By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews Online, May 17, 2023 at 10:11 PMUS Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in letter to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) expressed concerns over the “Taliban’s misuse and diversion of US-funded humanitarian and development assistance flowing into Afghanistan.” The letter was also signed by some other members of the House of Representatives. “While the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan undeniable,…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 17, 2023Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Noorudding Azizi, departed for Russia on Wednesday to participate in an international economic Summit in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. The 14th International Economic Summit, Russia-Islamic World, will be held on May 18-20, 2023, in Kazan, the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. Meanwhile, the acting Minister Azizi will attend the 14th International Economic Summit,…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 17, 2023A delegation of the Afghan interim government left Kabul on Wednesday to attend the Russia-Islamic World Economic Forum, which will take place in Kazan, the Russian Republic of Tatarstan. The Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Forum is a platform for economic cooperation between the Russian Federation and members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) – to be held from May 18-19. The Afghan delegation included the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 17, 2023China has been actively managing Afghanistan’s foreign relations as a guarantee to help Afghanistan escape its current state of isolation on the world stage. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari of Pakistan and Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Foreign Minister of Taliban, last week in Islamabad to hold talks as part of a China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Minister’s Dialogue. Afghanistan’s stability…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 16, 2023International media has reported the United Nations agencies including UNICEF, World Health Organization and WFP have failed to protect the rights of their female Afghan employees under the Taliban administration in Afghanistan. The London-based news agency Tortoise Media has recently highlighted in one of its reports titled “UN betrays women in Afghanistan” that the organization does not protect its Afghan female employees against gender apartheid…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, May 17, 2023A group of migrants and an Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist were caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally last week. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities, Fox News reported that the suspect—who has not been publicly identified—was apprehended Wednesday while attempting to cross the southern border at Otay Mesa in San Diego, California. The FBI launched an investigation after a fingerprint scan…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 16, 2023Taliban’s Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mawlavi Mohammed Abdul Kabir met with the United Nations’ special representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbaeva, and said the international community should engage with the group. Abdul Kabir, the Political Deputy Prime Minister and Khairullah Khaikhwa, the Minister of Information and Culture of Taliban on Monday met with Roza Otunbaeva at Sapedar Palace and discussed Afghanistan issues. During the visit, the…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 16, 2023 at 9:32 PMOfficials of the Afghan embassy in India, who have been publicly accused of corruption, may leave the country, said Shams Qarizada, a representative of the “Afghans based in India.” According to Qarizada, these officials are seeking visas of foreign countries. Earlier, TOLOnews saw documents provided as evidence of discrepancies in financial records and alleged corruption at the Afghan embassy in India. In one of the…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, May 17, 2023Taliban’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada in a special decree has appointed Mawlawi Abdul Kabir as the acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan. It is reported that Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund the acting Prime Minister is ill and until he recovers, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir will serve as the head of the Taliban government, TOLOnews reported. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund has served as the Prime Minister of the Taliban government…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews, May 15, 2023 at 9:15 PMThe Islamic Emirate announced on Monday that it had reduced value added tax from 4% to 2% for the industrial sector and 7% of withholding tax has been remitted in the agriculture, commerce and industrial sectors. Ahmad Jan Bilal, a representative of the Islamic Emirate leader’s office, at a Finance Ministry press event in Kabul said that the sales tax to attend private schools…