Ministry pledges to enhance minerals processing capabilities
KABUL (SW) – The Islamic Emirate authorities have vowed to enhance the minerals processing capabilities within Afghanistan in a bid to end reliance and cheap export of the raw minerals.
Category: Security
UNAMA chief urges the world to engage with the Taliban
MONITORING (SW) – Urging the world to engage with the Taliban in Afghanistan, the top UN envoy in Kabul has said that the Afghan people cannot be truly assisted without working with the de facto authorities in the war-ravaged country.
Afghan media in a ‘chilling new phase of clamp down’
MONITORING (SW) – The Committee to Protect Journalists has said in a fresh report that the media in Afghanistan that emerged in the two decades after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan has entered a ‘chilling new phase in its clamp down’.
Another radio station goes off the air
MONITORING (SW) – Another radio station in Afghanistan went off the air for good due to the prevailing security and economic situation.
US envoy calls for emancipation of women in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – Rina Amiri, US Special Representative for Afghanistan’s Women and Human Rights, has said the Islamic Emirate must use the talents of women and girls to move toward stability and what its citizens deserve.
$1 billion from the ARTF to be given to NGOs in Afghanistan
MONITORING (SW) – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved an expanded approach to support the people of Afghanistan based on the request of Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) donors and the international community.
Amnesty International calls for ‘immediately’ stopping house search in Kabul
MONITORING (SW) – The Amnesty International has urged the Islamic Emirate to ‘immediately’ stop the ongoing house to house search in Kabul.
Mujahid clarifies stance on international travel by Afghan citizens
KABUL (SW) – Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate and deputy director of publications at the Ministry of Information and Culture, has clarified his stance on international travel for the Afghan citizens.
Islamic Emirate rejected US demands for military bases, says Dilavar
KABUL (SW) – Shahabuddin Delavar, acting head of the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, said that during the Doha peace talks, the United States had requested the establishment of a military bases in Afghanistan, which was rejected by the Islamic Emirate.
UNSC to discuss the situation in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – The UN Security Council is scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.
War rages on as Russia – Ukraine talks continue
MONITORING (SW) – Fighting continued on Monday, the fifth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite talks aimed at securing a ceasefire.
Afghan people neglected in the Doha Agreement, says analysts
KABUL (SW) – Two years on since the historic Doha Agreement between the Islamic Emirate and the US, analysts believe the West has forgotten the people of Afghanistan.
