Uzbek Deputy Minister of Transport, Zhasurbek Choriyev said in a statement Tuesday the Trans-Afghan railway Termez – Mazar-e Sharif – Kabul – Peshawar will be completed within five years and that surveys will be conducted from early next month. Choriyev said in a statement, delivered at this week’s meeting on Afghanistan in Tashkent, an orthophoto survey of the railway route […]

Formation of a government on the basis of “broad representation” was emphasized in an international conference on Afghanistan that was held in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on Tuesday. Ensuring women’s rights and access of Afghan girls to receive a full school education was also emphasized, according to a statement released by the hosts. “That will be a fundamental condition for […]

US and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund, three sources familiar with the talks told Reuters. Significant differences between the sides remain, however, according to two of the sources, including the IEA’s refusal to replace the bank’s top political […]

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha said on Tuesday there was a pressing need for a “well-coordinated and strategically integrated approach to the wide range of challenges facing Afghanistan and its people”. In a statement to delegates at the Tashkent International Conference on Afghanistan: Security and Economic Development, which was read out by IOC […]

Afghanistan’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs said in Tashkent on Tuesday that the Islamic Emirate will not allow the security of neighboring countries and the region to be threatened from Afghanistan’s territory. Amir Khan Muttaqi outlined the achievements of the IEA in the past eleven months and called for positive political interaction with countries in the region and around the […]

The foreign minister of Uzbekistan on Tuesday called for the release of Afghanistan’s frozen foreign reserves. Unblocking the assets would spur the economic recovery process in Afghanistan, Vladimir Norov told an international conference in Tashkent. An independent Russian news agency quoted him as saying that freeing up the reserves would also help address acute social issues the Afghans were currently […]

U.S. and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from Afghan central bank reserves held abroad into a trust fund, three sources familiar with the talks said, offering a hint of progress in efforts to ease Afghanistan’s economic crisis.

Ten months have passed since the Taliban takeover took place, and the situation in Afghanistan remains highly volatile and uncertain after the fall of the previous US-backed democratic government. Apart from core fundamental issues, the Taliban seems to be different in their approach to the Afghans and to the world community compared to their previous tenure in Afghanistan. Different regional […]

Residents in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat province complain of rising number of old and damaged banknotes, saying such banknotes are not accepted in their daily business activities. Herat Money Exchangers’ Union recently held a three-day strike for the same problem of refusal of old banknotes. “The problem prevails everywhere. When a government employee tries to pay his electricity bill […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has urged the international community to recognize the new government of Afghanistan, stressing that the world, including the US, must resolve the obstacles towards recognition of the new government through negotiations. Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman of the IEA has emphasized that the new government of Afghanistan is committed to national interests and Islamic values […]