Archive for October 1st, 2021

The world should not ignore the improved security situation in Afghanistan: Qatar

Qatar has called on the international community not to ignore the improved security situation in Afghanistan and other positive realities. Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani, Qatar’s Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar for Afghanistan, during a meeting with Mawlavi Amir Khan Miraqa, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), discussed […]

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IEA urges Washington to stop flying drones over Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Wednesday warned of consequences if the United States did not stop flying drones over Afghan airspace. The IEA said in a statement, that in flying drones over the country, the U.S is in violation of international rights and laws “as well as its commitments made to the IEA in Doha, Qatar” in February […]

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Afghan lawyers welcome IEA’s move to adopt former constitution

Afghan lawyers have welcomed the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) willingness to govern based on a constitution. The Ministry of Justice said in a statement this week that the IEA will implement the constitution of the era of former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir (King Zahir Shah). According to the statement, the IEA will implement the constitution “for the interim period […]

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Milley discussed Putin offer to use Russian bases to monitor Afghanistan: report

US General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed an offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use Russia’s military bases in Central Asia to respond to emerging terrorist threats in Afghanistan, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Milley brought up the offer last week during a meeting with Russian Chief of General Staff Valery […]

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Afghanistan Can Be an Opening for U.S. Diplomacy With Russia

On Feb. 15, 1989, Col. Gen. Boris Gromov became the last Soviet commander to leave Afghanistan, crossing the Friendship Bridge into what was then the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Gromov’s departure ended the USSR’s decade-long military occupation of Afghanistan, characterized by some as the country’s version of the Vietnam War. Moscow left behind capable local security forces, infrastructure projects and […]

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Top US General Calls Afghan War ‘Strategic Failure’

Gen. Mark Milley testified for the first time before Congress since the United States ended its longest war in Afghanistan. During a Senate hearing held on Tuesday, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that it is a “strategic failure” with the Taliban back in power and U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Milley, alongside Secretary of […]

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