Islamic Emirate rejects concerns raised over rights situation in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has rejected concerns raised in Munich, Germany regarding human rights situation in Afghanistan.
Category: POLITICS
Qatar hosts an important meeting on Afghanistan, no representative from IE
KABUL (SW) – Doha, the capital of Qatar, is hosting a two-day meeting on Afghanistan, hosted by Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Yemen’s Houthis fire missiles at British oil tanker bound for India
MONITORING (SW) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group has claimed a new missile attack on Western interests amid Israel’s war on Gaza, this time on a British oil tanker that the United States identified as a Panamanian-flagged vessel carrying crude oil bound for India.
“Fanciful claims” cannot change Pak-Afghan border’s legality: FO
ISLAMABAD (SW) – The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that “any self-serving and fanciful claims regarding the legality of the Pak-Afghan border, (Durand Line), cannot change the facts of geography, history and international law.”
Otunbayeva: ‘It is very difficult to imagine a world without radio’
KABUL (SW) – “It is very difficult to imagine a world without radio,” said Roza Otunbayeva, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan.
Houthis strike cargo ship headed to Iran: US military
MONITORING (SW) – The Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted the Star Iris, a commercial ship carrying corn from Brazil to Iran.
Islamic Emirate urges nations to restrict political opponents abroad
KABUL (SW) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the de-facto government, asks other countries not to allow the political opponents of the Islamic Emirate to operate in their territory.
Iranian foreign minister visits Lebanon, two people killed
MONITORING (SW) – An Israeli drone raid that hit a car 35km (22 miles) from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least two people, but a Hamas official who was the target survived the attack, security sources told Al Jazeera.
IE remains undecided on participation in upcoming Doha meeting
KABUL (SW) – While the upcoming Doha meeting on Afghanistan, hosted by the United Nations is going to be held next week, there remains a lack of details from the UN regarding the meeting’s composition and final agenda.
Russian drones kill 7 people, including 3 children, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
MONITORING (SW) – Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine’s city of Kharkiv, killing seven people, including three small children, triggering blazes and damaging infrastructure and residential houses, regional officials said on Saturday.
Israel bombs homes in central Gaza, killing several families
MONITORING (SW) – As Israel’s aggression expands in the central Gaza Strip, civilian casualties are mounting amid the bombardment of residential homes in Deir el-Balah and the al-Zawaida refugee camp.
With over 100 seats counted, Imran Khan’s supporters lead in Pakistan – media
MONITORING (SW) – Supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan had the edge on Friday in Pakistan’s election results from over 100 seats, local media said, after vote counts were hit by unusual delays that the government ascribed to a suspension of mobile phone services.
