By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, May 02, 2023 at 8:36 PMUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the UN meeting in Doha “was about developing a common international approach, not about recognition of the de facto Taliban authorities.” Speaking at a press conference after the Doha meeting on Afghanistan’s situation, in which envoys of more than 20 countries and organizations participated, Guterres said that “we all understand each other’s concerns and limitations but agreed…
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AFP Report in The News, May 01, 2023DOHA: UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers. Considered the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis by the United Nations, Guterres’s quandary has been deepened by the Taliban administration’s move to stop girls from going to school and most women from working, even for UN agencies. The Taliban…
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,”…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 28, 2023The German chapter of the Awami League has demanded the Bangla section of the German public, state-owned international broadcaster Deutsche Welle stop its “anti-Bangladesh” campaign. The group voiced its demand at a human chain in front of Deutsche Welle’s headquarters on Thursday. Its general secretary, Mobarak Ali Bhuiyan, said: “We Bangladeshis who have been living in Germany for a long time have never seen such an anti-Bangladesh plot by…
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 Maheesha Mudugamuwa in The Morning, Apr 16, 2023Sri Lanka is in consultation with all stakeholders for the introduction of a Debt-for-Nature Swap (DNS), an innovative financial solution introduced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to Deputy Secretary to the Treasury R.M.P. Ratnayake. The Deputy Secretary to the Treasury told The Sunday Morning that the Government had been working on the debt-for-nature swap concept for a long time as Sri Lanka needed to finalise…
By Nazir Shinwari in TOLOnews Online, March 31,2023 at 10:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the report of the International Crisis Group (ICG) claiming that the Tehreek Taliban-e-Pakistan group is based in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said not only would they not allow TTP, but any other group that is trying to pose a threat from Afghanistan’s soil to other countries. “The problem of the TTP belongs to Pakistan, not the Afghans. If…
Report in TOLOnews Online, March 30,2023Countries that have committed war crimes in Afghanistan in the last four decades and have killed Afghans under various names should be sent to the International Criminal Court, said Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the Acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation. Addressing an event of aid distribution in Paktia province, Haqqani said that some countries are still trying to create problems for Afghanistan. “The former Soviet government and all its slaves, whether…
Reuters REPORT, Mar 31, 2023 at 9:37 AMIn a partial victory for Iran, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday ruled Washington had illegally allowed courts to freeze assets of some Iranian companies and ordered the United States to pay compensation but left the amount to be determined later. However, in a blow for Tehran, the ICJ said it did not have jurisdiction over $1.75 billion in frozen assets from Iran’s central…
By Asiri Fernando in The Sunday Morning, Mar 26, 2023The Government is considering the release of nearly 450 fuel stations held under the Treasury to the three new international players that are to enter the local fuel market once approved by the Cabinet, The Sunday Morning learns. According to a senior official at the Ministry of Power and Energy, the State-owned properties of the 450 fuel stations are expected to be allocated to the three…
By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews Online, March 26, 2023 at 7:59 PMThe Islamic Emirate urged the United Nations to remove the names of its members from the blacklist, saying that instead of pressure, the international community should engage with the interim government of Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that nearly 20 to 25 members of the Islamic Emirate are on the blacklist. “We can say that there are between 20 to 25…