KABUL [Pajhwok] : The US on Monday said it was reviewing its approach and engagement with the Taliban in the context of many human rights violations and was actively evaluating with the allies and partners to take the next appropriate…
Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi says the United Nations has not fully cooperated in removing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) from its blacklist, gaining international recognition and giving the permanent representation. Hanafi…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the caretaker government's order to ban university and primary education for women as “unIslamic”, promising to follow the issue until it is resolved. “It is inhumane and un-Islamic,” Erdogan said while…
Reacting to the ban on girls’ higher education, Dawat-i-Islami party leader Ustad Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf has asked the Taliban not to pursue their personal desires and ideas in the name of Sharia. The caretaker government on Wednesday…
G7 foreign ministers on Thursday asked the Taliban authorities to reverse the ban on women attending university, saying the move may amount to “a crime against humanity.” “Taliban policies designed to erase women from public life will have…
Afghanistan's ruling Taliban on Tuesday released two American nationals in what appeared to be a goodwill gesture, said State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Tuesday. “This, we understand, to have been a goodwill gesture on the part of…
UN experts have called on the Taliban to immediately stop public floggings and all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments. In a joint statement issued on Friday, the experts said: “Since November 18, 2022, the…
The UN General Assembly has once again denied giving seat to Afghanistan caretaker government in the world’s body. The general assembly also rejected attempts by Myanmar’s military junta and Libya’s rival eastern-based government to take their country’s seats…
The Taliban on Friday asked the world to cease its hostile stance against Afghanistan and not to create hurdles to the country’s stability, security and economic development. It was said in a statement issued by the caretaker government…
KABUL (Pajhwok) Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Monday described the swapping of Bashar Noorzai with an American citizen Mark Frerichs in a prisoner exchange ‘a new chapter in relations with the US.’ The two prisoners were exchanged at…
The caretaker government of Afghanistan on Thursday said it had no information about the arrival and stay of the slain Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul and intelligence agencies would investigate it. In a statement, the Taliban…
Acting Minister of Vice and Virtue Sheikh Mohammad Khalid Hanafi on Saturday they would not change their decisions despite international pressure and also called on the international community not to interfere in their affairs . Hanafi, who arrived…
Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund on Saturday said the Islamic Emirate was committed to human rights in the framework of Islamic values and once again called on the opposition to shun violence and let people live a…
Leaders of the world's seven richest nations have expressed deep concern about the political situation and the deterioration of the humanitarian and economic situation in Afghanistan. The leaders, who met in Germany, promised to support Ukraine "for as…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has said Afghanistan is facing a deep economic, social and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban’s takeover. However, the caretaker government of Afghanistan does not accept the violations of human rights…
The caretaker government of Afghanistan on Friday rejected as baseless Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s allegations that officials of the Islamic Emirate killed innocent people or violated the rights of citizens. In a statement, Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed…
The US special envoy on Afghanistan has hit out at the Taliban government for the curbs it has imposed on girls and women. After a meeting with Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Doha on Saturday, Thomas West…
The Taliban on Saturday ruled women must cover their faces in public, according to a decree from the group's supreme leader, calling the all encompassing burqa the ideal face covering. A decree from Taliban supreme leader Mullah…
Normalized relations between the Acting Afghan government and the international community will depend mostly on the Taliban’s actions and their delivery on commitments and obligations to the Afghan people and to the international community. It was stated in…
Former BBC cameraman Peter Jouvenal is still in Taliban’s custody, his colleague says, calling for the photographer’s release. Jouvenal, who has German and British citizenship, was detained in Kabul by the Taliban government 117 days ago. The cameraman…
Mohammad Mohaqiq has said he supports people's peaceful political struggle and is not in favor of an armed opposition against the Taliban. In an interview with Afghanistan International, Mohammad Mohaqiq, leader of theHizbWahdat-i-Mardum party, said he supported people's…
