Following a request from the host country, the embassy of Afghanistan in Oslo will be closed on September 12, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier, Afghan Ambassador in London Zalmai Rassoul, who was appointed by the previous government, wrote on X Britain had requested the closure of Afghanistan’s embassy by September 27. A statement from Afghanistan’s More
Following a request from the host country, Afghanistan will close its embassy in London on September 27, says a senior diplomat. Afghan Ambassador to the UK Zalmai Rassoul wrote on X the decision had been made on the basis of a request from the British government. Rassoul said the embassy of Afghanistan in London was More
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has expanded its investigation into America’s chaotic pullout from Afghanistan, a media report said on Sunday. The powerful congressional panel had contacted three senior military officers involved in evacuating tens of thousands of individuals from Kabul in August 2021, when the IEA returned to power, an influential US newspaper reported. More
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has named Canadian diplomat Georgette Gagnon as UNAMA’s new deputy special political representative. Ms. Gagnon brings to the position more than 28 years of experience in supporting peacebuilding processes and leading strategic initiatives on human rights, humanitarian action and development in conflict and post-conflict settings, the UN said in a More
UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett has travelled to Turkey and Qatar to assess the human rights situation in Afghanistan before 57th session Human Rights Council (HRC). HRC 57th session is scheduled to take place next week in Geneva, where Bennett will present his report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan. The rapporteur wrote on More
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in Afghanistan says the organization is responding to monkeypox as a high priority. WHO in Afghanistan wrote in its Facebook page what is #Mpox? Monkeypox is a viral disease that can be transmitted through close contact with an infected person or contaminated items. Symptoms include high fever, muscle pain, and skin More
The United States (US) and Uzbekistan have agreed on the fate of the military helicopters and airplanes hijacked by Afghan Air Force (AAF) pilots to the Central Asian country in 2021. US Ambassador in Tashkent Jonathan Henick told Uzbek Kun News Washington and Tashkent had reached an agreement on the status of fighter jets and More
The European Union (EU) has contributed €13 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the United Nation International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday. In a statement, UNICEF said: “Over 78,000 children in Afghanistan will benefit from additional funding for nutrition and education in emergencies from the European Union’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)”. More
The dead bodies of five Afghans, who were killed by unidentified individuals in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province last week, have been handed over to their families. The Afghan Embassy in Islamabad wrote on its X handle the corpses were handed over to the bereaved families at the Spin Boldak crossing as a result of efforts More
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel to push for achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and end the 10-month-old conflict. This is the ninth trip of the top US diplomat to the region since the conflict erupted in October. The US put forward bridging proposals with Qatar and Egypt playing as mediators, More
