The United States on Monday slapped sanctions on former Afghan parliament speaker and his family for corruption. The Treasury named the two as Mir Rahman Rahmani, who served as speaker of Afghan parliament before the government collapsed in 2021 when U.S. forces withdrew and the Taliban took over, and his son Ajmal Rahmani, another legislator. “Through More
Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif wants his country to focus on mending its relations with Afghanistan and other neighbours. Besides pursuing détente with Afghanistan and India, he also called forfurther cementing Pakistan’s cooperative ties with Iran and China. Addressing a meeting of the Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Parliamentary Board in Lahore on Saturday, Sharif opined Islamabad should focus on proactive diplomacy on the world stage. The More
Indonesia has hosted a workshop in support of an international conference on Afghan women’s education (ICAWE). The conference — Education for Her, Progress for All — within the framework of a unified effort is aimed to address the challenges to education for Afghan women. Addressing participants of the workshop,a Qatari diplomat said his country underscored the significance of Afghan women’s right to education. Director of Asian Affairs Department at the More
UN Security Council members will convene for a closed Arria-formula meeting on “women’s perspectives on Afghanistan” in New York on Dec. 11 (Monday). The meeting is being organised by Switzerland and co-sponsored by Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the co-penholders on the file, reads a statement from Security Council Report. The meeting at More
The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development says four local employees of aid agency GIZ have been detained in Afghanistan. However, the Islamic Emirate has not yet commented on the arrests. “I can confirm that the local employees of GIZ are in custody, although we have not received any official information on why they More
The River Basin Authority in eastern Nangarhar province says it has started forming cooperative communities to prevent disputes over irrigation water in rural areas. The authority says farmers often enter verbal disputes due to irregular water supply system and such arguments sometimes turn violent and result in clashes. .It said recently licenses were issued to More
Pazhwak FoundationInc. organised an academic seminar on “National thoughts and social ambitions” of late political, cultural and literary figure Abdul Rahman Pazhwak. At the seminar, which was held through the zoom meeting, articles on the life, personality, works and cultural services of Pazhwak were read out, especially on his national thoughts and social ambitions. Farhad More
Princess India, daughter of King Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya, has passed away at the age of 94 in Rome, the capital of Italy. India’s death was confirmed by her daughter Surya Malik and ex-Afghan ambassador to France Khalid Ahmad Zakaria in an interview with the BBC. Soraya Malik wrote on her Facebook page that More
The United States through USAID has announced more than $23 million, as well as new efforts to support countries in fighting tuberculosis (TB) and reaching global targets set at a meeting during United Nations High Level Week. Working with Congress, USAID will use $8.5 million to provide increased support to TB programs in conflict settings, More
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $400 million in grants to protect the welfare and livelihoods of vulnerable Afghan people. The support, delivered through the United Nations (UN), will address emergency food needs, enhance domestic food production for medium-term and food security. Additionally, the grants would be used to provide core health services for More
