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Mawlawi Abdul Kabir: Islamic Emirate Will be Recognized by the World

By Fatema Adeeb in Tolo News, Aug 15, 2023 at 9:37 PMTwo years after the takeover of Afganistan by the Islamic Emirate, the political deputy of the PM, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said he is optimistic that the Islamic Emirate will be recognized by the world. Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, in a special interview with TOLOnews, said that they have completed the conditions for recognition and their government should be recognized by the international community. “The world…

COMMENT: Two years on, Afghan Taliban still in consolidation phase

by Tahir Khan in Dawn, August 16th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday celebrated the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul at a time when the country faces a variety of challenges, the foremost being the non-recognition of their government by every single country in the world. Senior Taliban leaders, including Deputy Prime Min­ister Abdul Salam Hanafi, spoke at a gathering in Kabul and highlighted achievements over the past two years, but did not…

Islamic Emirate’s Relations With World Are ‘Improving’: Deputy PM

By Naveed Samadi in Tolo News, Aug 13, 2023 at 10:01 PMThe Deputy Prime Minister, Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, said that the Islamic Emirate’s relations with the international community are improving. Speaking to a gathering of instructors who returned from their educational programs abroad, he said that the Islamic Emirate’s embassies are opened in 16 countries. “The world knows it and timely reaches a hand for engagement with the Islamic Emirate. You know that our embassy…

Iran FM: Security Challenges in Afghanistan Will Effect Region, World

By Sabria Abdal in TOLOnews, July 17, 2023 at 5:37 PMIranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that if the international community does not pay serious attention to the security challenges caused by the “movements of terrorist groups” in Afghanistan, its negative impact will affect the region and the world. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a meeting with Feridun Sinirlioğlu, Special Coordinator of the UN, discussed the importance of forming an inclusive government and fighting terrorism in Afghanistan,…

Lack of Intl Recognition Due to Kabul’s Refusal to Follow ‘Orders’: Haqqani

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…

In Afghan hospitals, feeling abandoned by the Taliban — and the world

By Rick Noack in The Washington Post, June 28, 2023SHINDAND, Afghanistan — In the U.S.-built district hospital of Shindand in western Afghanistan, the surge in patients took doctors by surprise. As their wards filled up in recent months, they repurposed staff space to make room for more patients and resorted to prescribing single doses of drugs that should be taken in three doses. Some patients with severe conditions have been turned away because of a…

Beijing Expects Kabul to Take ‘More Solid Steps’ to Meet Intl Expectations

By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai, in TOLOnews, June 27, 2023 at 8:54 PMSpeaking at a press conference, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said that Beijing hopes the Afghan interim government will take more solid steps in the direction that serves the interests of the Afghan people and meets the expectations of the international community, “so as to gain more understanding, trust and support from the rest of the world.” She made the remarks…

Afghanistan Produced 80% of the World’s Opium in 2022: UN Report

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, June 26, 2023The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported that Afghanistan produced the majority of global illicit opium production in 2022, which makes 80%, despite the Taliban’s ban on opium cultivation in April last year. The report released a day before the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, said that the supply and trafficking of illegal drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine, have increased…

Kabul Wants ‘Good Relations’ with World: Islamic Emirate Leader

Report in TOLOnews, June 25, 2023 at 7:21 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s Leader, Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, in a message on the arrival of Eid-al Adha, said that the Islamic Emirate wants good political and economic relations with the world, “especially with Islamic countries, and has fulfilled its responsibility in this regard.” The message was released by the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid. “Just as we do not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, in…

Move to join BRICS: Be wary of the geopolitical traps: Experts

by Porimol Palma in The Daily Star, June 22, 2023Bangladesh’s move to join the BRICS can provide a boost to trade and investment in the post-LDC world but the authorities should be wary of any geopolitical traps, said experts. Since 2021, Bangladesh has been a member of the New Development Bank established by BRICS — an alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa since 2001 — as an alternative to the World Bank…

Acting Foreign Minister Muttaqi Calls World’s Sanctions ‘Cruel’:

By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, May 31, 2023 at 10:16 PMThe acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, in an event held to meet family members of the 18 Afghan migrants who died while being smuggled into Bulgaria, described the sanctions imposed by foreign countries as “cruel”. “The world countries should listen, they should not pursue their cases under the pretext that these people are being harmed here. They should not damage the Afghan academic figures.…