By Fatima Adib in TOLOnews Online, April 06, 2023 at 8:23 PMThe United Nations Security Council will have a discussion about women’s employment in Afghanistan on Thursday evening in response to the ban on female employees of the organization in Nangarhar province, US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas Greenfield, said. Greenfield said on Twitter that “women are integral to humanitarian operations, including in Afghanistan where they provide lifesaving aid to the country’s most vulnerable.”…
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By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, April 05,2023Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal is Beijing-bound as the head of the Nepali delegation to the 15th meeting of the Bilateral Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism. At the meeting scheduled for Friday, Paudyal and Sun Weidong, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, will lead their respective delegations. According to Nepali officials, although China has been pushing hard for Nepal’s support for the Global Security Initiative…
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…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, April 01,2023 at 7:33 PMImangali Tasmagambetov, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said on Friday that there is an increasing risk of terrorist organizations from Afghanistan infiltrating CSTO countries. According to a TASS report, Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov noted that apart from various terrorist groups, the forces behind illicit drug production and trafficking were also strengthening their positions in Afghanistan. “There is an increasing risk that terrorist…
report in Prothom Alo, MAR 30, 2023Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman has been sued under the Digital Security Act. Reporter Samsuzzaman Shams, an ‘assistant cameraman’ and unnamed others were also made accused in the case filed with Ramna Police Station. A lawyer named Abdul Malek (Mashiur Malek) filed the case. Prothom Alo was confirmed of the development at around 1:30am on Thursday. Later, the daily talked with the plaintiff Abdul Malek, who claimed himself to…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 20,2023 at 10:14 PMThe Islamic Emirate has conducted 70 military operations in the past year with the aim of suppressing the Khorasan branch of Daesh group in Afghanistan, officials reported. According to government-provided numbers, more than a hundred Daesh fighters have been killed in these operations. The operations of the Islamic Emirate forces intensified against Daesh hideouts in Kabul, Herat, Balkh and other provinces. Ijaz Amin Ahangar, the…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 18,2023 at 8:52 PMPakistan’s President Arif Alvi said that Beijing and Islamabad play significant roles in maintaining security and peace in Afghanistan. In an interview with China’s CCTV, Alvi said that a stable Afghanistan plays an important role in the development and success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or the CPEC. “Another advantage of it is that many Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan, also hope to export their…
By Mitra Majeedy in ToloNews, Mar 15, 2023 at 9:18 PMAfghanistan was discussed on the last day of the Global Security Forum in Doha, where the participants included activists and ex-officials from the former Afghan government. The former deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hekmat Khalil Karzai, said that while the Islamic Emirate was denying girls an education in religion, “in Islam, it’s obligatory.” “First and foremost, girls (should) be able to go to school, for…
report in The Nation online, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:03 AMA wanted terrorist commander Abdul Rasheed alias Rasheedi has been killed in an operation by security forces in Gara Guldad area of Dera Ismail Khan district. According to ISPR, the operation was conducted after a terrorist attack on police party deputed on census security duty in Raghzai area of Tank district. A policeman also embraced martyrdom in the exchange of fire. The killed terrorist was…
report in Dawn, March 13th, 2023NORTH WAZIRISTAN: A key militant commander was killed and another involved in suicide attacks against security forces was arrested during intelligence-based operations (IBOs) carried out by security forces in the district on Sunday, officials said. They said security forces also recovered a motorcycle with 20 kilogrammes of explosives. Officials said security forces launched the first IBO in Dirdoni area of Miramshah following information about presence of some militants in the…
report in The News, Mar 12, 2023QUETTA: Two security guards were killed and one injured after the convoy of Mir Sardar Khan Rind, son of MPA Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind, was targeted by an IED blast near Nushman area of Bolan, district Kachhi on Saturday. According to Fahad Shah Rashidi, Assistant Commissioner, Dhadar, the vehicle of the bodyguards included in the convoy of Mir Sardar Khan Rind struck an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Nushman…