MONITORING (SW) – After the Islamic Emirate administration called against the opening of educational institutes to girls beyond 6th grade on Wednesday, the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said the US rejects the Taliban’s decision.
MONITORING (SW) – The Afghan Embassy and two consulates in the United States will cease operations at noon March 23, Afghan diplomats say.
MONITORING (SW) – The US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has met with his counterpart from Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov in Washington on Wednesday to discuss bilateral, international matters and the situation in Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – Russian forces have declared a ceasefire to allow humanitarian corridors out of the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.
MONITORING (SW) – Analysts believe that Afghanistan would lose the much-needed international assistance and attention in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
MONITORING (SW) – About 20 minutes into his highly anticipated speech at America’s largest annual conservative gathering, Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin while denouncing his attack on Ukraine as a “catastrophic disaster”.
MONITORING (SW) – Explosions were heard in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, which lies close to Ukraine’s eastern border with Russia, on Friday with the mayor telling residents to seek shelter from Russian missiles in subway stations, basements and bomb shelters, Reuters news agency reported.
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has urged for restraints in the wake of armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
MONITORING (SW) – US President Joe Biden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy soon after Russia launched an attack on Ukraine, the White House has said.
MONITORING (SW) – Pakistan’s prime minister will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, officials have said, as the prospect of a Russian invasion of Ukraine seems imminent.
KABUL (SW) – Thomas West, the US State Department’s special envoy for Afghanistan, has said the Islamic Emirate was repeating a mistake that denied them a chance to rule the country in 2001.
KABUL (SW) – White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki has said no assets of the Da Afghanistan Bank would be paid to the families of 9/11 victims without a US court ruling.
