Afghanistan is competing against five countries for the seat of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The acting Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said Monday that the members of the UN Human Rights Council are expected to vote on the transfer of 14 fourteen seats of this council. “The United Nations General […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) supreme leader Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada issued an order through the Islamic Emirate spokesperson’s office on Monday stating that officials from the General Directorate of Intelligence may only arrest people based on credible reasons and that they must then hand them over to the courts for a decision. He said people should not be detained […]

Top Biden administration officials met in-person with the Taliban on Saturday for the first time since al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by the US in his apartment in Kabul in late July, two officials familiar with the talks said. The administration sent the CIA’s deputy director and the top State Department official responsible for Afghanistan to the Qatari […]