Ariana: Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov said in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that he intends to increase diplomatic relations with Afghanistan and may accept the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador in Tashkent in the near future, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 15, 2024 Days after the Taliban seized power in 2021, Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, the powerful head of Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence agency, took what seemed a victory lap in the Afghan capital, Kabul. “Please don’t worry — everything will be OK,” he told a Western journalist
Khaama: Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban, stated on the eve of the third anniversary of the fall of the republic that they had predicted the escape of Ashraf Ghani, the former President of Afghanistan. In an interview with BBC, Muttaqi said, “Ashraf Ghani was given power very easily by the
Afghanistan International: Reliable sources have informed Afghanistan International that the trial of Allah Gul Mujahid, a former Afghan parliament member, is still underway in the Taliban’s court and the final verdict has not been reached yet. Sources close to Mujahid allege that his arrest by the Taliban was driven by “political motives”. Mujahid returned to
Afghanistan International: Amrullah Saleh, the former Vice-President of Afghanistan, has claimed that Mullah Hibatullah, the leader of the Taliban, is fearful of Kabul. In an interview with the Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Saleh stated, “Mullah Hibatullah fears Kabul, where the majority of the population is not Pashtun, and the residents are highly critical of the
Ariana: A senior Iranian diplomat said on Sunday that in urging the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, Tehran did not mean this to be a coalition or power-sharing administration. Sayed Rasoul Mousavi, director of the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s South Asia division, welcomed a recent meeting held by the Afghan Foreign Ministry on Kabul-Tehran
Roshan Noorzai VOA News August 2, 2024 Washington — Afghan diplomats and diplomatic missions in Europe, Australia and Canada say they will continue providing consular services despite the Taliban’s recent announcement disavowing them. The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry announced in a statement Tuesday that it would not recognize the legitimacy of consular services performed at Afghan diplomatic
By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 1, 2024 The killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the EU- and U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, has thrown the Middle East into crisis. But his assassination in a suspected Israeli strike in Iran on July 31 and the heightened risk of a broader war also
Khaama: Abdullah Abdullah, the former Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan, extended his deepest condolences to the family of Ismail Haniyeh and the people of Palestine. In a statement posted on his X account on Wednesday, July 31, Abdullah condemned the assassination as an act of terrorism and a violation of
Notice for all Afghan Nationals residing in European countries! pic.twitter.com/AgJtQw5q5P — Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Afghanistan (@MoFA_Afg) July 30, 2024 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 30, 2024 Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have announced that they are cutting ties with 14 Afghan diplomatic missions abroad and will cease to accept consular documents issued by those missions,