ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said that the country will continue to play its constructive role in support of the efforts to promote peace and stability in strife-torn Afghanistan. Qureshi on Friday held a telephonic conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the two leaders exchanged views on the […]
BERLIN — A former minister in Afghanistan is working as a pizza delivery person in Germany. The photos of Syed Ahmad Shah Sadat, who worked as communications and technology minister in Afghanistan, were posted by Al-Jazeera Arabia on Twitter. Sadat lives in Leipzig, where he reached in December last year after leaving Afghanistan. Sadat joined […]
LONDON — The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich countries on Tuesday decided to formulate a plan to deal with he Taliban in future but have set certain conditions that the group has to meet if it wants access to much-needed funds. The G7 nations will deal with Taliban but their number one […]
JEDDAH — The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed concern about the ongoing situation in Afghanistan and underscored the importance of cooperation in facilitating the safe evacuation of civilians wishing to leave the war-ravaged country. The OIC on Sunday organized a meeting to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. At the meeting, OIC Secretary-General […]
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would work with the Taliban if necessary after the militants capture of Afghanistan, and defended his foreign minister who has come under fire for his handling of the situation. “What I want to assure people is that our political and diplomatic efforts to find a […]
NEW DELHI — The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) on Friday condemned the killing of an Afghan journalist’s relative by Taliban fighters and called upon the international community to make every effort to stop such “barbarity”. It also hoped that the Taliban will keep its word and protect the freedom of press, not harass journalists, […]
NEW DELHI — Former United States president Donald Trump, who has emerged as one of the strongest critics of the current US administration over the worsening situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover, hit out at former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani. Ghani, who fled Afghanistan on August 15 after the Taliban took over the capital […]
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have captured the US military’s biometric devices compromising crucial data of the US army and the local Afghans who played crucial roles during the war, a media report said on Wednesday. The devices, known as HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive, according to […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai said she was deeply concerned about the situation in Afghanistan, particularly the safety of women and girls, and called on Monday for world leaders to take urgent action. Yousafzai said Biden “has a lot to do” and must “take a bold step” to protect the Afghan people, adding she […]
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on the world to work together Monday to “suppress the global terrorist threat in Afghanistan.” “The international community must unite to make sure that Afghanistan is never again used as a platform or safe haven for terrorist organizations,” Guterres told an emergency UN Security Council meeting […]
