The Taliban have announced the release of two Western journalists working for the United Nations refugee agency. Andrew North, a British freelance reporter, and an Irish photographer had been arrested along with two Afghans in Kabul four days back. The Wall Street Journal quoted the Taliban as saying late on Friday the Western journalists had been detained because they did […]

India is naturally concerned at the situation in Afghanistan, says the minister of state for external affairs. He called the situation in Afghanistan a matter of concern for all neighbours, including India and the Central Asian countries. Speaking in Parliament on Friday, V Muraleedharan said this while answering a query about the maiden India-Central Asia Summit hosted by New Delhi […]

The size of the Islamic State’s Afghanistan faction has nearly doubled in size, according to a new report from the United Nations. ISIS-Khorasan, or ISIS-K, has been able to expand in Afghanistan in recent months following the U.S. military’s departure at the end of August, which coincided with the Taliban’s rise to power, thus providing the terror group with a […]

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education on Thursday appealed to all Afghan professors who have left to return home and help rebuild their country. According to a statement issued by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), professors have been urged to return, and have been told they will be paid salaries. “Afghanistan is the common home of all ethnic groups and […]

Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Thursday that Afghan authorities are not planning to dismiss the current Afghan ambassador to Moscow and are looking at possibly sending in more diplomats. In an interview with Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, Kabulov said Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials have also urged Russia to accept other diplomats, state-owned TASS News reported. […]

One person was killed and 14 others, including children, were injured in an explosion at the Qala-e-Naw capital of the Afghan province of Badghis. Local officials said that the blast occurred this afternoon at the gate of grand mosque in Qala-e-Naw, as worshipers were leaving the mosque. Badghis health department Chief Asif Qanat said one person was killed and 14 […]

The U.S. government will take steps on Friday to free half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan reserves held in the United States to aid the Afghan people without providing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) access to the funds, sources familiar with the plan said. A multi-step plan calls for the other half of the funds to remain […]

In late January, the IMF released its update on the outlook for the world economy. It downgraded its estimate for global growth in 2022 to 4.4 per cent from 4.9 per cent last October. Against this background, India was a striking outlier. It was not just the country with the highest anticipated growth in 2022, 9.0 per cent for India’s […]

People In US Must Recognize The Suffering Their Country Continues Inflicting In Afghanistan During visits to Kabul, Afghanistan, over the past decade, I particularly relished lingering over breakfasts on chilly winter mornings with my young hosts who were on their winter break from school. Seated on the floor, wearing coats and hats and draped with blankets, we’d sip piping hot […]