Deputy foreign minister and spokesperson of the ministry Lolwah Rashid al-Khater in her interview with Foreign Policy said that they have asked the international community not to hurry in recognizing the Taliban in Afghanistan. Al-Khater in her interview on Wednesday, October 6 asked their international partners not to hurry in recognizing the Taliban though, she asked the world to continue engaging with them. She said that engagement with the Taliban does not mean approval of…
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HERAT, Afghanistan — For three days and nights, the bodies of four accused kidnappers dangled from construction cranes — three of them hoisted high above a prettily painted traffic plaza — for all the citizenry to see. After dark, when the desert winds whistled through the streets, witnesses said, the bloodied figures swayed. “It was horrible,” said Ahmad Azizi, 42, as he swept out a market near the plaza Sunday, one week after the grim…
GENEVA — Spurred by mounting evidence of Taliban abuses since the group seized power two months ago, the United Nations top human rights body voted Thursday to appoint an independent expert backed by specialist advisers to investigate and report on abuses in Afghanistan. The Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a European Union-led resolution endorsed by 50 mainly European and Latin American countries that will install, by March of next year, a special rapporteur and…
KABUL (Al Jazeera): Millions of teenage girls across Afghanistan are anxiously waiting to return to the classroom, as high schools continue to remain closed, raising fears about the future of female education under Taliban rule.The country’s new rulers allowed boys in the same age group – seven to 12 – to attend classes last month, but said that “a safe learning environment” was needed before older girls could return to school.At that time, the Taliban’s…
Amnesty International on Tuesday reported that their investigation findings show that Islamic Emirate forces unlawfully killed 13 people in Daikundi province on August 30. According to Amnesty International, 11 of the victims were former members of security and defense forces and two of them, including a woman, were civilians. Agnès Callamard, director of Amnesty International Afghanistan, called on the Islamic Emirate to stop such killings. “The Taliban must immediately cease these cruel acts of revenge…
A university professor and his family wore shroud-like white fabric to protest the Islamic Emirate’s decision to ban women from work and education amid a rapid spike in joblessness in Afghanistan. The protest was held on Wednesday in Kabul, during which protestors called for justice and freedom. “I am not afraid of death. I will not stop myself from asking for freedom, justice, equality, brotherhood … or to protest the deprivation of our children, who…
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – AUGUST 12: Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces are evacuated from a makeshift IDP camp in Share-e-Naw park to various mosques and schools on August 12, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. People displaced by the Taliban advancing are flooding into the Kabul capital to escape the Taliban takeover of their provinces. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)United Nations in a statement published on Wednesday, October 6 said that their aid agencies and NGOs are…
KABUL: The Ministry of Information and Culture said that diplomatic efforts were underway to reduce tensions between Afghanistan and neighboring Tajikistan. A member of the cultural commission of the ministry, Rohullah Omari, on Wednesday called Tajikistan a good neighbor, but said Kabul will not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be violated by any country. “The Foreign Ministry is in touch with all countries and is working for the facilitation of good ties,” he said. “We will…
NEW YORK Gun dealers in Afghanistan are buying American weapons that were seized by the Taliban from Afghan soldiers and selling them to citizens, according to weapons dealers who talked to The New York Times.Three weapons dealers in Kandahar said American pistols, ammunition, rifles, binoculars and night vision goggles are for sale in the southern part of the country. Dozens of Afghans have set up gun shops after they paid government Taliban soldiers for the…
The writer is an independent freelance journalist based in Islamabad covering South Asia/ Central Asia. In his first-ever decree issued after the induction of the Taliban’s government in Kabul in mid-August, Mulla Hibatullah Akhund, the Ameerul Momineen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), ordered the formation of a three-member commission to look into Pakistan’s issue with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The commission, after days of deliberation, asked Pakistan to hold talks with the group. Talks…
KABUL: Afghan women wearing full face veils sat in rows at a Kabul university lecture theatre on Saturday, pledging commitment to the Taliban´s hardline policies on gender segregation.About 300 women — covered head-to-toe in accordance with strict new dress policies for education — waved Taliban flags as speakers railed against the West and expressed support for the Islamists´ policies. A handful wore blue Burqas, which have only a small mesh window to see from, but…