Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said that senior officials from the two countries have agreed to expand their cooperation in the fight against terrorism, especially in Afghanistan and the region. The agreement was reached during the 11th meeting of the Joint Counter-Terrorism Working Group between the two countries held in Moscow on Tuesday, May 2. The Pakistani
According to local sources from Nuristan province, two residents of the Doab district of the province were killed by a bear attack. According to the source, these people were named Wali Mohammad and Hassan Khan. These people had gone to the mountains to collect rabbits, and on their way back home, they were attacked by
According to an official document obtained by the media, the Taliban have significantly reduced the number of positions in the Ministry of Education in 1404 AH; from 389,000 to 299,000. The Taliban have said that the goal of this reduction is to save costs and focus on important programs. However, the document also mentions concerns
The Afghan Journalists Center has expressed concern over the Taliban’s recent decision in Bamyan to ban the publication of images of living creatures. This decision follows the group’s extensive restrictions on media activity in the country. The Taliban’s Directorate of Encouraging Good and Preventing Evil in Bamyan has ordered a ban on taking and publishing
President Donald Trump has named Marie Kabir-Siraj Bishopping, 33, of Afghan descent, as the deputy assistant secretary of state for Afghanistan. In this role, Bishopping will be responsible for directing U.S. policy toward Afghanistan within the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs. This is Trump’s first political appointment in the Afghanistan field. Bishopping, who
The Turkic World Educational Cooperation Meeting was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, under the title {Current Realities and Future Prospects}. University professors and experts in the field of education from Turkic-speaking countries participated in the meeting. Zahid Oruç, head of the Turkish Social Research Center, said: With the “Turkish Barometer” project, the geography
In continuation of the ethnic-based policies in the Taliban government structure, the process of removing Tajik figures from key positions in the northern and northeastern provinces continues. The complete Pashtunization of the Taliban government’s administrative structure in the northern provinces continues. In the most recent case, the Taliban government has removed Mawlawi Mahbubullah Hamid, the
Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Serik Jumangarin arrived in Kabul on Monday (21 April) at the head of a high-ranking Kazakh delegation. Mr. Jumangarin is scheduled to meet and talk with Taliban officials and also participate in the Taliban-Kazakhstan trade fair scheduled to be held in Kabul tomorrow (22 April). Earlier, Abbas Araqchi and Ishaq Dar,
in the past month Islamabad has deported more than 84,000 Afghans in less than a month, following its strict policies towards migrants. Pakistan’s deputy interior minister, Talal Chaudhry, said the deportation process was ongoing and thousands of migrants had been forced to leave Pakistan. The government has extended the deadline for undocumented migrants to leave
Iranian official media outlets have assessed the atmosphere of the talks positively after the end of this round. The third round of these talks is scheduled to be held next week. The second round of indirect talks between the negotiating teams of Iran and the United States, mediated by Oman, ended after three hours of
