India’s Ministry of External Affairs says New Delhi has provided food assistance to the recent earthquake victims in Afghanistan. Randhir Jaiswal, spokesman for the ministry wrote on his X handle that the aid was handed over by Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar to his Afghan counterpart Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi. Muttaqi travelled to More
Former president Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned Pakistan’s airstrikes on ‘Kabul and Paktika,” calling them a clear violation of international law and an invasion of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity. The former president wrote on his X page that “Pakistan’s policies towards Afghanistan and the region were ‘irresponsible’ and did not take into account their negative consequences. More
India will reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut four years ago, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Friday. India closed its embassy in Kabul after the Islamic Emirate seized power following the withdrawal of US-led Nato forces in 2021, but opened a small mission a year later to facilitate trade, medical support, More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has successfully completed the first phase of a nationwide measles vaccination campaign, with approximately 8.9 million children aged six months to ten years vaccinated across 17 provinces of Afghanistan. In a statement, WHO said that together with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and in collaboration with the More
The seventh meeting of the Moscow Format of Consultations on Afghanistan was held today (Tuesday) in the Russian capital, Moscow, bringing together representatives from regional powers to discuss the Afghan peace process and regional cooperation, TASS News Agency reported. According to officials, the participants focused on exploring ways to facilitate Afghanistan’s national reconciliation and expand More
The International Crisis Group (ICG) has claimed that Afghanistan is sliding deeper into poverty due to a reduction in humanitarian aid from the United States and other donors. In a report released on Thursday, the ICG said that the US and other major donors are cutting their assistance to Afghanistan. The organization stated: “Afghanistan is More
The United Kingdom’s special envoy has said the G7 convened a meeting of special representatives on Afghanistan this week. In a post on X, Richard Lindsay, the UK’s special envoy, wrote: “This week we convened G7+ Special Representatives for Afghanistan and reaffirmed our commitment to supporting the people of Afghanistan.” He urged Taliban to engage More
The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has called for immediate reconstruction of homes destroyed in recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. In a post on its X handle, UN-Habitat said people lost everything, homes, livelihoods and many have lost lives. It said: “Reconstruction needs to start now. We must #BuildBackBetter in a more stable & earthquake-resilient manner.” More
In a quadrilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of China, Iran, Pakistan and Russia have stressed they support an independent, stable, “free from terrorism, war and drugs” Afghanistan. Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that the meeting took place on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly session in New York and discussed the situation More
According to analysts and those affected, the earthquake in eastern Kunar was deadly because it was shallow and many houses that got destroyed were built of stones in non-standard ways on the slopes of mountains. The earthquake occurred when people were asleep. In some areas, the lack of roads also hindered rescue operations. On August 31, More
