- 24 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityTaliban
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…
Visit of the United Nations Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team (1267 & 1988 Sanction Committees) to India (8-10 March 2022)
A team of experts from the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban supporting the Security Council’s 1267 & 1988 Sanction Committees visited…
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,…
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…
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…
Recognition of Taliban in Afghanistan has to be ‘collective effort’ by countries in region: Pak PM Khan
Islamabad, Feb 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his government will not recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan unilaterally and become isolated, hampering Pakistan's efforts for economic recovery,…
Taliban call on Biden to reverse move to halve frozen Afghan funds
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban on Monday warned that it would reconsider its policy towards the United States if President Joe Biden did not reverse his "unjustified" decision to return…
Afghan central bank says U.S. plan for frozen funds an ‘injustice’
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's central bank on Saturday criticised Washington's plan to use half the bank's $7 billion in frozen assets on U.S. soil for humanitarian aid and set aside…
Journalists working with U.N. released after detention in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) -Two detained journalists in Afghanistan who had been working with the United Nations were released on Friday along with several Afghan workers, the U.N. refugee agency said. Earlier…
