Category: Peace

Taliban welcomes the EU, Pakistan declaration on Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – The Taliban have welcomed the joint declaration on Afghanistan by the EU and Pakistan.

Islamic Emirate needs to meet conditions for international recognition, says West

KABUL (SW) – A top US diplomat has stressed that the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate needs to meet conditions for international recognition.

Afghanistan at the heart of India-Russia summit

MONITORING (SW) – During his visit to India for the 21st annual India-Russia summit, President Vladimir Putin addressed the issue of the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan.

Pensioners fear they would be deprived of their rights

KABUL (SW) – A number of pensioners fear they would be deprived of their due rights s resulting in added woes for their needy families.

Pakistan starts supplying free medicines to Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan has started supplying free medicines to Afghanistan in a move to strengthen its assistance to the neighbouring country facing serious medical and health challenges, industry sources said on Saturday.

Afghanistan on the brink of “a humanitarian catastrophe”

MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan is on the brink of as “a humanitarian catastrophe” as the effects of an imploding economy are being felt across society.

US welcomes the Taliban leader’s new decree on women’s rights

KABUL (SW) – The United States has welcomed the Islamic Emirate leader’s new decree on women’s rights in Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate arrests two local officials in Daikundi on charge of a murder

DAIKUNDI (SW) – Officials of the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate announced to have arrested two of their local officials in Daikundi province in charge of a murder.

UNAMA calls for concrete actions to end violence against women

MONITORING (SW) – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the United Nations in Afghanistan called on everyone for concrete actions to end violence against women.

Pakistani PM approves humanitarian assistance package for Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the humanitarian assistance package for Afghanistan at the first apex committee meeting of the newly established Afghanistan Inter-inisterial Coordination Cell (AICC), the Prime Minister’s office said Monday.

US considering sending evacuees back to Afghanistan

MONITORING (SW) – The Biden administration is considering sending some of the Afghan evacuees at a US military base in Kosovo back to Afghanistan if they cannot clear the intense vetting process to come to the United States, according to three US officials familiar with the matter.