Intl Community Yet to Define �Inclusive Govt�: Islamic Emirate

The international community has yet to define ‘"inclusive government," the Foreign Ministry said, saying that efforts are underway to form a government which is acceptable for the nation. The acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amir Khan Muttaqi, after the three-day visit to Oslo told TOLOnews�s...

UN Calls for Investigation Into Missing Female Activists

The UN Secretary-General�s Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that "we remain extremely concerned about the fate of several women activists who were abducted from their homes and have disappeared." She also called on the Islamic Emirate to...

U.N. chief tells Security Council: Afghanistan hanging by thread

Afghanistan is "hanging by a thread," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday, calling for countries to authorize all transactions needed to carry out humanitarian activities in the Islamic Emirate-ruled state, Reuters reported. He also pushed for a...

UN announces new strategic framework to tackle Afghanistan crisis

The UN team in Afghanistan has launched a strategic planning document, ensuring the coordination of the UN team�s work to reduce the suffering of the people of Afghanistan by saving lives, sustaining essential services, such as health and education, and preserving essential community systems. The...

Norwegian Official Calls for Girl�s Access to Education

The head of the Norwegian Refugee Council speaking to reporters stressed the need for girls� access to education in Afghanistan after his meeting with the delegation of the Islamic Emirate, which was in Oslo, Norway for a three-day series of talks. "The Taliban has not followed up on their promise...

Muttaqi: Oslo Talks Were Important for Extending Ties

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi said that the talks in Oslo were important for the extension of diplomatic relations between the Islamic Emirate and the world. Talking to reporters, Muttaqi said that the Islamic Emirate is attempting to change Afghanistan into an economic hub. "We...

Accounts of Afghan embassy in US frozen by US banks

Two senior Afghan diplomats in the US-based Afghan embassy confirmed to the VOA on the condition of anonymity that the Citibank accounts of the embassy and accounts of two consulates have been suspended now for more than a month. The issue is still under discussion by US officials. A source in the...

UNSC is all set to convene meeting on Afghanistan today

As Afghanistan�s humanitarian situation continues to suppress the vulnerable Afghan people especially amid the freezing winter, United Nations Security Council is all set to convene a meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday, January, 26. UN Secretary-General to Afghanistan Deborah Lyons and Norwegian...

Women Submit Demands to Kabul Delegates, Intl Envoys

On the second day of the Oslo meetings, Afghan women�s rights activists submitted a paper that includes Afghan women�s demands to the Islamic Emirate�s delegation and representatives of countries attended at the meeting. Hoda Khamosh, one of the women�s rights representatives at the meeting, once...

Former district police chief in Ghor gunned down

Habib-u-Rahman Malikzada, former police chief of Tiora district of Ghor province was gun downed by unknown assailants in western Herat province on Tuesday, relatives of the deceased said. According to his relatives, Malikzada was shot close to the entrance of his house in PD1 of Herat city on Tuesday...

Afghan Girls Must Return to School in Spring: Karzai

Former president Hamid Karzai said Afghan girls must return to schools and women must be allowed to work, and he emphasized there must be no compromise in this regard. Karzai, in an interview with CNN aired on Monday, said Afghan girls must return to school when they are reopened in March. "That has...

America: Nation building in Afghanistan did not work

US State Secretary Antony Blinken said the US failed in nation-building in Afghanistan, and that Washington must learn lessons from this failure. Speaking at the 2022 Fran Eizenstat and Eizenstat Family Lecture Series on Monday, he said the US tried nation-building in Afghanistan, but it did not work...

UN asks Taliban to probe issue of missing Afghan women

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to ensure the release of women activists who have been "reportedly abducted from their homes" since last Wednesday in Kabul. Deborah Lyons, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, met...

Taliban praises Oslo talks as achievement

Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Amir Khan Motaqi said that Oslo talks are a key achievement for Afghanistan. Speaking with Associated Press on Monday, January 24, 2022, Amir Khan Motaqi said that during the talks with representatives of the International Community they...

Islamic Emirate Meets With Envoys of 7 Nations, EU in Oslo

Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and his delegation met with the envoys of the European Union and seven countries on Monday in Oslo, according to the Foreign Ministry. The Foreign Ministry�s spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said on Twitter that the delegation met with the EU special envoy plus...

�NRF� leaders may meet with Taliban in Moscow

Sources have confirmed to the media that leaders of the "National Resistance Force" Ahmad Masoud and Amrullah Saleh and leader of Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani are supposed to travel to the Russian capital Moscow to negotiate with key members of the Taliban. As per the sources, leaders...

We have right to suppress dissidents and imprison protestors: Mujahid

Deputy Minister of Culture and Information and spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Zabiullah Mujahid said that the Taliban have the right to suppress the dissidents of the system and arrest protestors. Speaking with AFP, Zabiullah Mujahid said protestors and dissidents trigger chaos and...

Taliban delegation begins 1st day of Oslo talks with Afghan civil society

Taliban representatives arrive in Gardermoen, Norway, on January 22, 2022, for talks with Western representatives on human rights and emergency aid. (Photo by AFP) A delegation of the Taliban, the first to visit Europe since the group came to power in Afghanistan, has begun its first day of talks...

UN, HRW Demand Inquiry Into Missing Female Activists

International groups reacted to the disappearance of two women�s rights activists and called for an immediate investigation into the issue. The UN Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) voiced its concerns over the "disappearance of two Afghan women activists, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parawana...

Ex-NSA Mohib Lists Causes for Republic�s Fall

Hamdullah Mohib, the National Security Advisor (NSA) for the previous Afghan government, in an interview with Foreign Policy recounted multiple factors which, according to him, led to the collapse of the republican system on August 15, 2021. According to Mohib, political unity was necessary to keep...

Taliban delegation�s arrival in Oslo triggered protest

A small number of Afghans based in Norway protested against the visit of the Taliban delegation to the country�s capital Oslo and said that they (Taliban) do not represent us, Euronews reported. The demonstration was staged to oppose the visit of the Taliban delegation and their meetings with Norwegian...

Pakistan�s PM renews call for humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

Pakistan�s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reiterated calls for the international community to provide urgent humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Khan said in a tweet that under the UN Principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P), it was obligatory to help protect people from the mass-scale humanitarian...

The Taliban foreign minister went to Norway

A delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi flew to Norway�s capital Oslo to attend the talks to held there from January 23-25. Muttaqi will meet with Norwegian officials, representatives of the European Union, US and Arabic countries as well as Afghan politicians. "Senior...

Blast in Herat Leaves 7 Dead, 9 Wounded

A car bomb detonated in western Herat province on Saturday evening, killing at least seven people, sources said. Herat police headquarters said in a statement that a vehicle carrying explosives detonated in the Haji Abbas area in PD12 of Herat city at 6:50 this evening. Police said an investigation...

Afghans call for recognition of US drone attack in Kabul as war crime

File photo image of a video showing US military�s drone attack in Afghanistan�s capital of Kabul which killed 10 Afghan civilians - including seven children - in August 2021. Relatives of Afghan civilians killed or injured in a US drone bombing in Kabul last August have called for recognition of the...

Recognition Requires Respect for Human Rights: UN Chief

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres laying out his priorities for 2022 at the General Assembly in New York on Friday also touched upon the issue of Afghanistan and human rights in the country. Guterres said respect for the rights of women and girls and human rights in general is required for...

US has no specified schedule for recognition of Taliban: Special envoy

US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West said that the US has no specified schedule for the recognition of the interim government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and that the Taliban should take some steps before the normalization of relations. Speaking with BBC Pashto, Thomas West...

US lawmakers ask Joe Biden to unfreeze Afghanistan�s assets

Amid the ongoing worst humanitarian crisis on earth in Afghanistan, three US lawmakers have urged US president Joe Biden to release Afghanistan�s frozen funds to prevent imminent economic and humanitarian disasters facing the people of Afghanistan. The House Representatives in a letter to the US president...

Taliban deny arrest of female protestor in Kabul

Interior Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2022, denied the detention of a female protestor Tamana Zaryab Paryani. Statement of the ministry said that personnel of no administration of the Taliban has broken into the house of Paryani. Deputy Minister...

Russia Worried By Afghan Ethnic Strife

Moscow has expressed concerns over widespread protests over ethnic issues in northern Afghanistan, and asked the Islamic Emirate to not allow inflammatory individuals to fuel ethnic tensions in the region. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, talking at a briefing on Thursday, said...