The Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday decided on joint measures by member countries to counter threats posed by international terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, an Indian official said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the council of RATS that was hosted by India in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by […]

The US State Department’s spokesman said that gaining legitimacy and global support will depend on the conduct of the new authorities, including that regarding rights of girls and women. The US State Department said there is consensus on this issue among all members of the international community. “As long as the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) repress the women and girls of […]

The Japanese Ambassador to Kabul Takashi Okada, on Wednesday met with Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, where he assured the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) of his country’s support. According to the ministry, during the meeting, Muttaqi elaborated on the IEA’s achievements in the economic sector, the approval of the government’s budget with no foreign aid, revenue collection, the […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Afghanistan remains one of the most serious security challenges in the region. Speaking at the sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Astana in Kazakhstan on Thursday, he said despite two decades of US and NATO presence, Afghanistan has been unable to address terrorist threats. He mentioned the attack […]

The Taliban said Wednesday there is enough security across Afghanistan to restart major economic projects that stopped due to decades of war, despite a slew of attacks rocking the country since the group seized power more than a year ago. The Taliban have struggled in their transition from insurgency and warfare to governing amid an economic downturn and the international […]

Afghanistan, South Korea and Venezuela lost their bids on Tuesday to serve three-year terms on the UN Human Rights Council. With nearly all the 193-member states voting in the General Assembly, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, and Vietnam were voted onto the 47-member Geneva-based rights body. Afghanistan lost its bid […]

The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday criticized the lack of international attention being paid to Afghanistan despite the suffering of the people. In a speech to EU ambassadors on Monday, Joseph Borrell told countries not to only look at the Ukrainian crisis. “Last year, everybody was talking about Afghanistan. Afghanistan was the big issue, remember in August [and] […]

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has told the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Affairs of Afghanistan that the organization should work with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) instead of criticizing it. He said the days of warlords, kidnappers and land grabbers violating people’s rights was over. “Instead of criticizing each other, we should cooperate, publish the facts […]

Countries in the region and beyond should support Afghanistan and view the security in the country as an opportunity, Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said on Wednesday. Hanafi said this in a seminar in Kabul under the theme “Afghanistan and Regional connectivity; Opportunities and Challenges.” He also reiterated calls to the world […]

Afghanistan is competing against five countries for the seat of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The acting Chargé d’Affaires of Afghanistan’s Permanent Mission to the UN, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, said Monday that the members of the UN Human Rights Council are expected to vote on the transfer of 14 fourteen seats of this council. “The United Nations General […]