Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry has announced that the country will open an embassy in Afghan capital Kabul next year, Azerbaijan’s Report news agency said on Friday. According to the decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev on July 28, 2021, Ilham Mammadov was appointed as Azerbaijan’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Afghanistan, the agency said.

The Acting Minister of Interior Affairs Sirajuddin Haqqani met with the special representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan on Wednesday where a range of issues were discussed. According to the ministry, both parties discussed relations between the two countries, security issues, the development of trade relations, and Russia’s support for Afghanistan in regional and international forums. Haqqani in turn […]

The Acting Minister of Defense Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid on Wednesday visited the general command of the Afghan Air Force and met with officials, employees, pilots, engineers, technicians and other force members. Addressing the air force personnel, he said: “It is true that we have problems, but our air force has the ability to defend their territory and they will be […]

Acting Minister of National Defense Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said Thursday that no fundamental development was carried out in Afghanistan over the 20 years under the republic system. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Kabul University students, Yaqoob Mujahid said that infrastructure built by the US in that time was temporary and for their use only. He said however that Afghanistan […]

Pakistan’s army chief is in Washington this week seeking U.S. assistance against what Islamabad alleges are terrorist havens in neighboring Afghanistan. General Asim Munir is trying to convince U.S. security and defense officials that militant groups such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State’s Khorasan offshoot (IS-K) pose a threat not only to Pakistan but also to U.S. and global […]

We mustn’t overlook the strides made by Taliban leaders in preserving peace and expediting development initiatives. These positive indicators offer hope, signaling a noteworthy shift from engaging in armed conflicts to effectively employing their capabilities for the reconstruction of the nation. The transition witnessed in their approach holds promise for a more stable and constructive future for Afghanistan, underscoring the […]

The United Nations is seeking to verify reports that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are allowing girls of all ages to study at Islamic religious schools that are traditionally boys-only, the U.N.’s top official in the country said Wednesday. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva told the U.N. Security Council and elaborated to reporters afterward that the United Nations is receiving “more and […]

A top United Nations official has called for more frequent and direct engagements with de facto Taliban authorities both inside and outside Afghanistan to address the country’s challenging relations with the international community. Addressing members of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, Roza Otunbayeva, the secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan, said engagement does not equate to legitimizing Taliban rule. “It […]

Uzbekistan announced that Qatar has expressed support for the Trans-Afghan Railway construction project. The announcement was made following a meeting between Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and visiting Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Tashkent. “Particular attention is paid to promoting new joint investment projects, in particular in the fields of green energy, industry, agriculture, infrastructure development, the […]

White House on Tuesday rejected claims that the US left a bunch of weapons in Afghanistan, calling it a “farce.” John Kirby, spokesman of the US National Security Council, said at a press conference that what the US did over the course of 20 years in Afghanistan was helping equip the Afghan National Security Forces. “Now — and as we […]