Tag: Afghanistan

Prominent Afghan professor arrested for criticising Taliban rule (Al Jazeera)

A prominent Afghan university professor and outspoken critic of the Taliban leadership has been arrested in Kabul. Faizullah Jalal, a longtime professor of law and...

Taliban Foreign Minister Visits Iran For Talks Focused On Refugees, Economic Issues (RFE RL)

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan sent its foreign minister to Iran on January 8 to discuss Afghan refugees and a growing economic crisis. "The visit...

President Raisi calls for all-inclusive government in Afghanistan (IRNA)

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi said on Thursday that all the efforts of the Islamic Republic of Iran are towards establishing a government in Afghanistan...

Decision to recognize Taliban government depends on their fulfillment of promises – Lavrov (TASS)

The official recognition of the Taliban (outlawed in Russia - TASS) government in Afghanistan will depend on progress in their fulfillment of promises, Russian Foreign...

Russia’s contacts with Taliban are businesslike – Lavrov (TASS)

Russia maintains working contacts with representatives of the Taliban (outlawed in Russia - TASS) that came to power in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...

Afghan ex-President Ghani defends decision to flee the country (Al Jazeera)

Afghanistan’s former President Ashraf Ghani has said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an...

Afghanistan thanks China for upholding fairness and justice, offering aid: acting deputy PM of Afghan Taliban’s interim govt (Global Times)

Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu on Thursday met with a senior Taliban leader to stress that China is willing to continue to provide...

Vying for influence over Kabul (Kabir Taneja, ORF)

On December 19, Pakistan hosted a special session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the crisis in Afghanistan. The Taliban, which...

India and Central Asia need more coherence on Afghanistan (Ayjaz Wani, ORF)

The third India-Central Asia Dialogue, held in India on 19 December, coincided with the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic...

Afghanistan Mired in Uncertainty (Aakriti Vinayak, Vivekananda International Foundation)

Taliban after illegitmately wresting power in Afghanistan has entered its fourth month. However the country remains in chaos and at the edge of abyss....

Chinese scholar applauded the upturn brought by the Taliban government after visit, warning risks remained for more investment (Zhao Juecheng and Hu Yuwei, Global...

What is life like for the Afghan people after four months since the Taliban seized power of the country? A group of Chinese scholars...

Increasing girls’ access to formal agricultural education in Afghanistan. Catalyzing the skills needed for agriculture production and food security (Nangyalai Attal, Brookings)

As one of the top growth sectors in Afghanistan, agriculture is the backbone of the economy and women—and girls are the backbone of agriculture,...

‘Let us eat’: Afghan protesters call for release of frozen assets (Al Jazeera)

Hundreds of protesters have marched through the streets of Kabul towards the shuttered United States’ embassy, urging the release of Afghanistan’s frozen assets. Holding banners reading,...

Pakistan warns of consequences from Afghan ‘economic meltdown’ (Al Jazeera)

Member nations of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are holding a special meeting in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad to discuss solutions to address the humanitarian...

Uzbekistan Sends Technicians To Repair Afghanistan’s Mazar-e Sharif Airport (RFE RL)

Uzbekistan has sent experts to the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e Sharif to help repair its airport equipment and restart operations. Uzbekistan Sends Technicians To...

Western tech can protect Central Asia from the Afghan scenario (Anatoly Motkin, ORF)

What is happening in Afghanistan can have a direct impact on Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan—six moderate Muslim states with a population...