report in The Nation, August 16, 2023The UN said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity. “The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial of education to Afghan girls and employment to Afghan women is gender discrimination, which should count as a crime against humanity, and it should be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court,” said Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global…
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By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Aug 15, 2023 at 9:37 PMTwo years after the takeover of Afganistan by the Islamic Emirate, the political deputy of the PM, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said he is optimistic that the Islamic Emirate will be recognized by the world. Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, in a special interview with TOLOnews, said that they have completed the conditions for recognition and their government should be recognized by the international community. “The world…
report in Tolo News, Aug 156, 2023 at 11.28pmThe acting Defense Minister, Mawlawi Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, said that some countries fail to provide their own security and then blame Afghanistan. Mawlawi Yaqoob made the remarks on the 2nd anniversary of the Islamic Emirate, without specifying a particular country. He said that such remarks are possibly aiming to show Afghanistan as a dangerous country to the world. “These messages may be meant to reflect to the…
by Tahir Khan in Dawn, August 16th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday celebrated the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul at a time when the country faces a variety of challenges, the foremost being the non-recognition of their government by every single country in the world. Senior Taliban leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi, spoke at a gathering in Kabul and highlighted achievements over the past two years, but did not…
report in TOLOnews, Aug 14, 2023 at 3:00 PMAt least three people were killed and seven were injured in a blast that occurred at a hotel in the capital city of Khost, a statement of provincial security department said. Citing a statement of Khost security, Kabul’s security spokesman, Khalid Zadran, said on Twitter that the blast happened at a hotel near Spin mosque in the city, in which a number of “Waziristan refugees” and “Khost…
By Naveed Samadi in Tolo News, Aug 13, 2023 at 10:01 PMThe Deputy Prime Minister, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said that the Islamic Emirate’s relations with the international community are improving. Speaking to a gathering of instructors who returned from their educational programs abroad, he said that the Islamic Emirate’s embassies are opened in 16 countries. “The world knows it and timely reaches a hand for engagement with the Islamic Emirate. You know that our embassy…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 12, 2023The US Department of State has issued a joint statement following the meeting of Special Representatives and Special Envoys for Afghanistan from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the United States. This gathering took place within the framework of the C5+1 regional diplomatic platform. Per the statement, the delegates convened in Astanan, Kazakhstan, on July…
report in Khaama Press online, Aug 12, 2023Office of Prisons Administration officials revealed on Sunday that there are presently 16 foreign nationals incarcerated in prisons across Afghanistan. In the government’s accountability program, Habibullah Badr, the Military Deputy of the Office of Prisons Administration, revealed five women among the foreign prisoners in Afghanistan. He further said there are 16,000 prisoners nationwide, with 1,194 women. As per earlier reports, individuals from the United States and the United…
by Naveed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 12, 2023 at 9:11 PMThe Ministry of Defense said that all troops have been provided with uniforms and that those who neglect wearing them will be punished. Enayatullah Khwarizmi, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, said that the uniforms are from the previous government, but its color may change soon. “The leadership of the Defense Ministry has ordered that the (uniform) should be used in military centers and we—all…
report in TOLOnews, Aug 12, 2023 at 10:22 AMThe commission to assess the Problems of Booksellers said that at least 30 percent of booksellers have stopped their business due to lack of a good market. Abdul Wodod Mukhtarzada, a member of the commission, told TOLOnews that the booksellers are also complaining about high taxes which are difficult to pay as their business has dropped. “We used to sell more than 500 books and we had…
report in Khaama Press online, Aug 11, 2023Human Rights Watch (HRW) condemned the imposition of restrictions placed upon women in Afghanistan. In a recent report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) highlighted that Afghan women have been deprived of their fundamental rights to education, employment, and social participation ever since the Taliban took power. “Over the past two years, Taliban authorities have denied women and girls their rights to education, work, movement, and assembly. The Taliban have…