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Afghan FM Confirms Kabul Mediating Between Pak, TTP
Afghan FM Confirms Kabul Mediating Between Pak, TTP

The Afghan Foreign Minister told a gathering that the Taliban government had not dismissed a single woman and invited all of them back to work. He claimed that all anti-Pakistan elements had left Afghanistan, and expressed hope that the Pakistan-TTP peace process would be extended.

  • Sunday, 14 November 2021
Former Afghan Army Was Full Of Ghost Soldiers, Actual Numbers Inflated Over Six Times
Former Afghan Army Was Full Of Ghost Soldiers, Actual Numbers Inflated Over Six Times

A 2016 report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar) claimed that "neither the United States nor its Afghan allies know how many Afghan soldiers and police actually exist, how many are in fact available for duty, or, by extension, the true nature of their operational capabilities".

  • Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Terror Threats From Afghanistan
Security Czars Of Eight Nations Call For Collective Approach To Deal With Threat Of Terrorism From Afghanistan

Both Pakistan and China were also invited by India, but they decided not to attend the meet.

  • Wednesday, 10 November 2021
India, US To Consult On Potential Terror Threats From Afghanistan
India, US To Consult On Potential Terror Threats From Afghanistan

The State Department said that the two sides "also discussed mutual legal and extradition".

  • Friday, 29 October 2021
Unicef Official Warns Of Worsening Situation In Afghanistan
Unicef Official Warns Of Worsening Situation In Afghanistan

The official also said that the education gains of the past two decades must be strengthened, not rolled back.

  • Saturday, 16 October 2021
New Chapter Opened In Afghanistan, World Relations: Taliban FM
New Chapter Opened In Afghanistan, World Relations: Taliban FM

The Acting Foreign Minister is part of an Afghan Taliban delegation which carried out a two-day meeting with US officials over the weekend in the Qatari capital.

  • Tuesday, 12 October 2021
EMA Jaishankar Meets Russian Counterpart
EMA Jaishankar Meets Russian Counterpart; Discusses Afghanistan And Indo-Pacific

The minister met Lavrov on the sidelines of the Ministerial meeting of the Conference of Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA).

  • Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Afghanistan
Starvation Claiming Lives Of Children In Afghanistan

"Children are dying of starvation in Afghanistan," said the locals in Ghor, one of the many affected provinces of Afghanistan.

  • Tuesday, 05 October 2021
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China Delivers 1st Batch Of Aid To Taliban's Interim Govt In Afghanistan

The China-donated supplies, which arrived at the Kabul International Airport on Wednesday night, have been handed over to the Afghanistan side, state-run Xinhua news agency reported from the Afghan capital.

  • Thursday, 30 September 2021
Taliban
'US Senators Seek Investigation Into Pak's Role In Taliban Victory'

A bill was tabled by the Republican senators in the US Senate demanding "deeper investigation" into the Taliban's victory in Afghanistan and sanctions on those who assisted in driving out the Ashraf Ghani-led regime.

  • Wednesday, 29 September 2021
Taliban Bans Hairdressers From Shaving, Trimming Beards
Taliban Bans Hairdressers From Shaving, Trimming Beards

In a notice posted on salons in Helmand province, Taliban officers warned that hairdressers must follow Sharia law for haircuts and beards, BBC reported.

  • Monday, 27 September 2021
Events In Afghanistan Raise Questions About Use Of Terrorism To Change State Structure: Defence Min
Events In Afghanistan Raise Questions About Use Of Terrorism To Change State Structure: Defence Min

Rajnath Singh asserted that injustice, however powerful, cannot and will not defeat the collective power of the goodness that is inherent to human existence.

  • Saturday, 25 September 2021
IMF
IMF Suspends Its Engagement With Afghanistan

Our engagement with Afghanistan has been suspended until there is clarity within the international community on the recognition of the government, IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice said.

  • Friday, 17 September 2021
Taliban Commanders
3 Top Taliban Commanders May Be Sidelined Due To Fraught Relationship With Pakistan

Three Taliban commanders with significant military presence may have been sidelined because of their fraught relationship with Pakistan

  • Tuesday, 14 September 2021
Taliban Seize $6 Mn Cash, 15 Gold Bricks From Ex-VP Amrullah Saleh's House
Taliban Seize $6 Mn Cash, 15 Gold Bricks From Ex-VP Amrullah Saleh's House

Meanwhile, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, confirmed in an audio message on Monday that he is alive and not injured.

  • Monday, 13 September 2021
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