By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 15, 2023Human Rights Watch said on Monday that Afghanistan remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The organization said in a statement that two-thirds of the country’s population is food insecure, including 875,000 children facing acute malnutrition and women and girls remain most at risk. The statement also added that the United Nations is fighting with two fronts at a time, “keeping aid flowing to…
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By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 15, 2023 at 8:31 PMTOLOnews has seen documents provided as evidence of discrepancies in financial records and alleged corruption at the Afghan embassy in India. In one of the documents, a head of an Indian company claimed that the Afghan embassy in Delhi leased him two properties of the embassy and an empty lot identified as “Chaman.” The document indicates that on December 14, 2022, an Indian named Vivek…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi, TOLOnews’ ReporterYESTERDAY – 8:38 PM – Edited: YESTERDAY – 10:31 PMThe Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) said that China wants to invest in the gas and oil sectors in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the MOMP, Homyaoon Afghan, said that they have provided essential facilities for the investors. “The minister thanked the investors and said that Afghanistan is rich in gas and oil and it is expected that in the near…
By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, May 15, 2023The ruling and the opposition parties on Sunday agreed to stick to their last month’s deal on sharing the leadership in the parliamentary committees and endorsing various bills. The top leaders of the Nepali Congress, the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre) had on April 23 agreed to give leadership of three House committees to the main opposition in return for its support in endorsing the…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 14, 2023 at 8:13 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that officials of the Afghan interim government in their meeting with the Qatari delegation who visited Kandahar on Friday, urged them to invest in Afghanistan. A Qatari delegation led by the country’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Kandahar on Friday and held talks with Islamic Emirate’s officials. Mujahid said…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, May 14, 2023 at 9:11 PMZabiullah Mujahid, Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, reiterated that Afghan soil will not be used against anyone including regional countries. This comes as “The Express Tribune” cited sources saying that China has leverage over the “Afghan Taliban” and that Pakistan wants China to use financial and economic leverage over the “Afghan Taliban” to address the issue of terrorist sanctuaries. “The commitment of the Islamic Emirate of…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 2, 2023Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, has reported on the deteriorating situation of media in Afghanistan – adding violence cases against journalists have increased by 64 percent in the past year. The organization on Tuesday, May 2, which marks International Press Freedom Day, published a report highlighting the situation of media in Afghanistan and warned of the continued threats…
Agencies Report in Dawn, May 3rd, 2023DOHA: UN chief Antonio Guterres made a new attack on the Taliban government’s “unprecedented” curbs on Afghan women’s rights on Tuesday as he highlighted international fears over stability in the crisis-stricken state. Meanwhile, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit Islamabad at the end of the week for talks with Pakistani and Chinese officials, his ministry said. The United Nations is reviewing its Afghan operations after the Taliban…
By Rick Noack in The Washington Post online, May 2, 2023 at 10.34 pmDOHA, Qatar — Twenty months after the Taliban returned to power, the United Nations is struggling to plot a course that, in part, would address Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis without running afoul of Western countries seeking to pressure the government in Kabul to moderate its policies. Emerging from two days of talks with diplomatic envoys focused on Afghanistan, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, May 02, 2023 at 8:36 PMUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the UN meeting in Doha “was about developing a common international approach, not about recognition of the de facto Taliban authorities.” Speaking at a press conference after the Doha meeting on Afghanistan’s situation, in which envoys of more than 20 countries and organizations participated, Guterres said that “we all understand each other’s concerns and limitations but agreed…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, May 01, 2023 at 9:42 PMThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that the Chinese embassy in Kabul will begin issuing visas to Afghans on May 3rd. The deputy spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, said applicants can fill out forms for visas via the website of the embassy. “The embassy of China in Kabul will resume the process of visa issuance for Afghans,” he said.…