Turkey is routinely pushing tens of thousands of Afghans back at its land border with Iran or deporting them directly to Afghanistan with little or no examination of their claims for international protection, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. The 73-page report, “‘No One Asked Me Why I Left Afghanistan,’” says that Turkey has stepped up […]

The Trump administration’s exclusion of the U.S.-backed Afghan government in peace talks with the Taliban proved to be a key factor in its rapid collapse last year, according to a withering new report by a federal watchdog issued Thursday. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report came in response to a call from Congress for analysis of why the […]

The US Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has assessed the underlying factors behind the collapse of the former Afghan government and listed nine factors that led to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s take over. SIGAR found the single most important factor in the former ANDSF’s collapse in August 2021 was the US decision to withdraw military forces and contractors […]

The Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, said at a meeting on Wednesday with officials from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that the Islamic Emirate has been able to eliminate war and administrative corruption in the country and pave the ground for progress and development. He said that the Organization of Islamic […]

The fourth round of the Moscow format meeting on Afghanistan gets underway on Wednesday in Russia, where India, Russia and Iran are expected to hold a separate meeting on the sideline of the consultations. According to Indian media reports, the special envoys for these three countries will focus on shared concerns their respective countries have. Special Afghan envoys from China, […]

Takhar police said an explosion shook Talaqan city court area on Tuesday morning but that no casualties were reported. Police did not provide further details but eyewitnesses said the explosion was caused by a landmine and that it happened when prisoners were being transported to the courthouse. According to witnesses, a Police Ranger and another car were damaged in this […]

Afghanistan’s borders are secure and its soil will not be used against other countries, Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid has said. Mujahid said this in a meeting with representatives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Kabul. He pointed out that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is committed to the Doha Agreement and will remain committed, the Ministry […]

Hosting representatives of several regional countries for talks on Afghanistan, Moscow on Wednesday called for a “comprehensive solution” to the economic crisis in the country. “We have to provide a comprehensive solution to the Afghan economic issue. In our opinion, the main responsibility for this rests with the collective West, those who drove the country for 20 years to the […]

The Ministry of Interior of Turkey has said since the beginning of this year, it has deported more than 57,000 Afghan citizens who entered the country “illegally”. Anadolu Agency reported that on Saturday Turkish government officials reported 57,174 Afghan citizens have been returned to their country this year. Based on this news, the Turkish government has deported a total of […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has welcomed the reopening of the office of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Afghanistan and says it’s a political success for the IEA. At a meeting with the OIC delegation in Kabul on Saturday, Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said with the reopening of the office, it is hoped that the political, […]