By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 20, 2023In Takhar province, a group of courageous women is demanding the release of women’s rights activists currently detained by the Taliban administration. These activists have been champions of gender equality and women’s empowerment in the country, tirelessly advocating for women’s fundamental rights and opportunities. However, their recent arrest has raised concerns about their safety and the future of women’s rights in the country. The women…
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AFP report, November 21, 2023BERLIN: Germany on Monday condemned an appearance by a Taliban official at a mosque in Cologne, with the interior minister demanding explanations from the Turkish organisation running the administration. Abdul Bari Omar, who is an official with the Taliban-run health authority in Afghanistan, attended the mosque to speak at a conference organised by an Afghan association in the city. “The appearance of a representative of the Taliban in Cologne is completely…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 20, 2023The acting minister of Industry and Commerce of the Taliban said that Afghanistan’s caretaker administration intends to join China’s “Belt and Road” initiative officially. On Thursday, Nooruddin Azizi, the head of this ministry, said in an interview with Reuters that the Taliban administration wishes to formally become a part of the ambitious infrastructure project “Belt and Road” initiated by Xi Jinping, the President of China.…
by Mansoor Malik | Afzal Ansari in Dawn, Oct 16, 2023KASUR/LAHORE: As the Lahore district administration allowed the former ruling party to hold a gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan to mark the homecoming of its supreme leader on Oct 21, PML-N leaders on Sunday addressed a party convention in Kasur, in a bid to whip up support for Nawaz Sharif’s return. Speaking to workers in Mustafabad, PML-N Vice President Hamza Shehbaz said Pakistan will “restart its journey…
Reuters report, Oct 14, 2023 at 05.37 PM ISTKABUL: The Taliban will attend China’s Belt and Road Forum next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, underscoring Beijing’s growing official ties with the administration, despite its lack of formal recognition by any government. Taliban officials and ministers have at times travelled to regional meetings, mostly those focussed on Afghanistan, but the Belt and Road Forum is among the highest-profile multilateral summits it has been invited to…
by Qadir Kallol &Selim Zahid in Prothom Alo, Oct 1, 2023Within October, BNP wants to reach the final stages of its one-point movement for the resignation of the government. To this end it is considering programmes such as long marches to Dhaka, sieges and blockades. On the other hand, the government and Awami League are determined to hold the election on time and plan to remain in the fray with the support of the administration…
By Karoun Demirjian in The NY Times, Apr 20, 2023WASHINGTON — The top inspector general for Afghanistan accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of stonewalling his efforts to procure records about assistance to the country since the U.S. military evacuation, warning that American taxpayer dollars were probably ending up in the hands of the Taliban. “I cannot assure this committee or the American taxpayer we are not currently funding the Taliban,” John Sopko, the special…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, March 4,The Supreme Court on Friday ordered its administration to register two writ petitions against CPN (Maoist Centre) chair and prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal for claiming responsibility of 5,000 insurgency-era deaths three years ago. Hearing a case filed by two advocates against the decision of the Supreme Court administration to reject their petitions, a division bench of justices Ishwor Prasad Khatiwada and Hari Prasad Phuyal ordered the court administration…
Reuters in Dawn, February 6th, 2023KABUL: An envoy for Qatar’s foreign affairs minister visited the Afghan capital on Sunday and met the Taliban administration’s acting foreign minister, according to an Afghan foreign ministry statement. The visit comes after the Taliban administration placed restrictions on women’s education and NGO work, which Qatar labelled “deeply concerning” amid widespread international criticism. Mutlaq Bin Majed Al-Qahtani, the special envoy of Qatar’s foreign minister, took part in meetings with acting…