Officials optimistic about visit by Pakistan’s NSA
KABUL (SW) – Officials of the Islamic Emirate believe the recent trip to Kabul by Pakistan’s National Security Adviser was a positive development.
Category: Peace
US urged to lift Afghans out of crisis by unfreezing state assets
KABUL (SW) – Shah Mohammad Mehrabi, a member of the High Council of the Central Bank of Afghanistan, said that Afghanistan’s economy was collapsing and that the United States could prevent it from collapsing.
UN Chief calls for women rights to education, employment and justice
MONITORING (SW) – The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate not to deny women and girls their rights to education, employment and equal justice.
Biden gets two weeks to decide on frozen Afghan assets
MONITORING (SW) – A United States judge on Friday gave the Biden administration two weeks to decide what should be done with $7 billion of frozen Afghanistan central bank funds, which some victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks want and which the Taliban claims is theirs.
EU pledges to support Kabul Municipality
KABUL (SW) – The EU delegation in Afghanistan has pledged to support the Kabul Municipality in development projects, said an official statement.
Pakistan’s NSA arrives in Kabul for talks with Islamic Emirate officials
KABUL (SW) – A high-level inter-ministerial delegation by Pakistan led by National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf arrived in Kabul on Saturday.
Bamyan hosts ski training session without women athletes
GHAZNI (SW) – Bamyan has hosted the maiden three-day ski competition, but without the usual participation of women athletes since the rise to power of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.
US, Allies push Islamic Emirate in Oslo on human rights in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The US and Allies have urged the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan to do more towards ensuring human rights in Afghanistan and allowing girls to access higher education and job opportunities.
Inability to transfer aid funding puts millions at risk
MONITORING (SW) – A new report finds that Western economic measures imposed on Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover are preventing aid agencies from moving funds into and within the country, blocking millions from receiving emergency relief.
Electricity breakdowns irk Kabul residents
KABUL (SW) – Rampant power breakdowns in the capital Kabul has irked the residents as they said to be left with only a few hours of electricity supply during 24 hours.
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resume
MONITORING (SW) – A flight chartered by the US government left Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, marking the first evacuation departure since November, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Forceful cancellation of conference on press freedom widely condemned
KABUL (SW) – Rights groups have condemned the forceful cancellation of a conference on the state of press freedom in Afghanistan by the Afghanistan Federation of Journalists and Media.
