Afghanistan International: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has asserted that the Taliban has no legal right to access billions of dollars allocated for Afghanistan, as the group is not recognised as the legitimate government and remains subject to sanctions. The report also alleges that the Taliban collects taxes on a significant portion
Tolo News: US Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has introduced a bill to prevent the Islamic Emirate from accessing American funds through the United Nations. According to this bill, US aid sent via the UN will be subject to the US State Department’s guarantee that Washington’s cash assistance will not be included in UN humanitarian
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 29, 2025 ISLAMABAD — A senior World Health Organization official cautioned Wednesday that the eradication of polio in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the only countries where the paralytic virus persists, is threatened by the suspension of funding from the United States. In an online news conference, Hanan Balkhy, regional director for the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 27, 2025 Tensions between Washington and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are rising a week into President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened on January 25 to place a bounty on Taliban leaders if the United States determines the group has imprisoned American citizens.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 26, 2025 The United States may place a bounty on the top leaders of the Taliban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on January 25 after finding out that the group may be holding more American hostages in Afghanistan. “Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has
VOA News January 22, 2025 Washington — President Trump’s executive order suspending the U.S. refugee program would affect the resettlement of thousands of Afghans who helped the U.S. during the war in Afghanistan, an advocacy group said. AfghanEvac, a California-based coalition of organizations helping U.S. Afghan allies to resettle in the U.S., said Monday that the
Khaama: U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order suspending the country’s refugee admission program for at least three months. The White House stated that resumption depends on aligning refugee admissions with U.S. interests. This decision is expected to impact thousands of Afghan migrants. According to the White House on Monday, January 20, the
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 21, 2025 Islamabad — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan announced Tuesday the release of two American nationals as part of a prisoner exchange for one of their members, who was held in the United States on narcotics-terrorism charges. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul identified the freed Afghan as Khan Mohammad
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 20, 2025 Ayaz Gul — President-elect Donald Trump says that future financial assistance to Afghanistan will be contingent upon the return of U.S. military equipment by the Taliban leaders currently in power. Trump’s remarks at a Sunday rally in Washington on the eve of his January 20 inauguration have heightened uncertainty
Afghanistan International: A senior Republican senator has said that he is concerned about the group’s attack on the United States as the Islamic State grows in Afghanistan and wars spread around the world. Lindsey Graham stressed, “I’ve never been more worried about attacks on my homeland than I am now.” Click here to read more