report in Khaama Press online, Dec 13, 2023The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has published its quarterly report on the status of women under the rule of the Taliban administration. The report highlights women’s calls for increased international pressure on the Taliban. The UNAMA report, released on Tuesday, reveals that the UNAMA office, the International Organization for Migration, and the UN Women’s Unit have recently conducted in-person and online consultations with 462 women…
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Reuters report, Oct 14, 2023 at 05.37 PM ISTKABUL: The Taliban will attend China’s Belt and Road Forum next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, underscoring Beijing’s growing official ties with the administration, despite its lack of formal recognition by any government. Taliban officials and ministers have at times travelled to regional meetings, mostly those focussed on Afghanistan, but the Belt and Road Forum is among the highest-profile multilateral summits it has been invited to…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, July 5, 2023 at 10:03 PMThe acting Interior Minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, said that the reason for the lack of recognition of the Islamic Emirate by the world is Kabul’s refusal to accept the world’s “orders.” He made the remarks on a visit to Paktia and met with religious scholars and ethnic elders. “Our independence was in someone else’s hand. Today, as they are not recognizing us, it is because we…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, May 24, 2023 at 9:04 PMThe US Department of State’s spokesman Matthew Miller said that Washington understands that the “Taliban continues to seek international recognition, but to get international recognition they have to earn legitimacy.” Miller made the remarks at a press conference in Washington D.C. “So I will say with respect to tensions between Iran and Afghanistan, I don’t have any specific comment other than that, obviously, we…
By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews, April 25, 2023 at 12:29 AMThe Chargé d’affaires of the Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said that the recognition of Afghanistan’s interim government is not on the agenda of the UN meeting on Afghanistan Naseer Ahmad Faiq, in an interview with the BBC, said that the meeting will discuss a united framework of the international community regarding political, economic, and social issues in Afghanistan. “In this…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Apr 15, 2023 at 8:29 PMRussian Foreign Minister Russian Sergei Lavrov has said that the recognition of the current Afghan government is possible by establishing an inclusive government and respecting the rights of women and girls. Speaking at the sixth meeting of the CA5+Russia format on Friday, Lavrov said that it is necessary to maintain diplomatic relations between Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and the current Afghan government. “This will of course…