US representative: Taliban not adhering to international obligations. John Kelly, the acting US ambassador to the United Nations, said at a Security Council meeting that the Taliban have shown no signs of honest engagement and adherence to international responsibilities. Referring to the Doha process and Washington’s skepticism about the Taliban’s intentions, he stressed that a
Guterres: Taliban’s ban on women’s activities is “unbearable and foolish.” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has described the Taliban’s ban on women’s participation in humanitarian activities in Afghanistan as “unbearable” and “stupid.” He said at a press conference in New York on Tuesday, September 17, that the current situation in Afghanistan is completely unacceptable. According
Taliban fears after the presence of the US representative; Internet was cut off in six provinces. Sources from different provinces of the country have reported that the Taliban have restricted or cut off fiber optic internet access in six provinces, including Balkh, Kandahar, Helmand, Herat, Uruzgan and Nimroz, in the past 24 hours. This action
Germany: Cooperation with Taliban essential for deportation of Afghans. The German government has announced that it will continue its diplomatic contacts with the Taliban to facilitate the process of deporting Afghans with criminal records from the country. According to the Tagesspiegel newspaper, a spokesman for the German Interior Ministry in Berlin said that talks with
anti-Taliban attacks; The resistance fronts took responsibility. The UN Secretary-General says five different groups have claimed responsibility for 47 anti-Taliban attacks in Afghanistan in the past three months. The report is part of a review of recent violent activities in the country that have raised international concerns. The report said the Freedom Front, the Resistance
The US delegation arrived in Kabul with a clear message from Trump. The Taliban Foreign Ministry confirmed the visit of a US delegation to Kabul, led by US Special Representative for Prisoners Adam Buehler, and former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, today. This is the second visit by a US delegation to Kabul
The Austrian Interior Ministry confirmed the visit of the Taliban delegation to Vienna. The Austrian Interior Ministry has confirmed that a delegation from the Islamic Emirate has visited the country to discuss the return of Afghan criminal migrants. The meeting discussed the identification of 20 Afghan migrants to be deported from Austria, and Austrian officials
Iran, Russia, China, and Pakistan Discuss Challenges in Afghanistan. Mohammad Reza Bahrami, Director General of the South Asia Office of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, announced that on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization consultative meeting, members of the “Group 4” including Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and China held talks on Afghanistan in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. He
Marshal Dostum: Martyrdom is an honor and death in bed is a disgrace for us. Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, leader and founder of the National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, in a message on the occasion of Martyr’s Week, honored the memory of the victims of the war and the struggle for freedom and justice in
Amnesty International: Taliban are committing crimes against humanity. Amnesty International has issued a statement calling on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently establish an independent and international accountability mechanism to investigate past and ongoing crimes in Afghanistan. The organization stressed that such a mechanism should be tasked with collecting, documenting and analyzing evidence of
