An Afghan delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Vladimir Norov on Monday on the sidelines of the Tashkent meeting. Norov expressed his happiness over the participation of the high-level Afghan delegation and added that the progress of Afghanistan will be explained […]

In the last two days, 592 migrants from Afghanistan were deported from Istanbul Airport and Ankara Esenboğa Airport. In addition to the increased security measures at the borders to combat illegal immigration, inspections regarding the arrest of those who entered Turkey illegally continue, Turkish media reports. According to Turkey’s Department of Migration Management of the Ministry of Interior, flights were […]

Despite being knocked off its feet by the collapse of the Ghani government of Afghanistan in mid-August 2021, New Delhi has quickly re-established its presence in the new Taliban-led Afghanistan. In early June 2022, a team led by JP Singh, the Joint Secretary heading the Pakistan–Afghanistan–Iran desk at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, visited Kabul and met with senior […]

It is not in the interest of anyone to have a failed Afghan state, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said in an interview this week. Speaking to China’s CGTN, Balkhi said that there is no alternative to the current government and said people need to support it. He stated the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) government […]

Afghanistan’s finance ministry announced Saturday that a contract was signed for the purchase of 350,000 tons of oil from neighboring Iran. The agreement was signed with an Iranian firm during an Afghan delegation’s visit to the neighboring country. The delegation included representatives of Afghanistan Oil and Gas Corporation, ministries of finance and foreign affairs, Da Afghanistan Bank and National Standards […]

The Ministry of Energy and Water said Saturday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is committed to Iran’s water rights, but Afghanistan itself does not have enough water. Abdul Latif Mansoor, acting Minister of Energy and Water emphasized that the right to water is not a simple issue that can be easily understood and it is necessary to install […]

India and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to supply 10,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan where nearly 19 million people – half of the population – are facing acute food insecurity, compounded by the recent earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country in June. The MoU marks the […]

A BBC Panorama investigation has uncovered evidence that the British SAS, a special forces unit, executed detainees and murdered unarmed people during operations in Afghanistan. The investigation found new evidence of scores of secret killings by the SAS, and efforts by some of the most senior figures in UK Special Forces to conceal evidence of war crimes. Panorama has identified […]

Ever since they took control of Kabul last summer, the Taliban have sought to assure neighboring countries that Afghanistan is open for business and that they can protect investments. Islamic State is making that sales pitch harder. Take Tashkent’s ambition to build a railway across Afghanistan that would connect Uzbekistan to ports in Pakistan and link Central Asia to new […]

The Promise and Peril of Rapprochement With the Taliban Since taking power last summer, Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has been isolated internationally; not a single country has yet recognized it. But in recent weeks, Taliban officials have made a series of increasingly public overtures to a once unlikely prospective partner: India. And the interest has been reciprocated, to some extent. At […]