By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 1, 2023Following two days of extensive negotiations in Qatar, the U.S. State Department reported on Monday that American representatives informed the Taliban in Afghanistan that Washington was willing to engage in technical talks about maintaining economic stability and combating drug trafficking. Meanwhile, the Taliban representatives raised the issue of lifting the travel and other restrictions on their leaders and the return of Central Bank assets of the…
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By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Aug 1, 2023 at 8:50 PMYadgar Shadmanov, Uzbekistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, said that a high-level delegation will come to Kabul in the coming days to hold discussions with officials of the Islamic Emirate. In an interview with RTA, Shadmanov said that if the current Afghan government accept the demands of the international community, it will be recognized by Uzbekistan and other countries. “We will host a large Uzbek delegation led…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Aug 1, 2023 at 8:47 PMThe Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that the new Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan will take place on September 29 in Kazan. Kabulov told TASS that the upcoming meeting will focus on the topic of inclusivity of the current Afghan government, counterterrorism and drug-related crime. “So far, we have seen [no progress on this issue – TASS]. This is why we convene,…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 1, 2023The Russian President’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Monday that Russia perceives no progress regarding the inclusivity of the Taliban’s interim government in Afghanistan. The inclusion of the Taliban interim government will be the main topic of discussion at the forthcoming Moscow-format summit on Afghanistan, which will take place in Kazan on September 29, Kabulov said, as cited by Tass. “So far, we…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, July 31, 2023 at 8:48 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in the meeting with US officials in Doha stressed the need for the removal of sanctions, according to the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman. The spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, told TOLOnews that Muttaqi also urged the US to not create obstacles for the economic development of Afghanistan. “The obstacles should not be created ahead of Afghanistan’s development. The sanctions on the…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, August 1st, 2023WASHINGTON: US officials held their first wide-ranging talks, since the 2021 pullout from Kabul, with representatives of the Afghan Taliban in Doha, Qatar, to discuss economic issues, security, and women’s rights, both sides confirmed on Monday. The talks also focused on returning assets of the Afghan central bank that were frozen in the United States after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in Aug 2021. “On July 30 and…
report in The News, August 01, 2023WASHINGTON/KABUL: The US officials told Afghanistan’s Taliban that Washington was open to technical talks on economic stability and discussions on combating narcotics trafficking, the US State Department said on Monday following two days of talks in Qatar. Taliban officials raised the lifting of travel and other restrictions on Taliban leaders and the return of Afghan central bank assets held abroad, the Kabul administration said. The US side repeated concerns…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online,July 30, 2023Top UAE and UN diplomats have discussed Afghanistan’s overall situation and the prospect of collaboration. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Ambassador Feridun Hadi Sinirlioğlu, UN-appointed Special Coordinator for the Independent Assessment of the Situation in Afghanistan. Sheikh Abdullah reiterated the UAE’s support for the UN Security Council-mandated Independent Assessment of the Situation in Afghanistan. The UAE’s initiatives for supporting Afghanistan…
AFP report July 31st, 2023HERAT: Authorities from Afghanistan’s vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral. “Promoting music causes moral corruption and playing it will cause the youth to go astray,” said Azizal-Rahman al- Muhajir, head of the Herat department of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. Since seizing power in August 2021, Taliban authorities have steadily imposed…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews online, July 28, 2023US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, at a hearing examining the Biden administration’s planning for the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, said the idea of lowering the number of troops to 650 was “insane,” that “12,000 prisoners” including “suicide bombers” and “ISIS-K” were released from Bagram, and that “$7 billion of equipment” was left behind and is being sold to “our adversaries and to terrorist…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews online, July 29, 2023 at 7:47 PMThe Economic Times reported that in the coming weeks the travel time between the East, including India, and the West will be significantly reduced, especially after key aviation regulators will allow commercial aircraft to resume flying over Afghanistan. According to the Economic Times, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted permission to American airliners to fly over the Kabul Flight Information Region (FIR)…