Tag: Afghanistan

Will Turkey’s Afghanistan ambitions backfire? (Galip Dalay, Chatham House)

At a time when many countries are leaving Afghanistan, Turkey has been searching for ways to stay. By helping run Kabul airport, Ankara believes...

Guerrilla war against Taliban raging on in Panjshir, says resistance movement (TASS)

Guerrilla warfare against the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) conducted by the resistance movement in Afghanistan rages on in the valleys of the country’s northeast...

Afghan resistance considers Dushanbe suitable platform for dialogue with Taliban (TASS)

The Afghan resistance forces are ready to hold talks with the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) and believe that Tajikistan would be a suitable platform...

Afghanistan requests $90 mln from UN to repay its electricity debts (TASS)

Afghanistan’s electricity corporation, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), has requested $90 million from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to close the...

Anxious wait for Afghan girls as opening of high schools stalled (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Millions of teenage girls across Afghanistan are anxiously waiting to return to the classroom, as high schools continue to remain closed, raising fears about...

All-inclusive participation will take Afghanistan out of current situation: MP (IRNA)

Head of Parliamentary Friendship Group of Iran and Pakistan Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani said that Afghanistan would come out of the current situation with cooperation...

Afghanistan: the next frontier for China’s private-security companies? (Meia Nouwens, IISS)

Could China’s private-security companies pave the way for it to take full advantage of the economic opportunities on offer in Afghanistan? Understanding how such...

How will the Taliban handle its dispute with Tajikistan? (Al Jazeera)

Tension is rising between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Last week, the Taliban warned the Tajik government against meddling in Afghanistan’s internal affairs. It comes after Tajik President...

US ‘sooner or later’ must recognise Taliban: Pakistan PM Khan (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that the US public is currently looking for a scapegoat and 'unfairly targeting' the US President Joe Biden...

How to ensure Afghanistan isn’t the graveyard of European defense (Federica Fazio and Nicolas Adams, Atlantic Council)

French Navy Rafale fighter jets are parked onboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier at the port of Limassol, Cyprus, on February 21, 2020....

Russian Official Urges Tajikistan, Taliban To Avoid Confrontation (RFE RL)

Members of Tajikistan's armed forces line up during joint military drills involving Russia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan at the Harb-Maidon training ground near the border...

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Open Channels With The Taliban (Bruce Pannier, RFE RL)

A Kyrgyz delegation met with the Taliban's acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar on September 23. It took Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan a little...

One Senator’s Plan to Cut Through the Politics and Get Answers on Afghanistan (Jacqueline Feldscher, Defense One)

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrol through a city in Helmand province, Afghanistan,...

Afghanistan: Taliban Severely Restrict Media (HRW)

A member of Taliban special forces pushes a journalist covering a demonstration by women protesters outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 30, 2021. ©...

Afghanistan: Rapid decline in public health conditions, WHO warns (UN News)

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 response has also declined and almost half of the country’s children are at risk of malnutrition. Moreover, the agency...

‘Death knell’: Afghan journalists fear new Taliban media rules (Al Jazeera)

In spite of Taliban promises of a “free and independent” media, journalists and media workers have faced detention, physical abuse and torture since the group took...