US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West announced Saturday that he discussed the way ahead in Afghanistan during his two-day trip to Turkish capital Ankara. West said on X that the issues discussed included the need for collective diplomacy, coordinated efforts against Daesh-Khorasan threats, support for disaster relief efforts in northern Afghanistan, and to promote for Afghans’ human rights. The […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is fully capable of restoring order in the country, assuming external actors do not meddle in its affairs, the head of the FSB security service said. Speaking at a security meeting of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Bishkek, Alexander Bortnikov said that attempts to consolidate and expand the influence of terrorist networks in […]

Islamabad would like Beijing to speak to Kabul about the issue of terrorism, Pakistan’s Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said. Speaking in an interview with VOA released on Sunday, Iqbal said that Pakistan has concerns on certain groups that are operating out of Afghanistan and carrying out terrorism actions. “The terrorists who committed the recent incident against Chinese […]

Nooruddin Azizi, Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, headed to Russia to participate in an international economic meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan. The aim of the Russia-Islamic World: KazanForum 2024, the 15th edition of the forum, is to offer a platform for leading international economic and financial specialists from the Islamic world to strengthen ties between the countries of the Organization […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday that continued interventions by the US into the internal affairs of Afghanistan will complicate the country’s situation. In a meeting in Tehran with the head of the UN in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, Amir-Abdollahian said Iran closely follows the developments in Afghanistan and supports stability, security, and sustainable development in the neighboring country. […]

Iranian officials say work is intensely underway on the implementation of plan to block the country’s eastern border with Afghanistan. According to Iranian media, the commander of the Ground Forces of Iran spoke on Thursday at a ceremony in the city of Mashhad about the sealing of the country’s borders with Afghanistan. Kioumars Heydari added: “According to the measures contemplated […]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan on Thursday rejected the statements of the Islamic Emirate regarding the use of Pakistan’s soil against Afghanistan by Daesh, calling the remarks as “unwarranted and irresponsible.” Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesperson of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a press conference that instead of such statements, the Afghan authorities should take effective action […]

Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani has said in a meeting with the European Union envoy in Kabul that Afghans will have a good future in peace and under the shadow of the Islamic system. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Interior on Friday, Haqqani, in his meeting with Raffaella Iodice, the European Union’s Chargé d’affaires to […]

In an April 23, 2024 Dari-language statement, the Jamiat-e-Islami party of Afghanistan, agreeing with the U.S. State Department report on human rights abuses, condemned the Afghan Taliban rulers for rights violations in Afghanistan. Jamiat-e-Islami is led by Salahuddin Rabbani, the former Afghan foreign minister and son of Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was president of the country from 1992 to 1996. The […]

The Taliban on Wednesday rejected claims of Afghan involvement in recent attacks in Pakistan, calling it “irresponsible and far from the reality.” Pakistan’s military said Tuesday a suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in March was planned in neighboring Afghanistan and that the bomber was an Afghan citizen. Maj. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, a spokesman for […]