Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 11, 2023 at 9:02 PMThe UN special rapporteur for Afghan human rights, Richard Bennett stressed the importance of girls’ education in Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban have disagreements over the issue of girls education in Afghanistan. Speaking to a panel in the Doha Forum, Bennett indicated the former Minister of Higher Education’s stance regarding female universities and said: “I remember having a meeting with the minister of higher education. This…
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By Asma Saayin in ToloNews, Aug 3, 2023 at 9:13 PMThe Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in a meeting with Qatari officials in Doha, called for more cooperation between Qatar and Afghanistan in various fields. According to the foreign ministry, In the meeting with Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister Lolwah Alkhater, both discussed the improvement of relations between the two countries. “Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Qatar’s Assistant Foreign Minister, Lolwah…
UN Will Hold Another Crucial Afghanistan Talks in Doha; Taliban Representatives Will Also Be Invited
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, July 6, 2023Scott Smith, Head of the United Nations political office in Afghanistan, announced during a meeting at ARG that a new Doha summit is being prepared and that, this time, representatives of the current regime will be invited to attend. He pointed out that the meeting will be scheduled before the end of this year. Smith assured the de factor authorities that the international community would continue…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, May 01, 2023 at 8:50 PMAmid an ongoing international meeting of the UN in Doha, Afghans demanded that girls’ and women’s be granted access to education and work. A UN meeting chaired by Secretary General Antonio Guterres and attended by representatives of more than 20 countries and organizations was held on Monday in Doha. Some Afghan women meanwhile expressed criticism over the lack of women’s representatives in the meeting.…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, April 28, 2023 at 10:17 PMA document received by TOLOnews highlighted the agenda and objectives of the UN meeting on Afghanistan to be held in Doha. The document said: “The circumstances facing Afghanistan have become more troubling and complex. Multiple, overlapping political, humanitarian and development challenges, combined with decision-making by the Taliban authorities undercutting basic human rights, particularly for women and girls, have put the country on a…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, March 29,2023 at 8:44 PMDeputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai said that based on the Doha Agreement, the US should resume its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan. According to Stanikzai, other nations would resume their diplomatic ties with Afghanistan if America reopened its embassy. While visiting the Afghan Consulate in Dubai, Stanakzai noted that the US pledged in Doha to cooperate with the new Afghan government and to avoid…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:18 PMAfghanistan was discussed on the last day of the Global Security Forum in Doha, where the participants included activists and ex-officials from the former Afghan government. The former deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that while the Islamic Emirate was denying girls an education in religion, “in Islam, it’s obligatory.” “First and foremost, girls (should) be able to go to school, for…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, March 2, 2023Ned Price, the spokesman for the US State Department, in a press conference, said that the Taliban had not fulfilled the commitments that they made in Doha Agreements, including engaging in political dialogue, fighting terrorist groups and respecting human rights. “We have seen Mullah Baradar’s statement, and we, of course, disagree with the key points in his statement. Namely, the Taliban have not fulfilled their commitments…
report in TOLOnews, Mar 1, 2023 at 9:44 PMThree years have passed since the signing of the Doha agreement between the US and the Islamic Emirate, and neither Kabul nor Washington is pleased with the way the agreement has been implemented. Kabul said that the parts of this agreement that refer to the Islamic Emirate have been fully implemented, but Washington has not been bound by its obligations in this regard. “Their troops did not…