Joint Intl Statement Issued Over Concerns of HRW Findings

The governments of the United States, European Union, and 20 other countries in a joint statement on Saturday expressed their concerns over the summary killings and enforced disappearance in Afghanistan reported by the Human Rights Watch HRW. The joint statement is released by the United States of America,...

US welcomes Taliban decree about women’s right

US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West welcomed the Taliban of Afghanistan’s decree about a women’s right to choose to marry. Welcome today’s decree reinforcing a woman’s right to determine if & whom she marries, tweeted West. He also called on the Taliban to ensure women’s rights...

France evacuates more than 300 people from Afghanistan

France has carried out an evacuation mission in Afghanistan, taking 258 Afghans as well as 11 French, about 60 Dutch nationals and an unspecified number of people linked to them out of the country, a French foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. The operation was organised with help from Qatar,...

Taliban delegation hold talks with envoys from 16 countries in Doha

The Taliban delegation led by Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Wednesday met in Doha with 16 designated ambassadors and representatives for Afghanistan to discuss security, humanitarian, economic, political, and health issues. Spokesman for the foreign ministry, Abdul Qahar Balkhi,...

Clash between Taliban and Iranian forces was a misunderstanding: Mujahid

Clashes between Iran’s border forces and Afghanistan Taliban’s forces in Nimroz province have ended and were attributed to a border misunderstanding, Taliban officials said on Thursday. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, said that a clash broke out between Afghan and Iranian...

Saudi Arabia reopens consular section of embassy in Kabul

Saudi Arabia announced that it has reopened the consular section of its embassy in Kabul as of Tuesday in order to provide consular services to Afghan citizens. This latest move has been welcomed by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA). We welcome them, appreciate this profound step by the Saudi...

India considers re-opening mission in Afghanistan

As countries slowly start reopening their embassies in Kabul, India is also reportedly considering the possibility of re-staffing its mission in Afghanistan. So far, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Russia, China, Iran, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan all have a diplomatic presence in the...

US discusses crisis with IEA officials in Doha during two-day talks

A US delegation led by the special representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, held talks with senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) representatives in Qatar on Monday and Tuesday, the U.S. State Department said in a statement Wednesday. The two sides discussed the international community’s...

Afghan PM Deputies Meet Uzbekistan Special Envoy

The prime minister’s deputies Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi met with Esmatullah Ergashev, special representative of Uzbekistan’s president for Afghanistan, on Tuesday in Kabul. The deputies each met Ergashev separately and discussed the expansion of ties between the two countries,...

Pakistan offers to host ‘urgent’ OIC meeting on Afghanistan

Pakistan on Monday offered to host an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers meeting on the worsening crisis in Afghanistan that has been called for by Saudi Arabia. We have also offered to host the meeting, in Islamabad, on 17 December 2021. We are confident that OIC member states...

Five wounded in Kabul explosion

At least five people including Islamic Emirate (IE) forces were wounded on Monday morning when a roadside mine detonated in PD7 along Darulaman Road. The explosion took place at about 9.45am local time close to Habibia High School and the target appeared to have been a Hilux vehicle. According to eyewitnesses,...

Taliban calls on former govt officials and ex-politicians to return home

The Taliban of Afghanistan (IEA) has called on former government officials and members of the political opposition to return to the country. Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who officially assumed duties on Sunday, said that former officials have the right to live as normal citizens...

US democracy a broken model that failed to fit Afghanistan: China

The US democracy is not an ideal model but a broken one, and forcing others to follow the US democracy will only make them detour or lead them astray, said China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Friday. Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary for the President of Russia, said laddt week that Washington...

PM Akhund: Islamic Emirate Seeks Good Intl Relations With All

The Islamic Emirate Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund’s first public speech was aired on Saturday evening. It was broadcast on public television but with an audio message only. Hassan Akhund covered a range of issues including the Taliban’s fight against the US, the poverty in the country,...

Russia, China, India call for immediate foreign aid to Afghanistan

Afghan people gather at a World Food Program health facility in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (File photo) The foreign ministers of Russia, China, and India have called for immediate and unhindered foreign assistance to Afghanistan, warning about the county’s deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Russian Foreign...

Senior IEA official voices concern over Daesh amid ongoing economic crisis

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) designated representative to UN, Suhail Shaheen, has warned the international community that the Afghanistan affiliate of ISIS (ISIS-K) could flourish if the West continues to impose economic sanctions against Afghanistan. In an interview with Euro News,...

NATO foreign ministers to discuss lessons learned in Afghanistan: Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that foreign ministers will next week discuss the organization’s engagement in Afghanistan and identify the right lessons for future crisis management operations. Outlining the priorities to be discussed at the upcoming NATO Foreign Ministers...

EU calls for support of Afghans to prevent economic and social collapse

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday the EU must support the people of Afghanistan to prevent imminent economic and social collapse that the country faces. Speaking during the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), the European Union’s chief executive said it was crucial for...

IEA delegation meet with Qatari officials in Doha

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) officials said on Friday night that the Afghan delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi met with officials from various Qatari ministries on Friday and discussed a wide range of issues. Friday’s discussions come ahead of next week’s...

Delegates Leave Kabul for Doha Meeting with US Envoy

A delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi flew to Qatar’s capital Doha on Thursday afternoon, the foreign ministry said. The Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, said in a tweet on Thursday: The delegation consists of representatives from the...

Muttaqi to hold talks with US and other foreign envoys in Doha

A senior Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) delegation led by acting foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi left Kabul for Doha on Thursday ahead of planned talks with various foreign dignitaries including Washington’s special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the spokesman...

UN calls for solidarity and commitment to end violence against women and girls

The United Nations in Afghanistan has called on everyone to take concrete actions to end violence against women. Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the UN said in a statement that Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of violence against women globally,...

Japan reopens embassy in Kabul

Takashi Okada, Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan, says his country has decided to reopen its embassy in Kabul after the new government ensured Tokyo about its security. Enamullah Samangani, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s deputy spokesman said in a tweet that Takashi Okada raised the issue...

Rights watchdog calls for financial restricts on Afghanistan to be eased

Amnesty International has called on the international community to ease financial restrictions on Afghanistan that are blocking the provision of healthcare, food and other essential services, and expedite delivery of scaled-up humanitarian assistance to avert a mounting crisis that threatens the lives...

US Envoy on Afghanistan to Return to Doha to Meet Taliban

US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West will return to Doha next week for talks with Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials, the US State Department said on Tuesday. Addressing a press briefing, State Department spokesman Ned Price said talks between the two parties will focus on a number...

Khalilzad urges diplomacy to stave off ‘economic and state collapse’

Former special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has warned the situation in Afghanistan is so bad that if the economy collapses, the state will collapse. In an interview with TRT World, broadcast this week, Khalilzad said should this happen, the Afghan people would face huge suffering and millions...

ICRC director ‘livid’ over dire ‘man-made’ situation in Afghanistan

Dominik Stillhart, the director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross expressed his anger on Monday at the world for plunging Afghanistan into the grips of starvation on the back of economic sanctions. In a statement released after a six-day visit to the country, Stillhart said:...

US blacklists 3 leaders, financial facilitator for Afghan affiliate of ISIS

The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on three leaders of Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch (ISIS-K/Daesh) and another man it accused of acting as a financial facilitator for the group, in a move that follows a series of attacks in Kabul claimed by the militant group. The State Department...

Taliban announces 27 new appointments to key positions

Taliban officials on Monday announced the names of 27 people who have been appointed to key positions within the new government. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the IEA, said the men had been appointed to the posts by order of Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the IEA’s leader. According to a list...

UAE reopens its embassy in Kabul

Zabihullah Mujahid, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) deputy minister and spokesman announced that the United Arab Emirates has reopened in Kabul and has raised its flag outside the diplomatic mission. Mujahid tweeted that the reopening of the UAE embassy was a good step. According to him, Afghanistan...