Category: Afghanistan

Afghan consulate in Tajikistan operates under IEA’s foreign ministry supervision: Dehqanzada

Naqibullah Dehqanzada, acting head of the Afghan consulate in Khorog of Tajikistan, stated that the consulate operates under the direct support and supervision of the Islamic Emirate’s foreign ministry. Dehqanzada issued a statement to confirm the Afghan consulate’s connection with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) after the ambassador of the previous government to Tajikistan tore up the appointment of […]

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Pakistan to send back ‘registered refugees’ after deporting illegal immigrants

Pakistan will begin the process of returning “registered refugees” to their home countries once it completes the deportation of all illegal immigrants in the country, Balochistan’s acting Minister for Information Jan Achakzai said on Thursday, amid nationwide sweeps to round up foreigners staying illegally in the South Asian country. “So far, 80,000 immigrants from Balochistan have left Pakistan. After this, […]

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Afghanistan: Collapse Of Human Rights – Analysis

On October 31, 2023, Taliban cadres detained and assaulted three civilians – Wasi, Idris, and Danish – during a seven-hour captivity in the Dara District of Panjsher Province. On October 27, 2023, an unnamed civilian was killed after being detained by the Taliban in one of its detention centres in Security Zone 14 of Kandahar Province. On October 25, 2023, […]

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Pakistan says nearly 25,000 Afghans waiting for visas to US won’t be deported as part of clampdown

Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday sought to reassure thousands of Afghans waiting in Pakistan for resettlement in the United States that they won’t be deported as part of his government’s widely criticized crackdown on undocumented migrants in the country. Islamabad has launched a crackdown on illegal migration, saying any unregistered foreign national and migrant lacking proper documentation would face arrest […]

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Islamic State group claims responsibility for a minibus explosion in Afghan capital that killed 7

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion in the Afghan capital late on Tuesday that killed at least seven people. The Sunni militant group said its members detonated an explosive device on the bus carrying Shiite Muslims. Twenty others were wounded in the attack in Kabul’s western Shiite neighborhood of Dashti Barchi, according to police spokesman Khalid […]

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Baradar discusses water rights issue with Iran’s energy minister

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), met with Iran’s Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian on Monday to discuss a number of issues including that relating to water management. In addition to this, the two officials also discussed the need for Iran’s technical cooperation in the field of electricity production in Afghanistan, […]

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Pakistan ‘pressurising’ Afghanistan by deporting migrants: Muttaqi

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says that the expulsion of immigrants from Pakistan is Islamabad’s way of humiliating Kabul. Amir Khan Muttaqi said despite Kabul having shared its concerns about the forced deportation of migrants with military leaders and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, no action to suspend the […]

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Blast hits commuter bus in Kabul, 7 killed, 20 injured

At least seven people were killed and 20 others wounded when an explosion happened in capital Kabul on Tuesday, police said. The blast happened in a commuter bus in Dasht-e-Barchi area of the city, Khalid Zadran, the city’s police spokesman, said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. It comes nearly two weeks after a blast hit […]

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China’s envoy discusses deportation of Afghan refugees with Muttaqi

The ambassador of China, Zhao Xing, called on the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday and discussed a number of issues including Islamabad’s move to expel undocumented Afghan migrants. During the meeting, talks were held on enhancing bilateral diplomatic relations, recent regional developments and other issues pertaining to bilateral security […]

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Iran’s foreign minister meets with Mullah Baradar in Tehran

An IEA delegation arrived in Tehran on Saturday for talks on expanding economic relations between Kabul and Tehran. The meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was held at the foreign ministry compound in the capital Tehran. According to Iranian media reports, a meeting of the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Economic and Trade Commission was also held in Tehran. The formation […]

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