By Sardar Shafaq in ToloNews, Feb 11 2023 at 9:29 PMAt a ceremony in the province of Khost, acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani criticized the country’s situation, calling it intolerable. Haqqani said that the Islamic Emirate wants “legitimate engagement” with the international community, while speaking at the ceremony in Khost for those who had memorized the Holy Quran. “Today, we consider ourselves righteous enough, and our views and thoughts have dominated us to such an…
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by Asma Saayin in ToloNews, Feb 8, 2023 at 9:49 PMThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued a statement forbidding the smuggling of currency, gold and precious stones into or out of the country. Bringing currency from other regional countries into Afghanistan is not allowed. According to the statement, no one has the right to transport across the border more than $5,000 in cash by air and more than $500 by land. “The money, gold, and…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Jan 24, 2023Taliban authorities have arrested five men including two Chinese nationals over the alleged smuggling of lithium-bearing stones out of the country, according to local sources. In collaboration with their Afghan allies, two Chinese nationals were trying to smuggle precious stones from Afghanistan to China through Pakistan. According to sources, the rocks contained 30 percent lithium, extracted from Nuristan and Kunar, the two provinces sharing a border with…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, January 4, 2023The CPN (Unified Socialist), which was formed in 2021 by a dissident faction of the CPN-UML, failed to cross the three percent vote threshold under the proportional representation system in the November 20 elections. As a result, it lost the national party status. And now 16 months after splitting from the UML, the Unified Socialist is talking about unifying Nepal’s left parties. The party’s politburo meeting,…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Dec 28, 2022 at 9:04 PMFormer President Hamid Karzai urged the Islamic Emirate to begin a process of inclusivity by launching a grand Afghan dialogue, saying that it is for the good of the “Taliban themselves and for the good of the country.” The former president, who remained in power from 2001 to 2014, made the remarks in an interview with The Washington Post. When asked about the Islamic Emirate’s…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 24, 2022Amid the growing economic crisis and uncertain political situation, the Russian Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov stated that his country is ready to assist the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to revive “intera-Afghan dialogue”. In a TV interview with the Indian newspaper, ‘The Hindu’ Kabulov said, “Taliban (IEA) can learn from the mistakes made by the former President (Ghani) and from its previous experience in 1996-2001.” “Finding…
Report in Dawn, Dec 6th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Experts on Monday called for a review of Afghan policy in view of the latest developments in the neighbouring war torn country and the security challenges it poses to the neighbourhood. These views were expressed by experts at a consultation on “Afghan peace and reconciliation; Pakistan’s interests and policy options” organised by Islamabad-based Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS). Academics, retired military officials, former diplomats, journalists and other experts…
report in Daily Mirror online, 28 Nov 2022 at 08:25 pmPeople in the North and East tend to leave the country due to the dire economic situation where some have gone to Tamil Nadu, Vietnam and Ukraine in the last six months. He told Parliament that some 302 Tamils have fled to Vietnam and seven to Ukraine. He said 85 of those in Vietnam have agreed to come back and said the Ministry would facilitate…