Pakistan carried out airstrikes on Kabul and Paktika provinces last week. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) warned that the consequences of these attacks would rest on Pakistan’s army. Meanwhile, India announced it would upgrade its technical mission in…
The Danish Refugee Council chief last week said she would share concerns about Afghan refugees with Pakistani and Iranian officials. Also last week, the Islamic Emirate announced developing a strategy to discourage migration. The United Nations, citing a…
Some member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voiced concern over the presence of “terrorist groups” in Afghanistan last week, but the Islamic Emirate of Afghansitan (IEA) rejected those concerns.
An agreement was signed last week to produce 10,000 megawatts of electricity with an investment of 10 billion dollars. Also last week, Pakistan was criticized for deporting legal Afghans before deadline and SIGAR said aid suspension posed challenges to Da Afghanistan Bank, but the government denied it.
Senior officials from Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Britain and the head of the Muslim World League visited Kabul last week, when a large number of refugees returned from Iran, Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan last week signed an agreement on feasibility study of the ‘Trans-Afghan railway project. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees arrived in Kabul today amid continued forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Iran and the UN allocated $10 million in aid for refugees.
UNHCR strongly criticized forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan last week, when the Japanese ambassador in Kabul called on the interim government to reopen girls' schools.
Russia last week recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and China praised the move and Kabul asked Tehran to treat Afghan refugees in an Islamic manner and Norway pledged nearly one million US dollars in aid to support Afghan refugees.
Last week, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) strongly rejected claims that the country has become a “safe haven for terrorist groups”.
Last week, Kazakhstan appointed a special envoy for Afghanistan and Russia said it would decide on recognizing the Islamic Emirate at an appropriate time, while the UN claimed a three percent increase in security incidents in Afghanistan, which the IEA rejected, and the European Union announced €161 million in aid to Afghanistan.
Last week, Kabul and Tashkent signed a "Preferential Trade" agreement and aid organizations were urged to help provide shelter for returnees, and a Russian official claimed Daesh activity in Afghanistan has increased — a claim the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) rejected.
Last week, the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. At the same time, Iran set a deadline for the expulsion of four million undocumented Afghan refugees.
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.
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.
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, two journlaists, including a Pajhwok Afghan News journalist, were wounded as a result of clashes at Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar provinee.
Last week, Kabul and Oslo discussed developin diplomatic relations and China said its relations with Kabul have improved and concerns about Daesh in Afghanistan were raised at the UN Security Council.
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.
