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Foreign ministers from several Muslim-majority countries are planning to go to Kabul in part to urge the Taliban to recognise that the exclusion of women and girls from education is a distortion of the Islamic faith. The proposal has the support of western diplomats, who recognise that calls from them concerning universal values are going to have less traction with the Taliban than if the request comes from leaders of largely Islamic states. The Taliban…

The latest statistics of the World Justice Project WJP indicate that Afghanistan has been ranked 134th out of 139 countries in rule of law that shows one position drop. As per the statistics, Afghanistan is 6 out of 6 in the South Asia region and 17 out of 18 among low-income countries. In South Asia, Nepal has come top of the six countries in rule of law followed by Sri Lanka and India. Nepal has…

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has created a special commission to expel those who misuse the name of the Taliban, do not treat people well, and have nasty backgrounds. The commission which has been named “filtration commission of forces” is composed of representatives from the defense ministry, interior affairs ministry, and high directorate of intelligence and was officially announced on Wednesday, October 13. Spokesperson on the ministry of interior affairs Saeed Khostai said that the commission…

A Moscow format meeting is scheduled for Oct 20 that will also discuss the possibility of holding a conference on Afghanistan under the auspices of the UN, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday. Addressing a news conference in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan, Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is currently waiting for a response from the invited parties, including the Taliban. “We hope they realise the importance of this event,” he said. “As for humanitarian assistance,…

ISLAMABAD: A prominent civil society activist was gunned down in Afghanistan’s restive eastern Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan on Tuesday amid an ongoing targeted assassination spree. According to eye-witnesses, the incident took place during the morning rush hour in the provincial capital, Jalalabad city. Shad Noor, the brother of deceased activist Abdul Rahmad Mawin, has also confirmed the incident. Mawin was driving his car when the assailants riding an auto-rickshaw opened fire at him before fleeing…

G20 leaders and ministers have agreed they will have no option but to involve the Taliban in sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, but say that this stops short of political recognition of the Taliban as a government. The consensus view came at a video conference on the Afghan crisis at which the EU stepped up its aid to a total of €1bn (£850m), and it was agreed in principle that the IMF and World Bank…

WASHINGTON — World leaders met virtually on Tuesday to discuss ways of preventing an economic and humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, but the Biden administration maintained a cautious stance toward providing more support to the Taliban-ruled country. The European Union pledged $1 billion euros, or $1.15 billion, in aid to Afghanistan and to neighboring countries, as Group of 20 leaders separately affirmed their support for human rights and stability in the country. “We must do all…

DOHA: The new Taliban government in Afghanistan is able to control the threat from Islamic State, also known as Dai’sh, militants who have launched a series of deadly attacks in recent weeks, acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Monday. Speaking at an event in Doha, he said instability in Afghanistan was not in anyone’s interests and he called for cooperation from the world community, saying Afghanistan would not be a base for attacks…

Afghanistan’s caretaker cabinet in a ministerial meeting in Presidential Palace on Monday, October 11 made some key decisions in security and economic spheres. A statement released from Presidential Palace (ARG) reads that the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Hassan Akhund discussed political, economic, and security issues and made some key decisions. The statement reads that the leadership ordered the expulsion of the Taliban members who are not needed and ill-treat people. In the meeting,…

KABUL, Afghanistan: With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending.The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another violent phase. Except this time the former insurgents, the Taliban, play the role of the state, now that the US troops and their allied Afghan government are gone.The Taliban promised the United States to keep the extremist group in check during successive rounds of peace talks. Under the 2020 US-Taliban accord, the Taliban…