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Deputy PM Meets with UK’s Chatterston Dickson

report in TOLOnews, Dec 15, 2023 at 10:30 PMThe Prime Minister’s office said in a press release that the Political Deputy Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir met with Robert Chatterton Dickson, chargé d’affaires ad interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan, and discussed many issues. In the meeting, the Political Deputy Prime Minister emphasized the need to give the seat of Afghanistan to the representative of the Islamic Emirate in the United Nations and asked…

UNAMA reminds Taliban authorities of Human Rights obligations

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 10, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called upon the authorities in Afghanistan on the occasion of “World Human Rights Day” to embrace human rights commitments as the cornerstone of a stable, peaceful, and prosperous future, and to lend their full support to it. On Saturday, UNAMA reiterated its commitment to the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan by issuing a statement on…

Elections in Pakistan: EU not sending full election observation mission

By Mariana Baabar in The News, Dec 4, 2023ISLAMABAD: The European Union (EU) has informed the government here that due to paucity of time, it will not be sending a full election observation mission as it did in 2018. Also, no recommendations will be presented at the conclusion of February 8, 2024 elections. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has stated that it welcomes observation missions for elections 2024. The EU Election Observation Mission (EU…

Scholars urge Taliban to remove curbs on women

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, July 6th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Religious scholars from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Indonesia are trying to convince Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that Islam does not ban women from going to school or work, says the UN mission chief in Afghanistan. In an interview with UN News, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s (UNAMA) acting chief Markus Poztel said the United Nations should work as a “bridge builder” in a very complex setting…

Amnesty, too, condemns proposed anti-terrorism law

report in The Island, Apr 4, 2023The Amnesty International has expressed serious concerns over the proposed enactment of new Anti-Terrorism law. In its end of mission statement, AI Senior Director Deprose Muchena, who led the delegation said that any anti-terrorism legislation should be in line with international human rights law. The Opposition here and international organisations including International Commission of Jurists have condemned the proposed new law. Drawing attention to a number of human rights…

How Pakistan can tackle TTP and ISKP

by Ozer Khalid in The Express Tribune, Dec 6th, 2022The writer is a senior consultant, foreign policy expert and a columnist.Pakistan’s decision-makers must reassess Islamabad’s Afghanistan policy. Despite Hina Rabbani Khar’s recent high-octane diplomatic charm offensive to Kabul and Pakistan’s outreach, there have been relentless attacks on Pakistani interests along with TTP’s unilaterally shredding the paper-tiger peace-agreement. The attack on Pakistan’s mission in Kabul, gruesomely targeting Chargé d’affaires Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, is despicable and leaves…