US and Russia Envoys: Taliban Must Adhere Promises to the World
8am: The United States special representative Tom West for peace in Afghanistan has met with Zamir Kabulov the Russian envoy for Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
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Taliban Ill-Prepared for Afghan Governance Balancing Act
Michael Hughes: Former U.S. diplomat Carter Malkasian in his recent book on the war in Afghanistan says Ashraf Ghani as president had felt “centralized reform” was the strategy to defeat the Taliban and raise the country into modernity. Malkasian also points out what turns out to be quite a prescient passage in Ghani’s own book, Fixing Failed States
Iranian Top Envoy Meets Taliban Officials
8am: According to the embassy, Qomi will meet with Taliban officials to discuss regional issues, refugees, humanitarian aid, the formation of an inclusive government and other economic issues. Click here to read more (external link). Related US supporting Daesh terrorists following defeat in Afghanistan, says Iran’s special envoy Iran Concerned By Rise of Extremism In
Afghan FM confirms Kabul ‘mediating’ talks between Pakistan, TTP
Al Jazeera: The Taliban is acting as a mediator between the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister has said. In an interview to the BBC’s Urdu service on Sunday, Amir Khan Muttaqi said the Afghan Taliban had stepped in at the “request” of both parties. Click
Two Civilians, Four Daesh Killed in Kandahar Operation
Tolo News: Sanaullah, a relative of the victims, said his father and younger brother were killed. “One of them was my father and the other one my younger brother. Daesh members were living in a house and there was an explosion, and they were killed in that explosion,” he said. Click here to read more
Afghan Currency Hits Two-Decade Low, Foretelling Higher Food, Fuel Prices
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 15, 2021 Afghanistan’s national currency has reached its lowest level in the past two decades against the U.S. dollar as the war-ravaged country’s economy struggles to stay afloat following the Taliban takeover. The November 14 exchange rate on the foreign-exchange market Sarai Shahzada was quoted at 95 afghanis for one dollar. Two
People gather to support NRF all over the world
Protests in Frankfurt Germany in support of the National Resistance Front and its leader @AhmadMassoud01 Thousands of people around the world are protesting today in support of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.#NRF #freedom #November14 pic.twitter.com/loeQu9RCBu — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) November 14, 2021 📍London pic.twitter.com/lXDYtIwHDf — Maryam AhmadShah Massoud (@massoud_maryam) November 14, 2021 Speech by
Karzai: We Are Still Away from Bringing Security and Stability
8am: “The difficult situation in Afghanistan and the recent terrorist incidents indicate that we are still a long way from establishing lasting peace and strengthening security and stability,” he said. Karzai called the recent attacks in Kunduz, Kandahar, Kabul, and Nangarhar provinces a conspiracy against Afghanistan to perpetuate instability. Click here to read more (external
The Taliban plans to buy electricity from Iran after Afghanistan’s unpaid bills to other countries left it facing blackouts
Business Insider: Afghanistan’s national power company plans to import electricity from Iran in the hope of heading off a looming electricity crisis. The country’s power network is in a precarious state since the Taliban ousted the US-backed government in August. Afghanistan imports the majority of its power, and had mounting debts to neighboring countries. Click
A surgeon who helps burned Afghan women is now in hiding, afraid for her life
NPR: At 32 years old, Dr. K is old enough to remember the first time the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1995. She was 7 when girls were banned from school. “For years, my mother ensured that we continued our studies in secret classes conducted by women teachers in their homes,” she says. Click