By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 22, 2023 at 8:47 PMThe acting Minister of Interior, Sirajuddin Haqqani, met with the UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, and he requested that representatives of the Islamic Emirate be invited to UN meetings held on Afghanistan. According to the MoI, Otunbayeva welcomed the improvement in security, saying that the UN will continue its aid for the people of Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the chief of staff for the office…
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report in Prothom Alo, May 19, 2023Islamic parties leaning towards the ruling Awami League, have formed a new alliance – Liberal Islami Jote. So far the number of the alliance members is six. None of the parties have registration with the election commission (EC). Eight more parties will join the alliance, said the top leaders of the political entity. They said they would formally make an announcement in this regard on 29 May. The parties…
By Fatema Adeeb in TOLOnews Online, April 26, 2023 at 10:30 PMThe Islamic Emirate reacted to the Vienna meeting, saying that the officials of the former government should not promote war in Afghanistan. A three-day meeting among some Afghan politicians and former government’s officials was held in Vienna. “It will not plunge into war and chaos again and fragment. Those who are gathered in Vienna, those are the people who have been tested once in…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 26, 2023 at 8:14 PMThe Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow “will not recognize the Taliban government de-jure unless it fulfils its internationally recognized obligations,” namely “inclusivity of governing bodies, not just in the ethnic sense, but also in the political one.” Lavrov made the remarks on Tuesday at a news conference to sum up the results of his visit to the United States within 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 Fatima Adib in ToloNew, Apr 23, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Islamic Emirate denied the report of The Washington Post saying that Afghanistan has become a significant coordination site for a Daesh group that plans attacks across Europe and Asia, and conducts “aspirational plotting” against the United States. The Washington Post cited a “classified Pentagon assessment that portrays the threat as a growing security concern.” “The attack planning, detailed in US intelligence findings leaked on…
Report in TOLOnews, April 21, 2023 at 9:57 PMThe Office of the PM’s Chief of Staff said Eid prayers were held among senior members of the Islamic Emirate. According to the office, the words of PM Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund were read aloud, saying security is ensured across the country and “enemy” plots have been thwarted. “I hope God will help us all, especially the officials of the government, to perform their responsibility in the…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 20, 2023 at 11:25 PMFollowing the remarks of the UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed about the recognition of the Islamic Emirate, now the UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric, in a press conference, said that “the topic of recognition is in the hands of the member states.” Earlier, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at an academic event in the US said the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to arrange…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 19, 2023 at 7:38 PMUN Dep. Secretary-General Amina Mohammed speaking at an academic event in the US said the UN plans to arrange a conference with various envoys to discuss granting recognition to the Islamic Emirate. “And out of that, we hope that we’ll find those baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition [of the Taliban], a principled recognition,” Mohammed said. “Is it possible?…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 05, 2023 at 10:14 PMAn office of the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid was opened in Kandahar, the spokesman told TOLOnews. Mujahid said his “deputies are in Kabul” and a major “part of my office’s work will be in Kabul.” He said that the move was made based on the presence of the Islamic Emirate’s leadership in Kandahar. “We have shifted a part of the office for performing…
By Mohammad Amin Pacha in TOLOnews, April 05, 2023 at 11:24 PMThe UN instructed its female Afghan staff to stay at home for the next two days after the Islamic Emirate signaled that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the UN agencies. Reuters reported that the UN told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days. UN officials in Afghanistan “received word of…