KABUL (SW) – Top Islamic Emirate officials have engaged in a marathon round of consultations in Kandahar over Afghanistan’s future government system, the national flag and other key matters.
MONITORING (SW) – The Human Rights Watch has charged the Islamic Emirate authorities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province to have threatened to retaliate against activists and former government officials in response to recent killings of Taliban commanders.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities have cited consultations for Sharia-compliant dress code for girls as the reason behind not reopening their schools across the country.
MONITORING (SW) – The Amnesty International has urged the Islamic Emirate authorities in Afghanistan to stop arbitrary arrests of journalists, civil society activists, former government officials and those who dissent under the Taliban rule.
MONITORING (SW) – The Human Rights Watch has stressed that Afghanistan urgently needs a functioning banking system to address the humanitarian crisis.
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate’s move to form a commission tasked with consulting and inviting key political figures residing abroad back to the country has been widely hailed.
MONITORING (SW) – The Afghan Embassy and two consulates in the United States will cease operations at noon March 23, Afghan diplomats say.
KABUL (SW) : Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, has issued a 14-point guiding principle for officials of all ranks.
KABUL (SW) – Hundreds of acres of land in Helmand would be covered with date orchards, said officials on Sunday.
KABUL (SW) – The Movement for Change party of Afghanistan has called on the Islamic Emirate officials to grant women their right to education and employment.
MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Islamabad would continue cooperation with the United Nations Human Rights machinery for the promotion and protection of all human rights and realisation of the sustainable development agenda.
KABUL (SW) – The UN Children Fund has said it aims to reach 12.9 million children with life-saving assistance in Afghanistan, but cannot achieve it without urgent support.
