By Nazeer Shinwari in TOLOnews Online, Dec 06, 2023 at 7:58 PMThomas West, US Special Representative, said that he has started travels to Pakistan, UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia from December 5-15. “Look forward to meeting with key partners to discuss shared security interests, refugee protection and resettlement, humanitarian needs, human rights, and economic issues,” West said. Political analyst Torek Farhadi said the West may ask for financial support for the UN operations in Afghanistan.…
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Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 04, 2023 at 9:18 PMThe religious clerics of various countries have visited Afghanistan over the last two years and met with officials of the Islamic Emirate to discuss various issues, including girls’ education and women’s access to work. The Islamic Emirate came to power on August 15, 2021. In July 2022, a number of religious clerics came from Pakistan and in October 2022, a religious clerics’ delegation from Turkey arrived…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 30, 2023Iranian media has revealed the arrest of a group of armed drug smugglers who crossed into Iran from Afghanistan. The arrest operation also led to the confiscation of weapons. The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on Wednesday that these individuals were apprehended as part of a military operation. During the operation, authorities uncovered a property used to store both drugs and weapons near Kerman.…
By Bibi Amina Hakimi in TOLOnews Online, Nov 28, 2023 at 9:26 PMThe transfer of commercial goods from Pakistan’s Karachi port to Afghanistan resumed after fifteen days. The Chamber of Commerce and Investment has said that Pakistan should be committed to complying with trade laws and should allow businesses to transfer their goods to Afghanistan normally. This chamber emphasized that Pakistan should follow international trade laws. “According to the official letter that was published yesterday,…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 28, 2023The Afghanistan envoy to Islamabad was summoned to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday in response to a recent terrorist attack. They were tasked with ensuring action against groups in Afghanistan conducting terrorist attacks against Pakistan. The attack targeted a security forces convoy in Bannu district on Sunday, allegedly carried out by an Afghan national. Pakistan has claimed that the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group…
By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, November 28th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A regulated refugee policy and periodic return of undocumented and displaced Afghans could have prevented the current refugee crisis and the increased tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan resulting from this policy shift. Also, in the context of peace and security, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) should take action against the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). These observations were made by the participants of the 3rd Pak-Afghan Tribal Stakeholders…
report in Khaama Press online, Nov 24, 2023The situation in the region and Afghanistan was discussed in a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers, and the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. Furthermore, on Thursday, the heads of state of the Collective Security Treaty Organization gathered in Minsk to discuss current international and regional security issues. According to the TASS news agency, in a meeting held in…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 23, 2023Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai recently reiterated the importance of reopening schools and universities for girls in Afghanistan. In a meeting with Iran’s ambassador, Hassan Kazemi Qomi and a senior member of Iran’s Strategic Foreign Relations Council, Karzai stressed that educating girls and boys is vital for Afghanistan’s prosperity. Karzai emphasized the need for a national discourse as the only path to achieving peace and…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 22, 2023The Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan has revealed alarming statistics concerning diabetes, stating that 1,000 individuals succumb to the disease annually, highlighting the severity of this health crisis. On World Diabetes Day in Kabul, acting Deputy Minister of Public Health Habibullah Akhundzadah expressed deep concern over the escalating diabetes rates, citing that in 2022 alone, a staggering 17,499 people were diagnosed with the condition.…
By Fidel Rahmati The Khaama Press Online, November 21, 2023The Media Support for Afghanistan’s Free Media (NAI) organization announced on World Television Day that over the past two years, 52% of visual media outlets in Afghanistan have ceased their operations. This organization announced on Tuesday, coinciding with World Television Day, highlighting that more than half of the visual media outlets in Afghanistan have remained inactive. The Media Support for Afghanistan’s Free Media (NAI) organization has…
Report in The Khaama Press Online, November 20, 2023A human rights organization in Afghanistan known as “Rawadari” has reported in its latest release, marking World Children’s Day, an alarming increase in various forms of violence against children in Afghanistan. This includes forced and early marriages, instances of self-harm, and violence within educational environments. The organization “Rawadari,” led by the former chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Shahzad Akbar, emphasized in its latest report…