- 24 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityTaliban
Russia signals not ready to let Afghanistan’s Taliban into U.N
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - No-one is in a hurry to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's government, Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said on Friday, signaling that Moscow…
The Constructive Chaos in West and South Asia
The quest for global dominance has taken dangerous trends in different parts of the world. Starting from West Asia and North African states, as the Arab Spring; and into South…
By Dr Waiel Awwad
China urges World Bank, IMF to help Afghanistan
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday to resume financing support to cash-strapped Afghanistan…
Taliban government offers Afghans wheat for work as money dwindles
KABUL (Reuters) - For Kabul day labourer Khan Ali, struggling to feed a family of six since losing his job as a market trader, life has become so hard that…
China says Taliban eager to have dialogue with the world – Iranian state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban is eager to have dialogue with the international community, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi virtually said at a conference held in Iran. "The Taliban is…
Taliban officials celebrate cricket win but Kabul streets subdued
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban officials took to social media on Monday to congratulate the Afghan national cricket team for winning a match in the Twenty20 World…
Senior Chinese diplomat to meet Taliban interim government on Qatar trip
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Monday that Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi will meet a delegation of the interim Afghan Taliban government during his visit…
‘Children are going to die’, U.N. agency warns as Afghanistan verges on collapse
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a…
How Long Can The Taliban 2.0 Last
The lightning speed with which the provincial capitals in Afghanistan, starting early August, fell in quick succession, leading the Taliban fighters to Kabul by mid August 2021, belying all predictions…
By Col Deepak Kumar (Retd.)
‘Insufficient Actions Against Terrorists’-FATF Verdict Continues to Bleed Pakistan
There were no surprises coming out of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary which concluded in Paris on October 21. Pakistan had hoped that it would be taken out…
By Sushant Sareen
Pakistan foreign minister makes first trip to Kabul since Taliban takeover
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) -Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday for the first time since the Taliban victory in August, following…
For Afghan Hazaras, where to pray can be life and death choice
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - Each time Hussain Rahimi leaves his Kabul home for the mosque to pray, he recites the Kalima - a short verse that is…
