MONITORING (SW) – Counter-terrorism experts from India, Pakistan and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday deliberated on boosting cooperation in combating various regional security challenges at a meeting hosted by New Delhi.
KABUL (SW) – Analysts believe the US is seeking to re-establish physical presence in Afghanistan in a bid to have a check on China and Russia.
MONITORING (SW) – Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense viewed by CNN.
MONITORING (SW) – An official report released by the State Department has acknowledged a steep drop in human rights progress in Afghanistan following the United States’ withdrawal last August.
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.
