India has underlined the imperative of improving Afghanistan’s capacity to counter terrorism in the region. India’s national security adviser (NSA) issued the call while addressing the fourth Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Dushanbe on Friday. India Today quoted Ajit Doval as calling his country an important stakeholder in Afghanistan. He also touted India’s special relationship with the Afghans over […]

Moscow has renewed its call for the immediate unfreezing of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves blocked by the United States. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev also stressed efforts to hike international humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. TASS news agency quoted Patrushev as saying: “It is necessary to facilitate the earliest possible unfreezing of Afghan assets illegally blocked by US…” Speaking at a […]

Acting Defence Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid has urged troops in the east to defend their motherland. The minister and the officials accompanying him visited the Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province on Friday. A brief statement from the Ministry of Defence said Yaqoob Mujahid visited the 201st Khalid bin Waleed Corps brigade in Achin district. The defence minister directed soldiers […]

Regional countries met this weekend to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and emphasized the need for a non-interference approach in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. This comes after security representatives from the region gathered for a two-day meeting in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, that ended Saturday. The 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan brought together national security advisers and secretaries of security councils […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) acting deputy minister of refugees and repatriation Muhammad Arsala Kharoti said on Saturday that about 700,000 Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in the past nine months. Addressing a press conference during a visit to Herat province, Kharoti said many of these refugees have been forcibly deported. He said the issue of mistreatment of […]

First Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on Friday met with a delegation of Shia clerics and tribal elders and told them the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) does not want a monopoly of power. Baradar said that Afghanistan is the “common home of all Afghans” and its development is the “common responsibility of all Afghans”. “The position of […]

The fall of Kabul to Taliban on August 15, 2021 cemented the complete collapse of Afghanistan’s security forces, which United States and its allies built in the last twenty years by spending billions of dollars. This week UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee in an inquiry said, “UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year was a disaster and a betrayal that will damage […]

US special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, met this week with Indian officials for detailed discussions on Afghanistan. After meeting with India’s Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary JP Singh, West tweeted that the US will “continue to partner with India and others in the region to advance shared goals.” “Discussed issues critical to Afghanistan’s future, human rights abuses, women’s […]

A top Indian official on Friday called for enhancing the capability of Afghanistan to counter terrorism and terrorist groups which pose a threat to regional peace and security. India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval made the remarks while addressing the 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe. The two-day meeting was attended by the national security advisers […]

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned this week’s attacks in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, that left at least 16 people dead and dozens wounded. In a statement issued on Friday, Guterres expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wished the injured a speedy recovery. He also reiterated that civilians are not targets. “I […]