MONITORING (SW) – Russia, China and Pakistan are willing to provide aid to Afghanistan, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, but Moscow said it was not yet ready to recognise the Taliban government.
MONITORING (SW) – The Taliban and representatives from 10 countries, including China, Pakistan and India, will participate in meeting in Russia on Wednesday.
MONITORING (SW) – The United States’ special envoy for Afghanistan is stepping down following the chaotic American withdrawal from the country, the US State Department said on Monday.
KABUL (SW) – Seeking refuge in foreign lands, a number of Afghan migrants said to have faced torture and detention at different borders in various countries.
MONITORING (SW) – India has proposed to host an in-person meet of the National Security Advisors (NSA) on Afghanistan in Delhi in November. Key stakeholders in the region, including Russia, China, and Pakistan, have been invited to the meet.
GHOR (SW) – Lack of financial support, technical glitches and security concerns have led to the closure of another radio station in Ghor province.
MONITORING (SW) – The United States said on Friday it has offered to pay unspecified compensation to relatives of 10 people in Afghanistan including seven children who were killed by mistake in a US drone strike as American forces were completing their withdrawal.
MONITORING (SW) – The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at least 41 people and injured scores more.
MONITORING (SW) – At least 32 people have been killed and 45 others wounded after an explosion went off inside a Shia mosque in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar, according to public health officials in the province.
MONITORING (SW) – State-owned Pakistan International Airlines suspended its flight operations to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Thursday after the Taliban authorities demanded a cut in its airfare.
MONITORING (SW) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that battle-hardened terrorists from Iraq and Syria are “actively” entering Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – With more and more Afghans seeking to flee the country, commission agents for visa are said to be exploiting vulnerabilities of the desperate migrants.
