Uzbekistan has emerged as a key interlocutor with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), engaging with Kabul on a wide range of issues but without officially recognizing the new government. In doing so, it has enabled Uzbekistan to explore new opportunities for economic cooperation with Afghanistan without upsetting the international community, VOA reported Friday. Ismatulla Irgashev, special representative to Uzbek […]

The United States is giving Ukraine 16 Mi-17 helicopters that Washington had procured for the former Afghanistan government, a US watchdog agency said Wednesday. According to the latest Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report, the US Department of Defense (DOD) notified Congress in January that it intended to give the Ukrainian government five of the Russian-built helicopters, which […]

Millions of Afghans are now experiencing intense food shortages following the collapse of the former government and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) takeover in August. As Muslims around the world celebrated Eid-Uk-Fitr, experts say that for most Afghans, it was simply another day of struggle to put food on the table. According to the United Nations, 97 percent of Afghans […]

The UN secretary-general says journalists and media workers are facing increasing politicisation of their work and growing threats to their freedom. On World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday, Antonio Guterres called for respecting the journalists’ rights and ensuring their protection. “The day shines a spotlight on the essential work they do, bringing those in power to account, with transparency, often […]

Recent ISIS-K attacks in Balkh and Kunduz indicate its increase in power in northern Afghanistan The Taliban are finding it’s much more difficult being the governing authority of Afghanistan than it was waging an insurgency campaign against the previous internationally backed government of Ashraf Ghani. Since taking Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban have had to consolidate power and assert […]

The UN Security Council has condemned “in the strongest terms” the continued terrorist attacks targeting civilians in Afghanistan. In a statement issued by the council, the UNSC condemned the recent attacks, including the attack against the Mawlawi Sekander mosque in Kunduz on April 22 which killed more than 25 people, and the attack against the Khalifa Sahib mosque in Kabul […]

A recent string of deadly terror attacks across Afghanistan has left the country reeling, challenging the Taliban’s already strained governance just eight months after the US withdrawal. An explosion at a mosque on Friday in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul killed at least 10 people and left 20 others injured, according to multiple reports. It’s the latest in a series of […]

A bomb blast in a passenger van in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second explosion in the Afghan capital in two days, as security concerns rise on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according to the group’s telegram channel. “One woman […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Sunday that Uzbekistan has sent in another shipment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the form of food and clothing. According to IEA spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid, 4,000 tons of goods arrived in the country. “By the order of the President of Uzbekistan, 4,000 tons of materials such as flour, wheat, rice, oil, clothing, spices […]

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Thomas West says Washington has not forgotten Afghanistan but that the Islamic Emirate (IEA) needs to fulfil its commitments in order to be recognized as the legitimate government by the international community. In an interview with Ariana News, West said the leaders of the Islamic Emirate can gain global legitimacy by fulfilling their obligations […]