By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, June 02, 2023 at 9:42 PMIranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in an interview with an Iranian news agency said that Iran has water rights on the agenda and is pursuing the issue legally and politically. He added that Hassan Kazimi Qomi, Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, had discussed the issue with Islamic Emirate officials. The Iranian foreign minister, speaking about the recent border conflict, said “these conflicts did not have…
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By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, June 02, 2023 at 9:19 PMThe Heads of State of Central Asia and the President of the European Council met in Kyrgyzstan and participants discussed the situation in Afghanistan in addition to exchanging views on general issues of security, connectivity, climate, digital, and critical raw material, according to the joint press release. According to the joint press release, the participants articulated common concern over the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews, June 02, 2023 at 9:09 PMLana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, said that the UN is planning a meeting on the situation in Afghanistan on June 21. “We have this month a regular meeting on the situation in Afghanistan scheduled for the 21st of June which will be informed by the Secretary General’s recent latest report on the situation,” she said. Speaking to…
Report in TOLOnews, June 01, 2023 at 9:26 PMThe acting Minister of Energy and Water, Abdul Latif Mansour, emphasized the need for negotiations to address the issue of the Helmand water treaty, saying that the issue should not become politicized. In an interview with TOLOnews, Mansour said that any kind of provocative remarks should be avoided. “As you have referred to, we have cleared the stance of the ministry in this regard. We are committed…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press,June 2, 2023Afghan security forces claim to have killed a senior ISIS commander along with his accomplice in eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday, state-run Bakhtar news agency reported. The killed ISIS commander’s name is said to be ‘Turab’ who was killed during a special operation conducted by the Taliban security forces. The operation was conducted on Wednesday evening in Wuch Tangi village of Shiwa district in eastern Nangarhar province, according…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 31, 2023Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF), said that “enemies” are attempting to escalate the border tension with Afghanistan into a conflict and that there is no need to be concerned about it. Hajizadeh said the enemies should be aware that there would not be a war or confrontation between the two countries, but he did not mention…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 31, 2023Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s interior minister, asked the Taliban authorities to advise their security forces to maintain peace and security and avoid further border conflicts. The Iranian Minister said on Wednesday that peace and security had been restored in the area following the recent incidents that occurred along the Iran-Afghanistan border, according to Tasnim News. Vahidi blamed the Taliban forces for last week’s border clashes and…
Reuters Report in TOLOnews, May 31, 2023 at 10:56 PMThe Qatari prime minister held secret talks with the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate this month on resolving tension with the international community, a source briefed on the meeting said, signaling a new willingness by Afghanistan’s rulers to discuss ways to end their isolation. The May 12 meeting in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar between Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani and Mawlawi…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, June 1, 2023The head of the women’s rights division at Human Rights Watch said, on the one hand, the Taliban are persistently pleading for recognition and inflow of international aid, and on the other hand, they continue to intensify repressing Afghan women and girls. Heather Barr, interim co-director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said on Twitter that the Taliban are reluctant for meaningful…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 31, 2023 at 10:16 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in an event held to meet family members of the 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria, described the sanctions imposed by foreign countries as “cruel”. “The world countries should listen, they should not pursue their cases under the pretext that these people are being harmed here. They should not damage the Afghan academic figures.…
By Barialai Ansari in ToloNews, May 30,2023 at 9:21 PMFamily members of victims of a night raid that they say was conducted by Australian forces in 2010 in Kakrag, Uruzgan, said they should be paid compensation. Residents claim that “at least 60 people were killed, and 59 others were wounded” in a night raid by Australian forces in Kakrag village of Tarinkot city. TOLOnews interviewed victims and their family members. According to the residents, the…