United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Roza Otbunbayeva has said Afghan journalists must be celebrated, supported and protected and the US Embassy in Kabul said free press played a pivotal role in maintaining an informed citizenry. In her message on World Press Freedom Day, the UN secretary general’s special representative for Afghanistan said: More
The Taliban have systematically and intentionally imposed restrictions on the right of access to information and the right to freedom of expression since their return to power in 2021, according to a survey on Thursday. Actions such as the suspension and annulment of previous laws, exerting pressure on media support organizations, and imposing unjustified limitations More
More than 80,000 children are growing illiterate due to lack of schools in their areas in central Uruzgan province. Maulvi Shamsullah Kamran, director of education told Pajhwok Afghan News that currently 258 schools existed in districts and Tirinkot City, but some of them remained closed. He said about 84,000 children were deprived of education in More
The World Bank has contributed 84 million US dollars to the implementation community resilience and livelihoods project in Afghanistan. The WB said in a statement this fund would be spent through the International Development Association (IDA) and Afghanistan Resilience Trust Fund (ARTF). The project started in 2022 with a grant of $265 million from the More
The United States and Pakistan have pledged to deepen bilateral cooperation on regional security, the Foreign Office says. The agreement came at a meeting between a visiting US delegation led by Under Secretary for Political Affairs John Bass, and Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Rahim Hayat Qureshi, After the meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday, a statement from More
A delegation of Afghans based in European countries, who visited Kabul for 12 days, discussed with Taliban officials a number of issues including girls’ education and the establishment of social system. A report about the outcome of the delegation’s visit said Taliban leaders agreed with the delegation in many areas and said they had taken More
The US acting under-secretary for political affairs arrives in Islamabad today (Monday) for talks on issues of common interest, including Afghanistan. During his two-day trip, he would meet senior Pakistani officials on bilateral ties and shared regional security interests, John Bass wrote on X. On the first leg of his visit, Bass flew to Doha, More
Former central bank governor Abdul Qadir Fitrat has passed away due to his illness in the Virginia state of the United States. Abdul Shakur Waqif Hakimi, a former member of parliament from Badakhshan province, wrote on his Facebook page that Fitrat passed away on Sunday evening. He added: “He (Fitrat) had been suffering from cancer More
A senior US diplomat has embarked on a five-day trip to Qatar and Pakistan for talks on the current situation in Afghanistan, says the State Department. John Bass, America’s acting under-secretary of state for political affairs, would meet senior Qatari officials and other diplomatic missions to discuss support for Afghanistan and shared security interests in More
The Pro-Republic Democratic Movement of Afghanistan (PDMA) has stressed negotiated settlement, establishment of a legitimate government in Afghanistan and urged that military and armed struggle did not produce meaningful results to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan. In a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the PDMA stressed meaningful dialogue under constitutional order which More
