A troublesome thorn in the Taliban’s side
LUKE COFFEY December 27, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/ggxsk The Taliban are quickly learning that it is easier to fight an insurgency than it is to govern a country. There are […]
There is still hope of saving Afghanistan
MAHA AKEEL December 24, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/4msdk The Organization of Islamic Cooperation, representing the Muslim world, sent strong messages on Afghanistan last Sunday. At the initiative of Saudi Arabia […]
Pakistan. PM on education
PM on education Editorial Published December 22, 2021 – PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan’s remarks about girls’ education in tribal districts in Pakistan and Afghanistan have triggered a fiery debate with many criticising him for attempting to justify the Taliban viewpoint on women’s education. At the OIC meeting in Islamabad, Mr Khan made the unfortunate […]
Hundreds queue for passports in bid to leave Afghanistan
By AFP – Dec 20,2021 – People queue to enter the passport office at a checkpoint in Kabul on Saturday, after Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said they will resume issuing passports (AFP photo) […]
OIC countries pledge fund to stave off Afghanistan ‘chaos’
1 / 5Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during the extraordinary session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP) 2 / 5Pakistan’s […]
Dr. Nakamura: A shining example of the enduring friendship between Japan and Afghanistan
AJMAL SHAMS December 17, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/pph4h Dec. 4 marked the second anniversary of the death of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese physician and aid worker who devoted a […]
Qureshi calls for rebooting Afghan banking system
Afghan delegation, US special rep both to attend OIC moot News Desk December 17, 2021 PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday stressed the rebooting of […]
OIC diplomats arrive as Afghans face humanitarian catastrophe
Extraordinary CFM session on Sunday to mull over one-point agenda about Afghanistan Kamran Yousaf December 17, 2021 Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi received Secretary General of the OIC Hissein […]
First batch of Saudi aid airlift arrives in Afghanistan
The two aircraft sent by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center carried 1,647 food baskets and 192 shelter bags. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/cb65h The aid operation, involving a […]
Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is preventable if we have the will
Nearly 22.8 million Afghans face acute food insecurity https://cdn.vuukle.com/widgets/powerbar.html?version=2.10.13 People sit with their belongings in the Pakistan side of the border after the authorities of Pakistan and Afghanistan close the […]
Ex-Afghan President Karzai ‘invited’ Taliban into Kabul to prevent chaos
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. DEC 15, 2021 – 9:28 AM GMT+3Former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai speaks during an interview with The Associated Press (AP) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 10, […]
Afghan Drone Strike Survivors Angry U.S. Troops Won’t Be Punished, Still Await Relocation
BY ERIN BRADY ON 12/14/21 Pentagon: U.S. Drone Attack That Killed 10 In Kabul Was A ‘Mistake’ The survivors of a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan are upset that the troops involved […]
No punishment for US troops involved in deadly Kabul strike – Pentagon
No US troops involved in the August drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children will face disciplinary action, US defense officials. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/45x5n REUTERS December 13, […]
Looming crisis in Afghanistan directly affecting Pakistan and Iran, PM Khan says
Politics December 11, 2021 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has criticized a continued freezing of Afghanistan’s assets by the United States as the war-hit country […]
Refugee family that fled Afghanistan with Canada’s approval is now stuck abroad in web of bureaucracy
Family received email saying they were approved under special immigration program in October Ellen Mauro · CBC News · Posted: Nov 28, 2021 Every day is now painfully similar for an Afghan mother of four as her family waits anxiously in an unfamiliar country for answers from the Canadian government. CBC News is concealing […]
A genuine resistance that offers hope for all Afghans
LUKE COFFEY December 10, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/723vq It has been four months since the Taliban took over most of Afghanistan after the US withdrawal precipitated the collapse of the […]
Finding Afghanistan’s exiled women MPs
By Tom DonkinBBC 100 Women Published 5 hours ago Afghanistan’s women MPs fled for their lives when the Taliban took power – with only nine of 69 women MPs remaining, […]
US commander: Al-Qaeda numbers in Afghanistan up ‘slightly’
Afghan people sit inside a US military aircraft to leave Afghanistan, at the military airport in Kabul on August 19, 2021 after the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan. (AFP) Short […]
Worst drought in decades drives out 700K Afghans from homes
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMAR KALAGH, AFGHANISTAN DEC 09, 2021 Ajji Wali Jan brought a half-dozen plastic containers to the well in Kamar Kalagh on a recent Friday – one of the […]
The Political Role of Sufi Mystics in Afghanistan
Written by Fizza Batool September 14, 2021 Since the Taliban swiftly took Kabul in August, Afghans and Afghanistan watchers have been grappling with what the shape and nature of the new […]