have…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Sept 22, 2023 at 10:23 PMThe acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a meeting with Asif Ali Durrani, Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan, who was on a visit to Kabul, discussed issues related to security and the formation of a joint committee to address problems between Kabul and Islamabad. Deputy Foreign Ministry spokesman Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal said on X that they had a “detailed” discussion over security, the…