Aamaj: The Taliban’s attempts to gain recognition of their government as legitimate one, has been unsuccessful. International community put conditions the very day that Taliban entered Kabul, and warned if Taliban do not change their approach towards women, they will not recognize their government. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Pakistani media have reported that Islamabad would host a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers on Afghanistan in a week. The meeting will be held on December 19, which is aimed at addressing the serious and deteriorating humanitarian situation and preventing the economic crisis in Afghanistan, according to the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 9, 2021 The Pakistani Taliban, a militant group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan, says it will not extend a cease-fire agreed to last month, accusing Islamabad of failing to respect terms of the truce deal. The group, also known as Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP),
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 8, 2021 Pakistan has released 12 members of the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from custody, a source told RFE/RL on December 8, amid ongoing negotiations to reach a peace deal with the Islamist group fighting a guerrilla war in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan. The government and
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 4, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Saturday it will host a conference of foreign ministers from Islamic countries later this month in a bid to avert a looming humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore that the “extraordinary session”
BBC: The former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has described the Taliban as his “brothers” in an exclusive interview. The BBC’s Yalda Hakim also questioned Mr Karzai on when girls and women would be able to return to education and work. He said he had had conversations about this and that the Taliban has agreed
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 1, 2021 The United Nations refugee agency is urging Afghanistan’s neighbors to open their borders to Afghans seeking to flee their war-torn country — even if they don’t have documentation. Afghanistan’s land borders with Pakistan and Iran are currently open “almost solely” to Afghans with the required passports and visas,
Press TV November 23, 2021 Pakistan has refused to accept new batches of Afghan refugees since the Taliban’s takeover of the war-ravaged South Asian country in August, a report in an American news publication reveals. Foreign Policy (FP), in a report published on Tuesday, said Pakistan, which has accepted nearly 3.5 million Afghans over the
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 23, 2021 ISLAMABAD — A month-long truce between Pakistan and the outlawed militant alliance known as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) largely held into a 15th day Tuesday as the two adversaries negotiate a peace deal, with neighboring Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban mediating the talks. The TTP, commonly known as the Pakistani Taliban,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 22, 2021 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved a nearly $30 million assistance package aimed at helping Afghanistan deal with a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. Khan signed off on the deal in Islamabad on November 22 while chairing a meeting of the Afghanistan Inter-Ministerial Coordination Cell (AICC), which was recently formed to