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Meeting of Islamic Emirate’s Opponents, Foreign Diplomats Held in Moscow:

By Naveed Samadi in TOLOnews Online, Nov 23, 2023 at 9:15 PMA meeting under the title of “Afghanistan in the past and future” with the participation of Islamic Emirate opponents and envoys of various countries was held on Thursday in Moscow. The participants included former officials of the Afghan government and some other Afghan elites—who oppose the Islamic Emirate’s government, and envoys from Iran, Russia and some other countries. They discussed the formation of an…

Muttaqi Meets with Diplomats of Islamic Emirate in Turkey:

Report in TOLOnews Online, Oct 29, 2023 at 10:48 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with the diplomats of the Islamic Emirate in Turkey and urged them to perform their duties and provide services to the Afghans based in Turkey without any discrimination, the spokesman for MoFA said on X. Balkhi in a separate tweet wrote that Muttaqi met with the Special Coordinator, Independent Assessor of the UN, Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu in Istanbul,…

Registered Afghan refugees arrested in South Pakistan police crackdown

report in Khaama Press online, Sept 12, 2023In Karachi, Pakistan, hundreds of Afghan nationals have recently been arrested by the police on charges of residing illegally in the country. However, Afghan diplomats and human rights activists argue that many detained people hold valid documents to prove their legal status. The Pakistani authorities launched the crackdown on Saturday, which some believe is a response to reported militant infiltration from Afghanistan into Pakistan’s Chitral district. This infiltration…

Iran demands clarity on 1998 killing of diplomats in Mazar-e-Sharif

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 8, 2023The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Afghanistan’s interim Taliban administration to provide more details regarding the 25-year-old “terrorist” incident that claimed the lives of eight Iranian diplomats and a journalist in Mazar-i-Sharif. The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the “bitter and unforgettable” atrocity in a statement on its anniversary, honoured those who lost their lives and urged the Taliban administration to provide “clarity” on the incident.…

Afghanistan’s Domestic, International Political Challenges in New Year

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 8:29 PMAt the turn of the solar year, no country has officially recognized the interim government of the Islamic Emirate, however, its diplomats have been sent to some consulates and embassies of regional countries. The Afghanistan consulate in Istanbul and the Afghan embassy in Tehran were handed over to the Islamic Emirate. “The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a team…

TRC draft to be presented to TNA and foreign diplomats

report in The Island, June 19, 2023The Reconciliation Commission (TRC) draft is to be shared with the diplomatic community and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) by next month. Thereafter, it will be submitted to Parliament for consideration. Minister of Justice Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe has said that once the TRC draft receives parliamentary approval, it will be implemented by December 2023. This development comes in anticipation of the 53rd regular sessions of the United Nations Human…

VIPs/VVIPs now have to undergo Customs checks

By Hemantha Randunu in The Island, May 27, 2023The Customs has begun checking the baggage of those who come into the country, through the VIP and VVIP gates, with effect from 23 May.Customs officials said that all politicians, and diplomats, too, will be checked. Hitherto all those tagged as VIP/VVIP have escaped hardly any scrutiny by Customs or by any other authority. Puttalam District MP Ali Sabri Raheem was arrested with three and a half…

How Ansar would escort diplomats has been finalised: Foreign secy

report in Prothom Alo, May 18, 2023Foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen on Wednesday said how the Ansar forces would provide escort to diplomats has been finalised. Foreign missions in Dhaka would be informed about the decision through note verbale on Thursday or by next Sunday, 21 May, he added. The foreign secretary disclosed the information while speaking to newspersons after a meeting with director general of the Bangladesh Ansar and VDP (Village Defence Party) at…

Neighbours urge Kabul to fulfil promises

by Kamrani Yousaf in The Express Tribune, April 14th, 2023ISLAMABAD:Top diplomats from China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran on Thursday met in Uzbekistan to discuss the evolving situation in Afghanistan with participants voicing concerns over some of the actions taken by the interim government in Kabul. While foreign ministers of China, Russia, and Iran attended the second quadrilateral group meeting on Afghanistan, the Pakistani side was represented by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani…

Afghanistan’s Domestic, International Political Challenges in New Year

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 8:29 PMAt the turn of the solar year, no country has officially recognized the interim government of the Islamic Emirate, however, its diplomats have been sent to some consulates and embassies of regional countries. The Afghanistan consulate in Istanbul and the Afghan embassy in Tehran were handed over to the Islamic Emirate. “The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a team…

Islamic Emirate Diplomats Restart Official Activities in Istanbul

By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Feb 28, 2023 at 10:23 PMDiplomats of the Islamic Emirate restarted official activities in Afghanistan’s consulate in Istanbul on Monday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The deputy spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said that efforts are underway to provide consular services as well as diplomatic services. “The Foreign Ministry clarifies that on Monday, the diplomats of the foreign ministry in Istanbul of Turkey resumed their work…