By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, July 4, 2023 at 9:25 PMThe UN deputy special representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel said that if the issue of female education, and their work for international NGOs, national NGOs, and UN organizations is resolved, he “could imagine that Afghanistan would be integrated into the international community again.” Speaking to UN News, Potzel said in a speech that women have the right to participate in society. The UN deputy special…
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By Nizamuddin Rezahi IN Khaama Press, June 6, 2023A considerable number of exiled Afghan prosecutors and lawmakers on Monday gathered in Islamabad and urged the international community to help them resettle because they have fought criminals and sacrificed the most to protect democracy and human rights values over the past two decades in Afghanistan. On May 5, these exiled prosecutors, lawmakers and civil society activists peacefully protested in Afghanistan Hotel in the capital city of…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 25, 2023 at 10:47 PMThe acting Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said he considers the current government inclusive, but said there is no place in this government for some figures of the previous government who the nation does not want and who are not acceptable to the international community. Speaking at a gathering of Islamic Emirate leaders and tribal elders, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir said…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 16, 2023Taliban’s Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mawlavi Mohammed Abdul Kabir met with the United Nations’ special representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbaeva, and said the international community should engage with the group. Abdul Kabir, the Political Deputy Prime Minister and Khairullah Khaikhwa, the Minister of Information and Culture of Taliban on Monday met with Roza Otunbaeva at Sapedar Palace and discussed Afghanistan issues. During the visit, the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 28, 2023Ahmad Massoud, the National Resistance Front’s (NRF) leader, has pleaded with the international community not to abandon Afghanistan.Ahmad Massoud warned against engaging with the Taliban in an interview with The National while he was in Vienna for a conference of anti-Taliban figures, human rights activists and academicians. “If you think you can co-opt the Taliban with money and diplomatic ties, then you are gravely mistaken,”…
by Senge Sering in Baltimore Post Examiner, Feb 27, 2023The writer is the President of Gilgit Baltistan Institute in Washington D.C.After Iran and India, Pakistan has the world’s third-largest Shia community, accounting for ten percent of the total population. Several historians argue that the Indian Shia elite played a critical role in Pakistan’s launching and contributed significantly to the country’s stability during its formative years. Sir Aga Khan, the head of the Ismailia Shias, served…
report in Dawn, February 24th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A member of the Christian community was killed in Eidak area of Mirali tehsil here on Thursday. Local police stated that it was for the first time when a minority member was targeted in the district, adding that Ayaz Masih was purchasing daily-use items in Eidak area when some unknown persons opened fire and killed him on the spot. They stated that the attackers managed to escape. Later,…
by Syed Irfan Raza in Dawn, January 7th, 2023ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday sought the cooperation of provinces to eliminate terrorism that has reemerged in the country, and asked for support from the business community to make the National Energy Conservation Plan (NECP) a success. Presiding over a meeting on security, the PM emphasised the need for enhancing coordination among the federal and provincial institutions to wipe out terrorism from the country. “Terrorists…
Short of according diplomatic recognition Pakistan has done everything possible to help the Taliban interim government feel its feet on the ground and function as a viable entity to help the Afghans move out of their bitter past and join the international community as an equal partner. But the response has been laconic, in that it wants recognition first and anything then, and thus the Pak-Afghan bilateralism falls short of fulfilment, conceding space to elements…