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Regional Intel Groups Trying to Harm Afghan Ties With Neighbors: Stanekzai

By Naweed Samadi in ToloNews, Aug 6, 2023 at 8:54 PMSher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, said that the intelligence of some regional countries are attempting to destroy the relations between Afghanistan and its neighbors. However, he didn’t name the countries. “Some of the intelligence circles try to defame the Afghans because thousands of Afghans exist there and some of them are detained in their prisons. Sometimes the intelligence are trying…

Afghanistan’s Domestic, International Political Challenges in New Year

By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 8:29 PMAt the turn of the solar year, no country has officially recognized the interim government of the Islamic Emirate, however, its diplomats have been sent to some consulates and embassies of regional countries. The Afghanistan consulate in Istanbul and the Afghan embassy in Tehran were handed over to the Islamic Emirate. “The leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to send a team…

CSTO Holds Talk with Taliban To Strengthen Regional Security Amid Growing Threats

by Fidai Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Apr 1, 2023The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is consistently engaging with the Taliban authorities to improve regional security in response to mounting concerns over extremist forces in Afghanistan. Yuri, Shuvalov, the representative of the CSTO Secretariat, said that member countries are engaging in talks with the Taliban, hoping for a positive result, quoted by Sputnik News Agency. Meanwhile, the representative emphasized the importance of maintaining political and…

Moscow Seeks to Form Regional Group of Nations to Influence Kabul

By Imran Danish in TOLOnews, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:58 PMThe Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that Moscow has proposed the creation of a new regional approach for Afghanistan. In an interview with THE WEEK magazine, Kabulov said that this format will be like the “G5” format in which the countries of India, Pakistan, Iran, China and Russia will participate. “In order to build a so-called regional approach, we want to build…

Moscow Hosts ‘Security Meeting’ on Afghanistan Without IEA Representative

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press online, Feb 8, 2023Russia hosted the fifth round of meetings of National Security Advisors of regional countries on Afghanistan starting on Wednesday in Moscow. National Security Advisors of Iran, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan were among the participants. The Moscow security meeting was held in the absence of the representative of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, although Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid had asked the member…

Islamic Emirate’s Statement on Smuggling of Currency

by Asma Saayin in ToloNews, Feb 8, 2023 at 9:49 PMThe Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan issued a statement forbidding the smuggling of currency, gold and precious stones into or out of the country. Bringing currency from other regional countries into Afghanistan is not allowed. According to the statement, no one has the right to transport across the border more than $5,000 in cash by air and more than $500 by land. “The money, gold, and…