Category: Security

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.

Road accident claims 5 lives in Farah

FARAH CITY (SW) – Five members of a family lost their lives in Farah to a road accident on the main highway connecting the province to Herat, confirmed officials on Friday.

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.

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.

Afghanistan hanging by a thread, says Guterres

MONITORING (SW) – With Afghanistan “hanging by a thread” six months after the Taliban takeover, the world cannot abandon the country now – for the sake of its people and overall global security, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Wednesday.