Report in TOLOnews Online, Nov 14, 2023 at 8:30 PMThe UN Secretary-General in his independent assessment of the situation of Afghanistan said that needs of Afghans should be addressed, and a roadmap should be created to facilitate engagement between the international community and Afghanistan. The second part of the assessment recommends: “Building Confidence by Addressing the Immediate Needs of Afghans, continuing cooperation on key security, regional and political Issues, A roadmap for reintegration of the…
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Report in Business Recorder, Nov 9, 2023ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday constituted a five-member political engagement committee to open communication lines with other political parties for the upcoming general elections. A notification issued by PTI secretary general said that the political engagement committee comprising Ali Zafar, Dr Humayun Mohmand, Ali Muhammad Khan, Ali Asghar Khan and PTI’s central information secretary Raoof Hasan. The formation of the committee comes a day after rival Pakistan Muslim…
By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Sept 25, 2023 at 8:56 PMMajed Al-Ansari, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Qatar, said that the complete isolation of Afghanistan did not work, and the only way forward is engagement. Speaking to Al-Monitor news agency Al-Ansari said: “We fully understand that the situation in Afghanistan today is not easy for the international community to engage with the current government, but complete isolation is not the situation, it didn’t work,…
by Ali Hussain in Business Recorder, August 31st, 2023ISLAMABAD: A senior US diplomat on Wednesday reached out to the caretaker government to discuss deepening Pakistan-US partnership and cooperation on issues of mutual concern, including economic stability and continued engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Acting Deputy Secretary of State and Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland telephoned interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani to congratulate him on assuming the office as well as…
report in TOLOnews, July 17, 2023 at 9:55 PMActing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said that the negative engagement of some countries and organizations has been directed toward more positive engagement. Speaking at a gathering inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Muttaqi said that the world failed to implement its goals through pressure during the past 20 years and also with the Islamic Emirate within the past two years. “The negative engagement which some…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, June 18, 2023Heather Barr, the associate director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch described the ‘Doha Agreement between the US and Taliban’ as less transparent and incomprehensive, adding the deal excluded Afghan women from political engagement to a great extent. Heather Barr on Saturday in a tweet accused Zalmy Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation of undermining women’s rights in the…
By Fatima Adib in ToloNew, Apr 23, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Islamic Emirate said that it wants positive engagement with the world but the international community makes “excuses” regarding recognition of the Afghan interim government. Islamic Emirate’s apokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that recognizing Afghanistan benefits both Afghanistan and the world. “No, this is an excuse, whenever this excuse is solved, they will make another excuse. For example, we did not have this problem last year—the…
By Banafsha Binesh in Tolo News, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:25 PMParticipants at the 26th meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization’s Council of Ministers stressed the need for engagement with the caretaker government as well as peace and stability in Afghanistan. The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, said that pushing the Afghan government into isolation will aggravate the suffering of the people of Afghanistan. “Pushing the interim Afghan government to further isolation will further…
By Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Jan 18, 2023 at 9:09 PMQatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani emphasized the need for continued engagement with the Islamic Emirate as he addressed a panel discussion on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday. Al Thani criticized a number of the recent actions the current government took but said that engagement with the Islamic Emirate was the only way to bring change…
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) made fresh engagements with Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardane on the next Cabinet reshuffle expected after the final vote of the budget in Parliament today, Daily Mirror learns. A group of SLPP MPs held talks with the Prime Minister on Tuesday evening regarding a host of matters including the Cabinet reshuffle with the inclusion of new faces . The party initially proposed portfolios for ten of its MPs. The party made…