Ariana: Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said Saturday that Daesh (ISIS-K) does not have a footprint in the country and that any incident carried out by the group in Afghanistan “is imported from abroad”. Muttaqi made the remarks during an interview with state-run TV RTA. His
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 15, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The chief diplomat in Afghanistan’s ruling Islamist Taliban has rejected as baseless Russia’s allegations that thousands of Islamic State militants have gathered in northern Afghanistan and threaten the stability of the Central Asian region. “How come thousands of such people are concentrated in one place and still
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 1, 2023 Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Wednesday rejected allegations their territory was used in this week’s mosque bombing in Pakistan, urging the neighboring country to thoroughly investigate such terror acts before blaming others. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told a gathering in the capital, Kabul, that Pakistani officials should find
Ariana: Amir Khan Muttaqi, [Taliban] Afghanistan’s acting minister of Foreign Affairs, says that the outcome of the international conference in Tashkent indicates progress in diplomatic relations between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and the region and the world. Muttaqi said that the process of placing IEA diplomats at Afghanistan’s embassies continues and many nations
Ariana: According to Iran’s IRNA news agency, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in a phone conversation that he is dispatching the delegation in the near future in order to resolve issues around water. Amirabdollahian said the people of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan and their representatives in Parliament are
Michael Hughes: The agenda item during talks between the U.S. and Taliban in Doha this week was widely expected to be about potentially unfreezing Afghan assets for earthquake recovery efforts. Although that topic was discussed, the State Department said a “central focus” of the dialogue was the Taliban’s restrictions on Afghan women. This emphasis was
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 25, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban renewed their call Saturday for the United States to unfreeze Afghanistan’s foreign funds and lift financial sanctions to help the war-torn country deal with its deadliest earthquake in more than two decades. The United Nations said humanitarian organizations, in coordination with Taliban authorities, are continuing
Ariana: Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has said that the government has made good progress in its diplomacy with the world. Speaking at a meeting with the government’s spokesmen, Muttaqi said that IEA’s meetings with the United States and EU helped ease economic sanctions. He went on
Ariana: After Washington announced its plan to use half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets for humanitarian aid, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said on Friday the US has agreed not to give it to charity organizations. The agreement came during a meeting between IEA’s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and US special
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 19, 2022 The Taliban’s acting prime minister asked the global community Wednesday to grant legitimacy to Afghanistan’s new government, insisting it has met all conditions required for the official recognition. Mohammad Hassan Akhund spoke at a conference in Kabul where his interim administration convened to discuss massive economic upheavals facing