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UN Meeting in Doha Not About Interim Afghan Govt Recognition: Guterres

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…

Critical UN talks on Afghan crisis in Doha today:

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…

Ahmad Massoud Pleads with World Not to Abandon Afghanistan:

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,”…

Protest held in Germany demanding end to DW Bangla’s ‘anti-Bangladesh’ campaign

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…

Kabul Wants Positive Engagement With World: Islamic Emirate

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…

Debt-for-Nature Swap: Govt. in early stages of forming framework

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…

Kabul Denies ICG’s Claim TTP “Based in Afghanistan”:

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…

Minister Seeks Justice against ‘War Crimes Committed’ in Afghanistan:

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…

World Court Rules US Illegally Froze Some Iranian Assets

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…

Energy sector: Three new players including Sinopec?

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…

Islamic Emirate Calls for Removal of Members from UN Blacklist:

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…