Archive for May, 2022

Uzbekistan sends in another shipment of aid to Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Sunday that Uzbekistan has sent in another shipment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the form of food and clothing. According to IEA spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, 4,000 tons of goods arrived in the country. “By the order of the President of Uzbekistan, 4,000 tons of materials such as flour, wheat, rice, oil, clothing, spices […]

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Iran accuses US of using Daesh to destablize Afghanistan

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has accused Washington of using ISIS (Daesh) to create insecurity and a rift among religious and ethnic groups in Afghanistan. Addressing an open session of parliament in Tehran on Sunday, Qalibaf said the US is using Daesh to create insecurity in Afghanistan in order to create ethnic-religious sedition in Afghanistan and to put pressure […]

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Thomas West says Afghanistan is still a priority for Washington

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West says Washington has not forgotten Afghanistan but that the Islamic Emirate (IEA) needs to fulfil its commitments in order to be recognized as the legitimate government by the international community. In an interview with Ariana News, West said the leaders of the Islamic Emirate can gain global legitimacy by fulfilling their obligations […]

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Pakistan PM seeks urgent aid for Afghans

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has underlined the need for the delivery of urgent humanitarian aid to the Afghan people. At the end of a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Sharif issued the call at a meeting with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha in Makkah. The Prime Minister’s Office in Islamabad said Sharif affirmed […]

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Afghan students’ visa issue shared with Indian varsity

The Afghan embassy in India has informed the Punjab University administration about the Afghan students still stuck in their country due to the non-issuance of visas. The embassy spotlighted the problem in an email addressed to the dean of international students, an Indian newspaper reported on Sunday. The Afghans were informed earlier in the month that the end-semester examination for […]

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Uzbekistan delivers 4,000 tonnes of food, medicine aid to Afghanistan

Uzbekistan has provided 4,000 tonnes of food and medicine aid to Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday. The aid included wheat, cooking oil, garments, medicine, vaccine and other essential items, Zabihullah Mujahid, the government acting spokesperson wrote on his twitter handle. Mujahid thanked Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev for his generous assistance to the people of Afghanistan on the eve of […]

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OIC condemns recent Kabul mosque bombing

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned in the strongest terms the powerful explosion on Friday 29 April 2022, targeting the Khalifa Sahib mosque in Western Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city. In a statement the Muslim block said, the despicable attack marks yet another carnage in a string of attacks on Afghan civilians in the holy month of Ramadan, and […]

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Afghanistan working on plans to expand ties through railway network

Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA), said Friday they are working to expand economic ties with neighboring countries through railway projects. The director general of the Afghan Railways, Bakht-u-Rehman Sharafat, says they are working on plans to develop the railway system in Afghanistan and to use this form of transport for exports. He said that Russia and Kazakhstan have also shown interest […]

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Afghans celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr across the country

Afghans celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Sunday, across all provinces of Afghanistan, including Kabul, after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government declared the first day of Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday night. The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, said after Eid prayers at the Palace mosque in Kabul, that this Eid has come with peace […]

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Explosions in northern Afghanistan kill at least 9, wound 13

Two explosions, within minutes of each other, killed at least nine people and wounded 13 in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, a spokesman for a Taliban-appointed police chief said. The blasts targeted two separate vehicles in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, according to Mohammad Asif Waziri, the spokesman. The source of the blasts was not immediately clear and the spokesman […]

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