report in The Express Tribune, Dec 31, 2023PESHAWAR: In a bid to alleviate escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, a delegation of religious scholars, headed by the Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam (JUI-F) chief Mullana Fazal Ur Rehman, is set to depart for the Afghan capital on January 3, a reliable source from Kabul confirmed. The source, in a conversation over the phone, told The Express Tribune that the Ministry of Interior and the Foreign Office have finalised…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 28, 2023Daily concerns are escalating over the situation of Afghan refugees, as thousands have been deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan empty-handed, according to the World Food Program (WFP). A video released by WFP features an Afghan immigrant who was deported after 14 years in Pakistan. The unnamed individual lamented leaving with barely any possessions, expressing uncertainty about the future. In November, Pakistan’s interim government initiated the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 28, 2023The army’s declaration stated that they consider the freedom of action of TTP militants in Afghanistan and their access to the latest weapons a serious concern for Pakistan’s security. The Pakistan Army’s public relations announced that the 261st meeting of the army commanders of the country was held under the leadership of Syed Asim Munir, the Chief of Army Staff, in the city at the…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 24, 2023The latest report from the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the situation of children in Afghanistan reveals that alongside the deprivation of millions of girls from education, thousands of cases of violence against children have been recorded from January 2021 to December 2022, including kidnapping, murder, abuse, and sexual assault of children. This report covers the period from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2022, during which…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 23, 2023The United Nations reports that despite a decrease in conflicts in Afghanistan, children remain in an extremely vulnerable situation. The organization has called on the Taliban to recognize individuals under 18 years old as children and prevent their recruitment into security forces. The United Nations in a report released on Friday, has stated that over two years, from the beginning of 2021 to the end of 2022, a…
report in ToloNews, Dec 19, 2023 at 10:15 PMThe acting minister of foreign affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said he opposes the appointment of a representative of the UN for peace and reconciliation negotiations in Afghanistan. The new potential envoy was suggested by UN special coordinator for Afghanistan Feridun Sinirlioğlu in his report to the UNSC in November 2023. In a meeting with UK Chargé d’Affaires for Afghanistan Robert Chatterton Dickson, Muttaqi said the report of…
By Hadia Ziaei in ToloNews, Dec 19, 2023 at 9:42 PMThe Islamic Emirate considers the UN members’ decision to not hand over the Afghanistan seat at the United Nations to its ambassador “illegal.” This comes as the UN Credentials Committee has deferred its decision on assigning Afghanistan’s seat in the organization to the Islamic Emirate for the third consecutive time. The committee reviewed two conflicting communications regarding Afghanistan’s representation at the seventy-eighth session of the…
By Metra Majeedi in ToloNews, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, called the quarterly report of the UN Secretary-General regarding Afghanistan “optimistic.” UN’s Chief Antonio Guterres in his report to the United Nations Security Council highlighted the security, political, economic and social developments in Afghanistan. However, Mujahid told TOLOnews that Guterres has no precise definition about the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. “The government is inclusive. We have…
report in TOLOnews, Dec 15, 2023 at 10:30 PMThe Prime Minister’s office said in a press release that the Political Deputy Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir met with Robert Chatterton Dickson, chargé d’affaires ad interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan, and discussed many issues. In the meeting, the Political Deputy Prime Minister emphasized the need to give the seat of Afghanistan to the representative of the Islamic Emirate in the United Nations and asked…
By Noman Hossain in Khaama Press on;ine, Dec 14, 2023Pakistan has let out its worst-kept secret that the top mujahideen personnel of its anti-Russian and, later, anti-US campaigns in Afghanistan, some of whom are Taliban now in power, carried the privileged ‘green’ Pakistani passports. The dramatic ‘disclosure’ that Sirajuddin Haqqani, Interior Minister in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, was holding a Pakistani passport and that it had been cancelled, which, according to analysts, is a part of Pakistan’s…
by Baqir Sajjad Syed in Dawn, December 15th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday doubled down on its allegations that recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan originated from Afghanistan, while firmly denying any engagement in talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). “Our law enforcement authorities have established links between recent terrorist incidents and individuals associated with the TTP or its affiliates, who are believed to have hideouts within Afghanistan,” said Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch…