Afghanistan
UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school
(Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the…
U.S. hopes for reversal by Taliban on girls’ education in coming days
DOHA (Reuters) - The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Saturday he is hopeful that there will be a reversal of the Taliban's U-turn on girls' education in the…
ISKP: Pakistan’s Uncalculated Folly
With the growing crises in Ukraine, much of the focus has drifted away from the events in South and Central Asia. The recent bombing of a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar received…
By Siddhant Kishore
Turkey says talks with Taliban on operating Kabul airport still underway
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday that talks with the Taliban on operating the Kabul airport were still underway, a day after he met acting…
India remains steadfast in its commitment to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
United Nations/Geneva, Mar 7 (PTI): India said on Monday that it will continue to coordinate with "stakeholders" towards enabling expeditious provision of much needed humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people,…
‘Afghanistan praises Indian quality wheat sent as aid; 3rd batch of shipment scheduled for Mar 8’
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI): Stating that Afghanistan has praised the quality of Indian wheat supplied to the trouble-torn country as part of its humanitarian aid, India on Saturday said…
World Bank board backs using $1 billion in frozen Afghan funds for aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The executive board of the World Bank on Tuesday approved a plan to use more than $1 billion from a frozen Afghanistan trust fund to finance urgently needed…
Taliban restrict Afghans going abroad, raises concern from U.S. and UK
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban administration's announcement that it would restrict Afghans from leaving the country under certain circumstances drew concern from the United States and the United Kingdom this week…
Fresh clashes on Pakistan-Afghanistan border kill two, wound several
By Gul Yousafzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces have killed two people and wounded several in a border region of the two neighbours, officials…
Exclusive-World Bank proposal would shift about $1 billion from Afghan trust
By Andrea Shalal, Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank's management has approved a plan to use some $1 billion in a frozen Afghanistan trust fund for…
Had Pakistan cooperated meaningfully, situation in Afghanistan could have been different: US diplomat
Islamabad/Washington, Feb 17 (PTI). Had Pakistan cooperated with the US in a more meaningful and consistent way on a negotiated settlement on ending the conflict in Afghanistan, "we would be in…
Pakistan struggles to quell violence on its Afghan border
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's military has stepped up operations along the Afghan border in recent weeks after a spate of militant attacks that has dashed any hope…
