Yamin Zakaria: Looking back on 2015, except for the sporting success, there are not many reasons to feel optimistic about the future of Afghanistan. A resurgent Taliban continues to gain more territory, and even worse is the prospect of ISIS gaining a foothold, adding to the chaos. Click here to read more.
Tolo News: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that Tajikistan’s embassy in Kabul – through an official letter to the ministry – termed mounting insecurity as the main reason behind the closure of the consulates. “The letter has stressed the move will not have any impact on friendly relations between Kabul and Dushanbe,” the MoFA
Yamin Zakaria: Call it political analysis or conspiracy theory, commercial interests often underpins foreign policy. Accordingly, many alleged that the US supported the Taliban regime through its ally Pakistan because it wanted to build a Gas pipeline in the 1990s along with the other strategic interests. The pipeline would run from the Central Asian countries through
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 13, 2015 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Construction of a much-anticipated $10-billion pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India began Sunday, 25 years after the inception of the project. The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year through
Khaama Press December 13, 2015 President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani once again has criticized some regional countries for not wanting peace and stability in the region. While talking to the International Neutrality Conference in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, President Ghani said that instead of cooperation, some regional countries export terrorism. During his speech on Saturday, President Ghani hailed
Ariana News: On Saturday morning, President Ashraf Ghani left Kabul for a two-day visit to Ashgabat to inaugurate TAPI Gas Pipeline Project. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press November 26, 2015 The groundbreaking ceremony of the long delayed $10 billion Trans-Afghanistan gas pipeline will take place in Turkmenistan on 13th December, it has been reported. Work on 1,735-km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project will start on 13th December, according to the Turkmenistan ambassador to Pakistan, Atadjan Movlamov. High level Afghan government
The Diplomat: Kazakhstan may not be party to some of the grander-scale regional integration schemes, like the TAPI pipeline or the CASA-1000 project, but it stands as the region’s most successful economy. The boom times seem to be over however, with low oil and gas prices cutting into Astana’s pockets. While marketing wheat and steel to
Khaama Press November 20, 2015 Afghanistan signed two agreements and four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with Kazakhstan on Friday. The two agreements were on cooperation in the fields of culture and civil defense, prevention and emergency response, and the four MoUs were in different sectors. According to information released by the Presidential Palace “ARG”, one
Khaama Press November 19, 2015 President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani heading a high level government delegation would leave to Kazakhstan late on Thursday. Reports suggest that during the state visit, President Ghani would meet his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, Prime Minister Karim Qajymqanuly Massimov and other high ranking Kazakh officials. Both sides would ink few agreements