US on Saturday announced additional $204 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. Reaffirming its commitment US Secretary of State Secretary Antony Blinken on his Twitter handle made the announcement. He wrote: “Today we announced nearly $204 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people. We’ve provided more than $720 million since August 2021 and remain committed to the Afghan […]

Stability is a must for achieving regional prosperity and development, says the Pakistan army chief. Gen. Asif Bajwa, speaking at the Islamabad Security Dialogue on Saturday, voiced Pakistan’s grave concern at the conflict in Afghanistan. He insisted that Pakistan continued to work with global fraternity for lasting peace in Afghanistan. “However, sanctions and lack of financial flows are creating a […]

Former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Friday (April 1, 2022), Pakistani media outlets reported. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a press release said that the two discussed issues related to mutual interest and regional security situations including Afghanistan and […]

It is critical that the international community remain united in its approach to Afghanistan, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday. Price said this after China hosted the meeting of the so-called extended “Troika” that included the United States, China, Russia and Pakistan. He said that the countries have a good degree of leverage with the Islamic Emirate […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the neighboring countries of Afghanistan to do their best to support the Afghan people to create a brighter future when delivering written remarks at the third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting among the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan held in east China’s Anhui Province, Reuters reported. Xi pointed out that having gone through so much […]

Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) told delegates attending a conference in China on Thursday that the government is working to make sure the political structure in Afghanistan is inclusive. Addressing delegates attending the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries Meeting in China, Muttaqi also said the cabinet has set up […]

A high-level pledging event on Supporting the Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan 2022 will take place on Thursday the UN confirmed Tuesday. The meeting will be convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who will be joined by member state co-hosts including the governments of Qatar, the United Kingdom and Germany. According to the UN, the meeting will be held at a […]

A U.S. representative will be present at a meeting of foreign ministers of neighbouring countries of Afghanistan being held on Wednesday and Thursday in China, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, Wang Wenbin, said on Tuesday. Wang’s comments came at a regular briefing in Beijing. The meeting of foreign ministers will take place in Tunxi, in central China’s Anhui province, […]

An Extremist Regime Is Pushing Afghanistan to the Brink When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, some observers suggested that their approach to governance might prove more moderate this time around. Twenty years had elapsed since the group was last in charge. The country had transformed dramatically, and with the fight against the United States over, […]

Humanitarian supplies, provided by China’s South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund in cooperation with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), have been handed over to Afghanistan. Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency that Beijing had been concerned about the Afghan people suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and drought. The South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund approved […]