Britain’s shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to highlight the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Lammy is the first senior British politician to visit the country since the west’s chaotic withdrawal last August. He is being accompanied by Preet Gill, the shadow minister for international development. “The UK’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan […]

The Indian government is close to a decision on resuming a diplomatic presence in Afghanistan though the move will not amount to a recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regime in Kabul, Indian media reported Wednesday. The issue of India reopening its embassy in Kabul was discussed at meetings last week during JP Singh, the special envoy to Afghanistan’s […]

Unspecified millions of dollars remain unaccounted for some 10 months after the Afghan government disintegrated during the frantic withdrawal of U.S. personnel last summer, a government watchdog report issued Tuesday said. It remains unclear whether any stolen money was provided by the United States, John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said in the interim report. Some high-ranking […]

Every single child born and raised in Afghanistan had only known life in a country affected by war. Imagine, you turned 18 and all you know is conflict and war because this what you have witnessed since years. The fifth report of the UN Secretary-General on “Children and Armed Conflict in Afghanistan” released in 2021 against the backdrop of the […]

Pakistan’s military says security forces killed seven militants in two different operations near the Afghan border on Sunday. Five militants were killed in raid on a hideout in the Jani Khel area of Bannu district — the gateway to North Waziristan, they said in a statement. Two other militants were killed in a shootout in a tribal district of North […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on Monday joined the list of Islamic countries that have condemned India for the insulting remarks by two officials against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Bharatiya Janat Party’s (BJP) national spokeswoman Nupur Sharma was suspended from the party on Sunday for comments made in a recent TV debate, while the BJP’s Delhi media operations head Naveen […]

The Kandahar Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Monday that 2,000 tonnes of Afghan cotton was recently exported from the province to Turkey and Iran. The chamber says that in the past, Afghan cotton was exported only to Pakistan, but now new markets have opened up, which has provided employment opportunities for some people. Afghan cotton is considered to be […]

As international human rights organizations voice concerns over alleged human rights violations in Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has described such reports as “baseless”, saying the international community raises the issue for its own political gains. “The world raises human rights issues for some of its political goals. You can see that compared to last […]

The United Nations (UN) has called for $3 billion in cash aid to Afghanistan and said the gap needs to be filled by next winter. The organization made the largest request for assistance to Afghanistan in early 2022, saying it needed a total of $5 billion to address the needs of Afghans. Of this, $600 million was requested to address […]

The First Deputy Prime Minister has called on businessmen and investors to return to the country and invest in their homeland. Speaking at the “New Spring International Public Exhibition and Industry Week Ceremony” on Sunday in Kabul, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar emphasized that security has been provided in the country more so than ever before and that there is no […]