By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, March 18,2023 at 8:37 PMIn response to the new UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution concerning the call for an “independent assessment to address the challenges in Afghanistan,” the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the current government would cooperate with it if the assessment is aimed at fostering cooperation. Mujahid said the assessment should not be for producing propaganda against the system and based on false information. “We hope…
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By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, March 16, 2023The Afghanistan situation was discussed in the fifth edition of the Global Security Forum on Wednesday in Qatar. The session on Afghanistan was held on the last day of the forum, where the panellists included Afghan officials and activists from the ousted government of Afghanistan. The Panel reflected on the development in Afghanistan and its prospects, including security, human rights, women’s rights, education and governance. One…
by Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, Feb 23, 2023 at 8:16 AMFormer Afghan president Hamid Karzai met with Markus Potzel, the UN Secretary General’s Deputy Special Representative to Afghanistan, and they discussed the current situation of Afghanistan and the reopening of schools and universities for girls. Hamid Karzai tweeted that in the meeting they discussed the need for a national dialogue to ensure lasting peace in the country. “Both sides emphasized reopening schools and universities…
Editorial in The Nation, February 13th, 2023The security situation in KP continues to be extremely fragile as on Saturday, at least three people were killed and 22 others were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of a petroleum company in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district. Once again, the TTP has claimed responsibility for the attack and it shows that the group continues to have the upper hand thus far in…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh, in ToloNews, Jan 13, 2023 at 8:42 PM The UN Security Council is holding a closed-door meeting on Friday about Afghanistan’s situation including the recent bans imposed by the caretaker government on women’s access to work and education. Chargé d’Affaires of the Afghanistan Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said that the meeting is due to be held on 13 January New York time. “The UN special envoy for…
by Umer Farooq | Ghulam Mursalin Marwat in Dawn, December 16th, 2022PESHAWAR / LAKKI MARWAT: Traders affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf have requested party chairman Imran Khan for a meeting over an “alarming” law and order situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “I would like to bring to your kind attention that extortion and kidnapping have started again in KP, especially in Peshawar,” the Insaf Traders’ Wing (ITW) said in a letter dated Dec 12. The letter,…