Peace

Three countries announced nearly $4.4 million in aid to Afghanistan last week, when Afghan officials visited Qatar, Iran and Uzbekistan.

Last week, Russia invited a representative from Afghanistan to participate in the Kazan Economic Forum and Kazakhstan announced a $500 million investment in the Torghundi-Herat railway project, Kabul said it was appointing a diplomat at the ambassadorial level in Moscow.

Russia last week removed the name 'Taliban' from the list of banned groups, a move welcomed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

The UK last week promised efforts to put Afghanistan back on the UN agenda and various sources asked Pakistan to stop forcibly deporting Afghan refugees.

The Russian Attorney General’s Office last week requested the country’s Supreme Court to remove the name “Taliban” from its blacklist.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting interior minister and other security officials last week called on the Islamic Emirate’s leadership and the US revoked bounties on key IEA

Last week, several international organisations expressed concern about women's rights in Afghanistan, but the Islamic Emirate of dismissed the apprehensions as groundless.

Last week, Radio Begum’s broadcasts were suspended and seven Black Hawk helicopters, which had been transferred from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan, handed over to the United States.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor has said he is seeking the arrest of two senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) leaders over the treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan, inviting strong condemnation from the caretaker government in Kabul.

Last week, President Joe Biden said Afghanistan no longer posed a threat to the United States, with some countries calling on the Islamic Emirate to lift restrictions on women.

Last week, several organisations called on Pakistan to halt the arrest and harassment of Afghan refugees.

Last week, Azerbaijan stressed prompting political engagement with Afghanistan; a firefight took place between Afghan and Pakistani security forces on Duran Line in Khost’s Alisher district the Economy Ministry renewed call for ban on women employment in NGOs but the UN demanded this step to be revoked.