Top EU diplomat meets Sirajuddin Haqqani
KABUL (SW) – Tomas Niklasson, Special Envoy of the European Union for Afghanistan has met with Sirajuddin Haqqani, interior minister for the Isalmic Emirate, said an official statement.
Category: Peace
“World does not have the authority to decide on the hijab of our sisters”
MONITORING (SW) – Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, head of the Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil, has said the world does not have the authority to decide on the hhijabin Afghanistan.
Pressure On Taliban to protect Afghan women’s rights: US
MONITORING (SW) – The United States will take steps to increase pressure on Afghanistan’s Taliban government to reverse some of its recent decisions restricting the rights of women and girls if the hardline group shows no sign of rescinding the actions on its own.
Top EU diplomat raises concers over rights situation
KABUL (SW) – Top EU diplomat in Afghanistan has shared the international community’s concern regarding human rights situation with the Islamic Emirate.
Drug trade continues meters away from governor’s office despite the ban
TARIN KOT (SW) – Hundreds of people visit the “opium market” every day in the city of Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan, which is located 50 meters from the provincial governor’s office, and freely sell and buy drugs.
Analysts see the US seeking physical presence in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Analysts believe the US is seeking to re-establish physical presence in Afghanistan in a bid to have a check on China and Russia.
New ruling on hijab sparks grim concerns
MONITORING (SW) – The new ruling on hijab has sparked grim concerns with the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan labelling it disrespectful to the women.
Women must abide by the hijab, says a new decree
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil of the Islamic Emirate has issued a new decree on women’s hijab, saying that from now on, all women must abide by it.
Iranian FM raises concerns over situation in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – Iranian media has reported that the country’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian has shared concerns over situation in Afghanistan during a telephone conversation with the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Turkey provides assistance for orphanages
KABUL (SW) – As part of its humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, Turkey today handed over 1,500 food packages and 750 carpets to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for donation to the country’s orphanages.
Floods continue to cause havoc in different provinces
KABUL (SW) – Heavy floods in Faryab, Baghlan, Parwan, Maidan Wardak and Badghis provinces have caused severe financial and personal losses to the people.
Mujahid says no restrictions on press freedom
KABUL (SW) – In his message on World Press Freedom Day, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, claimed there were no restrictions on media in the country.
