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Former ambassadors of Canada and Australia in Afghanistan have called on their countries to reopen embassies in Kabul and interact with the war-torn country.

Pakistani officials recently alleged Afghans were involved in rising insecurity in that country, but the Islamic Emirate has repeatedly denied such allegations,

Afghan and American officials held a rare meeting in Doha, the capital of Qatar, and held wide-ranging talks last week, when Afghan and Kazakh traders signed agreements worth $100 million and the World Bank in a report said Afghanistan economically progressed.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan’s special representative for Afghanistan Asif Durrani last week discussed the Afghanistan interim government’s recognition with UN special coordinator Feridun Sinirlioğlu. Also last

Pakistan last week expressed serious concerns about what it alleged safe havens and liberty of action available to the TTP in Afghanistan, but the caretaker government rejected the claim.

Islamabad last week said it would continue interacting with Kabul to address ‘common concerns’ and Uzbekistan expressed its desire to establish positive relations with Afghanistan.

UNAMA officials last week said Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) representatives will be invited to an upcoming UN-organized meeting similar to May meeting in Doha before the end of 2023.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Islamic Emirate supreme leader last week said no one was allowed to interfere in internal affairs of the country, but UNAMA said the

China, Russia and Brazil last week asked the international community to remove sanctions on Afghanistan and the US to unfreeze the country’s assets.

The United Nations last week accused the caretaker government of Afghanistan of being repressive towards all forms of opposition and Russia said the government in Kabul was not broad-based, but the Islamic Emirate spokesman rejected these claims as baseless.

The UN expressed deep concern about the Islamic Emirate’s plan to ban international organizations from providing education in the country last week, when India sent its technical team back to its embassy in Kabul and a British foundation said that in Afghanistan poppy cultivation has drastically decreased.

Last week, UN envoy discussed future engagement strategy with acting foreign minister, Central Asian and European leaders stressed over the protection of women rights while government said that efforts were underway to ensure women rights and reopen girls’ schools and universities.